Human enhancement

Since the very beginning of the human existence, we have made choices to improve ourselves in order to survive. For every choice we made we had always had to give something up. These improvements in the way we live our lives have always been present, and recently the improvements that show up the most are linked to technology; it is a major concern that technology will change the way we are in the future even more than it is already doing each and every day. Technology will keep changing us like…

excitement and hope for the future. Sonia Miller believes that “[b]y welcoming and adopting new technologies [...], the human condition can be redesigned, allowing for personal growth beyond the current biological limitations” (Miller, 61). Although, this type of augmentation also raises serious ethical and social concerns among the general population. The depiction of augmented humans in popular media has become a significant thematic topic, in which our real world discussions influence. Media,…

judgmental and intolerant of other perspectives and ideas, leading humans to a revetment in how we communicate and expand our minds. It is not only sickening that we quickly dismiss others, but also inconsiderate that we do not take in account of the others people’s view, resulting in disadvantage for others and ourselves. For these reason I live by a personal philosophy that is mentioned in behavior psychologist B.F. Skinners book Science and Human Behavior, which sheds light on what we…

Everything Wrong With Perfection The case of human perfection. With technology advancements in this day and age, being able to alter the genes of humans to create perfect people is not so far away. In fact, scientists have already begun to work on this experiment and it is said to be coming about smoothly, according to the internet, and in the near future, we will be able to pay for the genetically perfect race. Although this seems to be a good idea, not having to worry about failure, health…

develop a better quality of life and better societal systems. Bioconservatives say that memory enhancing chips should be prohibited or limited in use since it could pose a threat to our privacy, freedom, equality, safety, autonomy, individuality, human dignity and our self-relationship of the mind to the body. In my assessment it also becomes clear that the major difference between…

Empowering individuals and transcending what were long considered human limits: these thoughts may be exciting to you, but are disturbing and frightening to others. Let's put major objections to transhumanism into one or more of four categories: that it's unfeasible, directly dangerous, indirectly dangerous, or immoral. "It won't work!" It's easy to be skeptical about technological predictions. After all, it's 2014 and nobody commutes by personal helicopter or nuclear-powered automobile, or has…

This argument presumes that evolution and natural selection are always moving toward the betterment of humans. However, there is lots of evidence for the contrary. Natural selection has led to many variations in the human genome, and although most are beneficial, they all rely on the environment that we live in to stay constant enough for the changes to stay beneficial. Examples of natural selection leading to…

side. While Fukuyama makes an argument against the transhumanists, Bailey makes a compelling argument for them. He does so by justifying why enhancing humanity is a human thing to do, while also illustrating the realistic circumstances enhancing technology has and will put us in. Bailey establishes a strong argument by suggesting humans “escape” their biological constraints every time the race becomes smarter or discovers a new development in the world. For example, he argues how people…

down to who can afford the giftedness to get ahead. Before having a baby, there is no way every human could have access to genetic bioengineering, and even if it was possible, it would only create equality. If everyone does it, what is the point? Isn’t the goal in genetic modification to get ahead of the average human and create inequality? This is why Sandel says we need to leave humans as natural humans and allow fate to allocate the…

Munns took it upon himself to enhance the film for further research. After of a month of enhancement, Munns finally got the film to where he wants it. Still, with the enhancement the skeptics still continue to deny his existence. It may not move like a human but, actors are actors for a reason. To act the part of something they are not. If one really wanted too, they could perfect the walk of Big Foot and easily make some…