Transhumanism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A philosophy favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition. countable, uncountable

    "Those who favor transhumanism speak the language of individual choice and freedom from institutional authoritarianism; those who challenge it speak the language of human dignity and human nature as embodied in the individual."

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"If you are like a futurologist, maybe read the document "The Ghost of Transhumanism and the Sentience of Existence.""

Etymology

From trans- + humanism, coined by British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author Julian Huxley in 1957.

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