Panelists: Transhumanism is not just latest tech advance but seeks to one day replace humans

Panelists: Transhumanism seeks to one day replace humans

(OSV News) — It’s a term with a lot of contemporary currency: transhumanism. Online, on TV, in print — it repeatedly surfaces, both intriguing and yet somehow vaguely threatening. So just what is it? And how does it look when viewed through the lenses of philosophy, science and theology? A May 15 discussion of the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America in Washington offered immediate insight with its title, “Transhuman…

Panelists: Transhumanism is not just latest tech advance but seeks to one day replace humans

A panelist noted the transhumanist obsession with death as a sort of defect or malfunction erroneously written into human existence.

"Transhumanism can be defined as "the attempt to transform human beings substantially through the direct application of technology"

Transhumanism is not just latest tech advance but seeks to one day replace humans, says panelists

(OSV News) — It’s a term with a lot of contemporary currency: transhumanism. Online, on TV, in print — it repeatedly surfaces, both intriguing and yet somehow vaguely threatening. So just what is it? And how does it look when viewed through the lenses of philosophy, science and theology? A May 15 discussion of the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America in Washington offered immediate insight with its title, “Transhuman…

Panelist at discussion at The Catholic University of America say transhumanism not just tech advance but seeks to replace humans - The Dialog

It’s a term with a lot of contemporary currency: transhumanism. Online, on TV, in print — it repeatedly surfaces, both intriguing and yet somehow vaguely threatening. So just what is it? And how does it look when viewed through the lenses of philosophy, science and theology? A May 15 discussion of the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America in Washington offered immediate insight with its title, “Transhumanism: The Last…