From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 12:48:13 MDT
On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 10:50 am, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> Our minds make us human. DNA has nothing to do with it.
I thought the whole point of transhumanism was to trascend our DNA
limits and our bodies. Uploaded humans would be called transhumans
because they no longer would be human. Augmented, genetically
engineered, cloned or other adaptations away from our natural DNA
blueprint also could be called transhuman.
If our minds make us human, then it seems that uploads, cyborgs,
mutants, trans-species, simulations and disembodied brains would not be
considered transhuman.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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