The Edmonton Sun has an article on <a href="http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/04/25/1011850-sun.html">transhumanism</a>.
The article is not negative, and certainly not as bad as other articles
that we have seen. At the same time it illustrates the danger of quotes
taken out of context. The statement "transhumanists fundamentally
reject the idea of human nature", taken out of context, can be
interpreted very bad. I would say, transhumanists fundamentally reject
the idea that human nature is fixed and cannot be improved for the
well-being of humans.<br>
Excerpts:<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>More
people take advantage of new technologies to expand what the human body
can do. "We're already a cyborg society," says Simon Smith, founder of
the webzine BetterHumans and devotee of another 21st-century ism:
transhumanism. Think of transhumanism as the logical outcome of a
gadget-obsessed society. You know someone (or are someone) who can't
leave the house without a cellphone, IPod and Blackberry.
Transhumanists see a future in which people will incorporate that
technology into their bodies - become digital. And it doesn't stop
there."We fundamentally reject the idea of human nature," said James
Hughes, executive director of the World Transhumanist Association and
author of Citizen Cyborg.</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">Transhumanists identify a few preconditions for the future they want: a
public willing to use science to tinker with their bodies and minds,
technology that links the central nervous system to machines, and
genetic techniques that expand physical abilities.</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 204);">Transhumanists see humanity transcending biology</span> by uploading
consciousness into a computer and becoming both "virtual" and immortal
- the sort of idea that gives nervous fits to traditionalists. Political economist Francis Fukuyama, a member of the U.S.
President's Council on Bioethics, recently damned transhumanism as the
"world's most dangerous idea."</span><br>