[ExI] Transhumanist Declaration

[Natasha Vita-More]

Yes, I agree and this is a shame.  Maybe someone here can fix this at
Wikipedia.

My records show these folks as the original authors of the Transhumanist
Declaration: Alexander Chislenko, Max More, Eugene Leitl, Natasha Vita-More,
Bernie Staring, Anders Sandberg, David Pearce, Doug Baily Jr., Kathryn
Aegis, Lee Daniel Crocker, Darren Reynolds, Arjen Kamphuis 


Natasha Vita-More

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Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 11:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [ExI] Transhumanist Declaration

On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Natasha Vita-More  wrote:
> WTA did not develop the Transhumanist Declaration or the FAQ.  These 
> two documents were the vision of a few people and written by a few and 
> then edited by a dozen or so people before WTA voted to adopt them.  
> So, there were in existence prior to WTA's formation.
>
>

Ah, I see. That's what the H+ site says as well.
Quote:
The Declaration was originally written in 1998 by an international group of
authors, and then modified and re-adopted by the Humanity+ membership in
2002. This revision was adopted by the Humanity+ Board in March, 2009.
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So there were several versions of the document. It appears that the version
on the H+ site was modified by the WTA before adoption though.
I think the originals of both the Declaration and the FAQ have disappeared
from view leaving only the versions adopted by H+.  H+ does give credit to
the many people involved in developing these documents.

(The wording on the Wikipedia article probably needs some amendments).


BillK

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