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class=781334717-06022009><FONT size=2><EM>The Global Spiral </EM>Special
Issue: "Transhumanism Answers Critics" </FONT><A
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<DIV><SPAN class=DNNAlignleft><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=781334717-06022009>"</SPAN>In <EM>The Global Spiral’s</EM> 2008 <SPAN
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Transhumanism"</SPAN>, Guest Editor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and five other
authors, Ted Peters, Katherine Hayles, Don Ihde, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, and Andrew
Pickering, provocatively relay their concerns about transhumanism to expectant
ears. This responsive second Special Issue on Transhumanism is an opportunity
for ten transhumanist authors to evaluate the criticisms and address
concerns. This reflection is beneficial in helping us more precisely
clarify interpretations of transhumanism and identify where our own words may
have been mistaken.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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philosophical worldview and social movement of transhumanism has the benefit of
existing while many of its pioneers are still living. This makes it more
accommodating for those unfamiliar with transhumanism to investigate and argue
its tenets with the most recent writings at hand. Rather than searching endless
databases for bibliographical references and out-of-print books in gathering
evidence of who did what, when, and where, researchers can easily locate people
though Google and send an email or make a call. Why the authors of the
“Special Issue on Transhumanism” in <EM>The Global Spiral</EM> did not do this
is a curiosity. Nonetheless, their six essays present a much appreciated
opportunity for developing discourse on
transhumanism."</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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