[ExI] Transhumanist Declaration

[Natasha Vita-More]

Interesting. Thank you. I don't think this currently counts as a reliable
source because there is no date in the reference and the referential link
does not mirror the document's reference.  It was probably authentic before
the reference material on the link's website was removed.

I am not familiar with Nick's history.  I am not sure if he did enough
research on modern transhumanism.  I do think his account of the historical
influences on transhumanism in wider, philosophical perspective is rich and
meaningful.  Riley Jones and Russell Blackford also have substantial
histories.

Best,
Natasha

  
Natasha Vita-More

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On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Bryan Bishop  wrote:
> Actually, Natasha's revisions have been frequently rejected in the 
> past, even when well cited. I wonder if I can dig up some examples of 
> this from [[Transhumanism]].
>
>

The H+ site just says it was created by an international group of authors.

There is a thesis pdf which quotes quite a long list of contributors, but
the link it gives goes to the H+ page which doesn't mention individuals.
<https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/2829>
<https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/bitstream/1828/2829/1/Cecchetto_Thesis.
pdf>

The list is on page 261 of 273 in the list of sources.
The Transhumanist Declaration
Doug Bailey, Anders Sandberg, Gustavo Alves, Max More, Holger Wagner,
Natasha Vita More, Eugene Leitl, Berrie Staring, David Pearce, Bill
Fantegrossi, Doug Bailey Jr., den Otter, Ralf Fletcher, Kathryn Aegis, Tom
Morrow, Alexander Chislenko, Lee Daniel Crocker, Darren Reynolds, Keith
Elis, Thom Quinn, Mikhail Sverdlov, Arjen Kamphuis, Shane Spaulding and Nick
Bostrom. 2002

Does a thesis count as a reliable source?

Nick Bostrom's history says that the document was intended as a consensus
view of transhumanism, so maybe there were many smaller contributors as
well.


BillK
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