From: Eugene Leitl (eugene@liposome.genebee.msu.su)
Date: Fri Jul 17 1998 - 08:24:30 MDT
Nick Bostrom writes:
> I'm too tired right now to come up with any proposals for how to
> answer the following questions. Anybody got any rethorical ideas?
>
> TRANSHUMANISM AND NATURE
>
> Why do transhumanists want to live longer?
Wanting to live forever is an axiom of my current private
philosophy. For now, I am content with it being an
evolutionary artefact, opaque to ratio.
>
> Isn't transhumanism tampering with nature?
This is a meaningless question. Nature can't handle unnaturally.
> Won't transhuman technologies make us inhuman?
Yes. No. Panta rhei.
> Are transhumanist technologies environmentally sound?
If you define environment as current ecosystem, no.
> Might transhuman technologies be dangerous?
Yes, possibly terminally so.
My $0.02
'gene
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