Informative Speech On Trans-Humanism

Good evening and thank you so much for coming out tonight. We will begin in just a moment with opening statements but before we do I would like to introduce each of our presenters this evening. Dr. A. K. Moravec is a name that you all know. He is a scientist, author and he teaches here at M.I.T. He has written many books seeking to inform and motivate people to what exactly trans-humanism is. His challenger may be less well known to you. Michael Bowman is an evangelical pastor from Deerfield, Illinois. Michael has recently been a leading apologist against the trans-humanist movement and so it seemed fitting to have these two come together and debate publicly the issue at hand. Because the whole of trans-humanism is too broad for just one debate we decided to orient tonight’s dialogue around the question, “What does it mean to be human?” Each presenter will get a chance for an opening statement, a rebuttal, and a closing statement. Without further ado let me ask Dr. A. K. Moravec to the podium to give our first opening statement. …show more content…
A. K. Moravec – Opening Statement Well thank you very much to our moderator, our sponsors, and thank you all for coming out. I would also like to thank my opponent for being willing to come out tonight and discuss such and important topic. Due to the time constraints let me begin right away. What I would like to do, if you will so allow me tonight, is take this question in two different directions. First I want to touch on what it means to be human currently, and then I would like to touch on what it will mean to be human in the