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Welcome to the Transhumanism Subreddit by Josh Universe, hosted by the International Biohacking Community. This forum is dedicated to the examination of advanced technologies and their implications for human evolution, encompassing fields such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and cybernetics. We promote rigorous, evidence-based discussions regarding the role of technology in enhancing and transforming human capabilities. This space is not intended for conspiracies or negative behavior.

Transhumanism is an intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capacities.

Humankind is merging with its machines, combining the best features of biological and electrical systems.


Rules:

  • Be excellent to each other.

  • Memes are Awesome But Not Here

  • Keep politics out of it.


THPedia is a Transhumanist project to spread accurate, accessible, non-sensational information about transhumanism and futurism among the general public.







/r/transhumanism

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It is of paramount importance to ensure that YOU, the unique original, remain alive indefinitely

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2024/11/30
20:28 UTC

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Beyond human cognition and human expertise?

I am in AI. I work with LLMs and to this day get quite excited when there are new model releases. I believe our rapid technological evolution will lead to cultural evolution (to adapt) and , in turn, biological evolution due to the Baldwin effect.

Taken this as true for the sake of argument, will human cognition look like as we "evolve" eventually due to rapid technological and cultural evolution? Or specifically, what's you're opinion about what lies beyond baseline human cognition?

I have some ideas:

  1. Suppressed response to vagus nerve and gut signals

  2. More inclination to truth furnishing frameworks scoured of the metaphysics of "fictional" magical thinking stories

  3. Systems thinking and systems engineering

  4. Likely espousing belief-sets that are repeatable, testable, verifiable

  5. More expanded cosmic view guided by cosmology and biological evolution

  6. Suppressed affect and social sensitivities

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2024/11/30
07:49 UTC

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Would it be a good or a bad thing if we no longer had to work?

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2024/11/29
22:32 UTC

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Could we use gene editing on adults to enhance us beyond human limits?

Do you think it's possible because I'm really interested in the research and applications?

32 Comments
2024/11/29
10:51 UTC

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how can trans humanist technology's change autism into an asset to the individual

the condition of autism has been studyied a while and some like elon musk want to quote"cure it" with cybernetics. but i got to thinking what if instead of trying to eradicate it autism we try to turm it into an asset for the person it does have some benifits for instance computer companys use alot of autistic programers the brain paterns and the military tend to use them for interprating map data to find where enemys altered tmay have altered things. these are of course high functioning ones but this still proves my point the condition with very primitive techniques were turned into an asset and there is the ones with a super skill. so what advanced techniques or technology's that will be possible soon could turn autistics condition into an amazing asset for them and what form should it take?

7 Comments
2024/11/29
04:30 UTC

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What emerging Transhumanism-related technologies or fields do not have any companies or organizations yet?

Curious!

1 Comment
2024/11/28
06:42 UTC

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The most famous Cyborg on earth (as of today)

3 Comments
2024/11/27
11:20 UTC

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What is your opinion on Humanity+, if any?

There's been some recent discussion about Humаnіty+, formerly the World Transһսmanіst Assοciation, and a few people have been interested in an overall discussion about the organization as a whole, and it under its current administration with the current executive director. I think it is beneficial to hold discussions like this about all types of organizations(including Transhumanist Council!) for serious discussion around the massive organizations that represent Transhumanism and emerging technologies as a whole.

Related Discussions (r/Transhumanism):

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  • Nаtashа-Vіtа Mοrе has deleted several projects and resources on the Humanity+ website when she took it over
  • Natasha-Vita More threatening individual (Cannot provide situation, to protect privacy of multiple reportees)
  • General output of Humanity+ is low, only doing one annual event?
  • Trying to trademark any variation of the H+ symbol, and stop others from using it?

I cannot verify if these claims are valid or invalid but I have provided them incase they resonate with anyone else's interaction with H+/WTA. I am not associated with Humanity+ but have heard a lot about them from several people. If you would like to anonymously add information to the list above, please submit a ModMail.

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8 Comments
2024/11/27
04:52 UTC

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How do I distance myself from autism?

I do not consider myself to be autistic in any way but I was (mis)diagnosed with autism at some point during my childhood. My diagnosis was unfair and I have been horrifically discriminated against because of the diagnosis in my medical records, not because of any supposed symptoms.

I tried to get the diagnosis cleared by a psychiatrist but the psychiatrists have all affirmed the diagnosis, usually citing my supposedly monotone voice and supposedly strange speech patterns while providing no other symptoms that fit the criteria, when I try to reason with them and adamantly insist that I’m not autistic, they pull another symptom out of their ass and insist I’m being rigid.

How can I modify my brain in such a way as to remove any traits in me that are mistaken for autism symptoms? Is there any technology real or hypothetical that can help me?

19 Comments
2024/11/27
04:04 UTC

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TransHumanist symbol proposal

I haven’t been a fan of the widely used H+ symbol for transhumanism. So I decided to try my hand at designing a new one. Inspired by the iconic humanist ‘Happy Human’ symbol, so I’ve created the Happy (Post) Human!

This is a free and open proposal—take it, use it, tweak it, or share your thoughts! I’d love to hear your feedback and ideas.

37 Comments
2024/11/27
00:53 UTC

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What skill will take the bots longest to master?

Answers used to include art and poetry, but we're seeing the bots get better at these by the day.

So now I wonder if the tide will inexorably keep rising, or if there are any skills or excellences that, by their very nature, remain unique to humans?

Just curious what y'all think

21 Comments
2024/11/25
18:51 UTC

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will ww3 cause cause trans-humanism to stagnate or help it grow

given er current events in the world it seems a new world war is a possibility so what does that mean for trans humanism. there is a possibility that people will lose interest in it to focus on the war effort seeing it as frivolous or possibly embrace its development to repair those hurt help people adapt to the new global conditions and produce things like super soldiers. so which is the more likly also please comment on why you think that is the case

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19 Comments
2024/11/25
17:36 UTC

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How do you get permission to post in the discord channel?

See above

6 Comments
2024/11/25
13:37 UTC

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Do you feel angry that enhancement technologies haven't been developed yet because war seems to be a bigger priority for humanity rather than bettering itself?

I struggle with being bad at math which is awful because I wanted to be an engineer and I can't help but be angry at a world that spent the money that could have gone to enhancing my and others brains on wars. I am also angry that people chose spending money on war over spending it on extending people's lives. Imagine if we had spent all the resources we spent on killing each other for the last few decades on bettering each other instead? It makes me angry at people for not doing that and therefore dooming me and countless others to an existence were we never reach even a fraction of our potential. Does anyone else feel this way?

54 Comments
2024/11/25
07:04 UTC

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Why Stop at Death? A Challenge to Critics of Transhumanism

1 Comment
2024/11/25
00:30 UTC

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What would be the perfect language for a transhumanist society?

What would be the language or method of communication of a transhumanist society? Considering today's languages, which would be considered "most efficient"?

44 Comments
2024/11/24
20:39 UTC

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Confusion

Sorry, I have a question. When people talk about putting a brain into a robot, how exactly does it get oxygen? I like the idea of transhumanism, but looking at that idea made me feel a bit confused as to the actual science behind that kind of upgrade. Thank you .

11 Comments
2024/11/24
20:31 UTC

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