[extropy-chat] Transhumanism: 2000 Years in the Making

Samantha Atkins sjatkins at gmail.com
Fri Jan 7 23:42:45 UTC 2005


I don't see how calling it "gnosticism" can be of anything but
detriment to us.   Gnosticism is officially heresy in Christian
worldviews.

- samantha


On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:44:24 +0100, Giu1i0 Pri5c0 <pgptag at gmail.com> wrote:
> With the Transhumanist movement, one sees the Gnostic strain
> reasserting itself in the quest to transcend the degenerate body. The
> body is held in disdain. Advocates for enhancement technology exhibit
> disdain for the current status of the physical body. There is an
> abhorrence of the limitations that nature has placed upon the species.
> The insufficiencies of height, strength, vision, hearing, longevity
> and cognition are roadblocks to happiness and perpetual fulfillment.
> Nature has gotten the human race this far, but the inherent limits of
> existence are hurdles to be leapt.
> Like the earlier Gnostics, knowledge and insight are the keys to
> overcome the deficiencies of the physical. With the accumulation of
> research in genetic engineering, nanotechnology, artificial
> intelligence, and neural network interfacing, man will be able to
> overwhelm the frailty and deficiency inherent in the human condition
> and transform that which was weak into strength. The ability to
> repair, replace or enhance the various biological systems in the body
> allows one to overcome the limits of finitude. A logical outcome of
> this is the prospect of a multitiered view of humanity. If strong
> advocates of transhumanism have their wish, a new species of Techno
> sapien will emerge.
> http://www.thecbc.org/redesigned/research_display.php?id=189
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