[ExI] Is Transhumanism Coercive?

[natasha at natasha.cc]

   Quoting Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>:

> 2011/10/21 <natasha at natasha.cc>
>
>> I think Stefano means experts in transhumanist-related arguments, not
>> "expert transhumanists", per se.
>
> No, my quotation marks meant that I was just quoting Brent's language. In
> fact, I have my own onbjections on the characterisation of "expert
> transhumanists".

   I'm sorry, it was not clear in the post I responded to.

> Moreover, as already said, I have to meet yet a possible "naive
> transhumanist", or anybody at all for that matter, who actually proposes,
> say, to make life extension compulsory; so I do not not really see the need
> to distinguish ourselves from such an entirely imaginary bioluddite
> strawman.

   I'm met some naive transhumanists :-)

> But perhaps those who disagree can point me to a source, any source,
> expressing such a weird position. In that case, yes, we should have to
> disagree with it.

   I'll do this off list.

   N

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