[ExI] Human Aging

[Adam A. Ford]

> ???
> If the DIYBio crowd and biohackers aren't transhumanists, I don't know
who is!
>

DIYBio, Grinders etc may not follow any transhumanist philosophy by will or
ignorance.
If you describe transhumanism loosely to include anyone who tries to
augment themselves, then we have to go a long way back to find the first
transhumanist.


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On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Maybe; if someone was using using the terms interchangeably. We'd have to
>> decide whether or not the distinction is worth a side discussion.  If you
>> are a lumber company, the point is very relevant.  (that's a good example,
>> btw)
>>
>> I think many people can agree intellectually with transhumanist goals at
>> the same time they are squicked by biohacking.  (ex: Of course I'd like a
>> sixth sense about the presence/strength of EM fields, but not enough to
>> insert magnets into my fingertips)
>>
>
> Indeed, but what means toward preventing or slowing human aging (aside
> from uploading, or schemes that are essentially uploading) have been
> presented that are not biohacking?  Thus, in this very narrow context, what
> is the difference as reduces to practice between transhumanism and
> biohacking?
>
> As to the talk - IIRC, it was at the Cubberly Community Center, some
> evening in 200X.  I do not recall beyond that, although googling suggests
> that it was http://www.svhi.com/newsletters/2009/slf-052009.pdf and
> http://www.suretomeet.com/exec/gt/event.h,event=8b9b4d1bc178 .  Again,
> the problem was that the presentations before Aubrey's dissolved into
> pitches for not-well-tested and potentially counterproductive medication
> routines, such that we left before Aubrey even took the podium.
>
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