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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Bostrom leads a movement known as transhumanism, which dually aims to watch for potential threats in emerging technologies and conversely adopt radical emerging technologies to enrich human life. Bostrom and other transhumanist hope that one day biotechnology, molecular nanotechnologies, and artificial intelligence will </FONT><A href="http://www.dailytech.com/Building+An+Iron+Man+Pt+I++Military+Grade+Exoskeleton/article11810.htm"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>merge man with machine</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>, yielding humans that have increased cognitive abilties, are physically stronger, and emotionally more stable. This path, they say will lead to "posthumans", </FONT><A href="http://www.dailytech.com/The+First+Bionic+Woman/article4176.htm"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>augmented beings</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> so superior to traditional man, they are separate entity.<BR><BR>He describes, "We want to preserve the best of what it is to be human and maybe even amplify that. We will begin to use science and technology not just to manage the world around us but to manage our own human biology as well. The changes will be faster and more profound than the very, very slow changes that would occur over tens of thousands of years as a result of natural selection and biological evolution."</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY><pre>
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