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	Posthuman (Human evolution) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A posthuman or post-human is a hypothetical future being whose capabilities so radically exceed those of present humans as to be no longer human by current standards.
		Posthumans could be a symbiosis of human and artificial intelligence, or uploaded consciousnesses, or the result of making many smaller but cumulatively profound augmentations to a biological human.
		Some examples of the latter are redesigning the human organism using advanced nanotechnology or radical enhancement using some combination of technologies such as genetic engineering, psychopharmacology, life extension therapies, neural interfaces, advanced information management tools, memory enhancing drugs, wearable or implanted computers, and cognitive techniques.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Posthuman_(Human_evolution) (353 words)

	Cosmology - Evolution
		A better hypothesis would be a two-way interaction in which emergent evolution results in the individuation of etheric, emoptional, and mental resonances in the physical, and that these resonances in turn shape emergent evolution, but that it is not a simplistic one on correspondence in that the mental faculty only appears in human evolution.
		And the principle that drives this evolution is both the inner striving of the divine soul/monad/higher self, and the dynamic environment shaped by larger physical and occult cosmecological (astrognostic) forces and beings.
		Evolution works on a number of levels, influenced by a number of factors, the boundaries between which may not always be clear or distinct.
	www.kheper.net /integral/evolution.html (4905 words)

	Posthuman.com
		We become more humane by "stepping away" a little bit from what it means to be human (like a painter "steps away" from the painting he/she is working on in order to see the whole picture, in order to see flawed and/or successful strokes in it), by reflecting about common human behavior.
		All the wisdom humans have achieved by departing from blindly following their instincts should be stored for all eternity, but the shape of in what it is stored is completely irrelevant.
		Humanism and science are today, as in the past, intricately interrelated in the endeavor not only to understand the world but also to make it a better place for all who call it home.
	www.posthuman.com (437 words)

	Posthuman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Posthuman (Human evolution), a hypothetical future being whose basic capacities so radically exceed those of present humans as to be no longer human by our current standards.
		The artist name used by cousins Rich Bevan and Josh Doherty, who write electronica and IDM music for their own record label Seed Records, and have also appeared on the Skam Records imprint.
		It was also the name of his short-lived vanity label that produced only one band, a Washington, DC-based industrial rock band called Godhead.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Posthuman (187 words)

	Science, Technology and Faith
		One area of human medicine Stock believes will be directly affected is pharmacogenetics--"tailoring pharmaceutical interventions to people's individual genetic constitutions." He believes animal genetic research will advance the day when the manipulation of the genetics of children is possible.
		Fukuyama finds three directions that are now in process that will affect this posthuman future: neuropharmacology, the science of human personality drugs; the major extension of life expectancy through genetically conceived replacement body parts and direct genetic insertion; and genetic control of characteristics in human reproduction.
		While both authors agree that human biotechnology offers the potential for greatly improved opportunities for control of disease, damaging hereditary characteristics and improved quality of mental and physical life, they differ sharply both on the rationale for control and the methods society should exert to construct for a post human future.
	www.er-d.org /19021_15988_ENG_HTM.htm (1188 words)

	Transhuman History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		FM was the sole force behind the concept of the transhuman as an evolutionary being - from human to posthuman.
		This “movement” is a different concept than that of being a transhuman or a posthuman, as developed by FM-2030, and which are a supposed evolution of human and which may or may not be attached to any one philosophical or ideological viewpoint, just as the human is not predisposed to a philosophical or ideological viewpoint.
		Ideas about humanity and evolution were explored by Julian Huxley in his writings on evolutionary humanism in the book Evolution: The Modern Synthesis (1942) and Teilhard de Chardin in The Future of Man (1959).
	www.transhuman.org /transhistory.htm (3244 words)

	RPGDot Forums - View topic - DX2:The next stage of human evolution: transhuman & post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		"Posthumans could be completely synthetic artificial intelligences..., or they could be the result of making many smaller but cumulatively profound augmentations to a biological human.
		They are fanatic in their belief that biomods represent pollution of the human genome and so they preach a dedication to purity.
		Personally i preferring posthumanism since i believe our adaptation capabilities and willingness to change is one of the reason why we human can exist longer (far from extinction), and became technologically more advance than any other species on earth.
	www.rpgdot.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=49004 (3246 words)

	What Will the Human Body Be Like in the Future? - OD Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Humanity's monopoly as the only advanced sentient life-form on the planet will soon come to an end, supplemented by a number of posthuman incarnations.
		Still, the historical human desire to transcend bodily and mental limitations is deeply intertwined with a human fascination with new knowledge, which might be both inspiring and frightening.
		Evolution through natural selection may be ending, but technological evolution has only started accelerating noticeably very recently.
	www.originaldissent.com /forums/showthread.php?t=8290 (1973 words)

	NuSapiens: Biology, Technology, Philosophy: February 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Humans are often described as partially neotenized apes: that is, adult humans resemble infant apes, both in body and mind.
		At some point in human evolution, humans became neotenized, and this neoteny is found amongst modern humans, to varying degrees.
		Human knowledge has become too compartmentalized, and when the boundaries between these forms of knowledge are bridged by a common medium, major breakthroughs in human ability are likely to occur.
	nusapiens.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_nusapiens_archive.html (10195 words)

	Transhumanist FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		No one can be certain exactly what posthumans would be like (there may be many differing types, and they may continuing changing) but we can understand the term by contrasting it with "human": Posthumans would be those who have overcome the biological, neurological, and psychological constraints built into humans by the evolutionary process.
		Posthumans would have a far greater ability to reconfigure and sculpt their physical form and function; they would have an expanded range of refined emotional responses, and would possess intellectual and perceptual abilities enhanced beyond the purely human range.
		Posthumans may be partly or mostly biological in form although, by definition, they would have overcome most of the constraints of the genetic structure of homo sapiens.
	www.extropy.com /faq.htm (11438 words)

	On Becoming Posthuman
		The merging of human and machine is clear to those who survey the arena.
		Humanity must not stagnate: to halt our burgeoning move forward, upward, outward, would be a betrayal of the dynamic inherent in life and consciousness.
		Humanity is a temporary stage along the evolutionary pathway.
	www.maxmore.com /becoming.htm (1847 words)

	Trans- and Post-humanity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The changes in psychology, culture, social systems and science by the step from current humanity to transhumanity and eventual posthumanity will be staggering, and perhaps even impossible for us to presently understand (see the Singularity Page).
		Posthuman senses may be incomprehensibly different from ours.
		One activity that has been proposed for posthuman beings is uplifting, increasing the intelligence and capabilities of non-sentinent species until they become intelligent in their own right.
	www.aleph.se /Trans/Global/Posthumanity (557 words)

	'Who Are You?'
		In each case, humanity is altered by the contact with the cosmos, though the great majority of humans, at least for the moment, are left unfazed.
		The nasty tone she uses for the word "human," could either indicate that the word does not describe the scientist, removing its meaning from the white, male, rational self; it could also indicate that she does not relate to her human identity anymore, as that would put her in a category with the Mengele-esque scientist.
		As an extension of the human, Call is a highly complex tool created to improve the life of its creators; but she is also an expansion of what it means to be human -- an embodiment of the "humane" that simultaneously questions where "the human" resides.
	reconstruction.eserver.org /043/gallardoc.htm (4700 words)

	Posthuman Blues
		If an ultraterrestrial offshoot of the human species is indeed operating in our midst, we can reasonably expect it to have made huge technological advances given the time it would have had to develop (perhaps in tandem with our own technical progression).
		Currently, the only way for humans to realize the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids is by taking dietary supplements or by eating certain types of fish that also contain high levels of mercury.
		It has always been an ability of mankind to absorb technologies into their being without so much as a cultural flinch, the human world is replete with 10,000 year old tools so intermingled with our perception of ourselves as to make them indistinguishable from our supposed 'natural' capacities.
	posthumanblues.blogspot.com (4782 words)

	Amazon.com: Radical Evolution : The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Garreau's last scenario, Prevail, extols the human knack for muddling through--"the ability of ordinary people facing overwhelming odds to rise to the occasion because it is the right thing." The defining characteristic of the Prevail Scenario is that human beings are picking and choosing their futures in an effective manner.
		Prevail means humanity will change, since change is essential to the human experience regardless of culture or time, but we all will still keep that nebulous essence that makes each of us human.
		The Prevail scenario is based on a rejection of techo-determinism, and maintains that since humans have muddled through this far, we'll probably muddle through again, exercising choice in the use of the GRIN genies.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385509650?v=glance (4155 words)

	Mere Humanity, A critical review of Gregory Stock, Redesigning Humans - choosing our children's genes v's Francis ...
		As we follow the path that germline choice offers, we are likely to find that being human has little to do with the particular physical and mental characteristics we now use to define ourselves, and even less to do with the methods of conception and birth that are now so familiar.
		‘Denial of the concept of human dignity – that is, of the idea that there is something unique about the human race that entitles every member of the species to a higher moral status than the rest of the natural world – leads us down a very perilous path.
		Without acknowledging a Creator it is impossible to justify belief in the special value of human nature that motivates much biomedical research, to define human nature in a normative way, or to judge any proposed ‘enhancement’ to human nature as being objectively good.
	www.arn.org /docs/williams/pw_merehumanityreview.htm (3047 words)

	The DNA Files - Learn More - Genes & Identity
		This report considers the issues posed by the proposed and controversial Human Genome Diversity Project, including: appropriate sampling techniques, human rights issues, and the keystone question of the value of undertaking a worldwide study of human genetic variability.
		Jones, professor of genetics at the Galton Laboratory of University College, London, uses the engaging analogy of the parallels between the evolution of language and the evolution of genes to explore the questions posed and pondered by modern genetic sciences.
		The U.S. military uses DNA "fingerprinting" to identify the human remains of suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters killed in fighting.
	www.dnafiles.org /resources/res05.html (1855 words)

	Technological body used as artistic support in the route of posthuman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		An important distinction must be considered: in one hand Sterlac‘s view comes from human to machine, by the use of prosthesis to compensate the obsolescence of human body, in the other hand Asimov’s view goes to the opposite side, it comes from machine to human.
		Exactly, because the meeting of human and mechanic is building this moment of revelation with the goal to understand the new man who comes from this hybridization.
		Deacon emphasizes that humanization is the evolution point on which the instruments become the principal source of selection, in the body and brain.
	www.generativeart.com /papersga2003/b14.htm (2457 words)

	Anders Transhuman Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Transhumanism is a philosophy that humanity can, and should, strive to higher levels, both physically, mentally and socially.
		The future evolution of humanity, postbiological existence, technological singularity, posthuman beings, expansion into the universe and the Omega Point.
		The philosophy, ethics, art and language of transhumanism, and how society, culture and "the human condition" may change in the future.
	www.aleph.se /Trans (162 words)

	conform and obey dot co dot uk P O S T H U M A N (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Max More defines a posthuman as a potentially immortal being with unprecedented physical, intellectual and psychological capacities, as well as the ability to self-program and self-regulate.
		If posthumans have faculties humans don't possess, communication with unaugmented humans could be extremely limited, if not impossible.
		In addition, some posthumans may choose to evolve differently from others, leading to a rapid diversification of posthuman species.
	www.conformandobey.co.uk /pages/posthuman.html (286 words)

	Random House \| Books \| Evolution by Stephen Baxter
		Stretching from the distant past into the remote future, from primordial Earth to the stars, Evolution is a soaring symphony of struggle, extinction, and survival; a dazzling epic that combines a dozen scientific disciplines and a cast of unforgettable characters to convey the grand drama of evolution in all its awesome majesty and rigorous beauty.
		The adventure that unfolds is a gripping odyssey governed by chance and competition, a perilous journey to an uncertain destination along a route beset by sudden and catastrophic upheavals.
		Evolution is a cautionary tale, warning of the dire consequences to contemporary humans if we persist in behavior that threatens the survival of our ecosystem.”
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?0-345-45783-8 (815 words)

	Natasha - AUTHOR
		The evolution of sweat glands and skin pigmentation suggests that early humans had few sweat glands causing our ancestors, perhaps the Homo ergaster of 1.7 million years ago, to evolve with a better cooling system.
		The enhancing and augmenting of human senses has been and will be the leading edge of collaborative innovations in both the arts and the sciences and will produce a definitive shift in culture.
		The human species is nowhere near threatening life on earth, of course - most biomass is bacterial, and no foreseeable human activities of any kind would be capable of threatening that highly adaptive life system.
	www.natasha.cc /quiz.htm (11040 words)

	JET 14(1) - April 2005 - Bostrom - Transhumanist Thought (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		If human beings are constituted by matter that obeys the same laws of physics that operate outside us, then it should in principle be possible to learn to manipulate human nature in the same way that we manipulate external objects.
		He argues that we will achieve the best posthuman future when we ensure that technologies are safe, make them available to everyone, and respect the right of individuals to control their own bodies.
		The normals, on the other hand, may see the posthumans as a threat and if they can, may engage in a preemptive strike by killing the posthumans before they themselves are killed or enslaved by them.
	www.jetpress.org /volume14/bostrom.html (9763 words)

	The Biologic Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		We are witnessing the first real struggle against the next step in the evolution of human beings.
		These are the initial throes of resistance against our becoming posthuman, which may become one of the biggest struggles of the 21st Century — if, of course, an ultimately futile one.
		Knee-jerk reactions have already occurred against human cloning and stem-cell research, which are both early steps in the march toward posthumanity.
	www.biologicshow.com /baseball-and-posthumanity.html (449 words)

	NuSapiens: Biology, Technology, Philosophy: Ebu A-Go-Go (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		They nod and grunt assent, and he proceeds to talk about the time their shy ancestors hid themselves from the outside world in Liang Bua, a high-ceilinged cavern scooped out of a limestone hill about a kilometer away.
		After a pause, he opens his mouth to speak, but his words are drowned out by an impatient babble of voices competing to tell the story.
		Perhaps human populations were able to absorb an occassional Homo erectus without much of a morphological trace.
	nusapiens.blogspot.com /2005/05/ebu-go-go.html (579 words)

	LMSF 617 Syllabus, School of Leadership Studies, Virginia Beach, VA
		The vision of the School of Leadership Studies is to empower leaders to establish, renew, and invigorate the souls of organizations through biblical leadership principles in order to bring glory to God and to His Son, Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit.
		Investigates the future of human development and the influence of culture, faith, values, lifestyle, and consumer behavior over the next half century.
		This course focuses on human development, experimentation and enhancement as it might play out in the 21st century.
	www.regent.edu /acad/sls/syllabi/lmsf617.htm (2572 words)

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