0 the theory that science and technology can help human beings develop beyond what is physically and mentally possible at the present time:
cultish pseudo-philosophies, with names like Transhumanism and Extropianism, which welcome the prospect of biological and neurological augmentation
The futurist writer offers a utopian view of what could be possible, drawing his inspiration from technocracy, transhumanism, and the like.
transhumanism, where man supposedly ascends to godhood and life extension
The issue of what it means to be human and, ultimately, more than human lies at the heart of the transhumanism movement.
An attempt to expand the middle ground between technorealism and techno-utopianism, democratic transhumanism can be seen as a radical form of techno-progressivism.
The philosophical sub-genres posthumanism and transhumanism (sometimes used synonymously) are extensions of humanistic values.
Religious critics alone faulted the philosophy of transhumanism as offering no eternal truths nor a relationship with the divine.
A lifelong secular progressive, he embraced and began to promote democratic transhumanism.