Mountain view california august 1962 At nasa's ames research center The newly formed division of Biotechnology and human research Begins a study on the possibility of Exploring space with technologically Enhanced humans Otherwise known as cyborgs They propose that astronauts will Require artificial organs and Pharmaceuticals to survive in the Harshest environments of deep space As we explore beyond our solar system While the program was quickly abandoned Due to the lack of available technology It helped usher in a new era of Scientific research focused on Augmenting the human species into a new Stage of evolution The trans-human Transhumanism is the use of technology By humans to enhance their physical Psychological and most of all Intellectual capabilities We transhumanists want to use science And technology to self-direct our Evolution There are lots of transhumanists now That don't even consider themselves Transhuman for example people who have Pacemakers or cochlear implants or hip Replacements These are technologies that we're using And that is beyond human
The idea of there being a transhuman is Actually a very old notion it stems from Our longing for immortality so there Were attempts to extend human life Transhumanism has been thought of for a Very long time throughout mythology From gilgamesh's search for immortality To Alchemy To the search for the fountain of life Really the quest to overcome what it Means to be human to see if we can live Forever that has been the quest for a Very long time If we look things like prosthetics which Are adding bits of technology on in some Way even the egyptians in mummies in Tombs have been found where they've had A little wooden replication of a toe Where somebody has lost their toe and They've been given a this false toe but It shows that thousands of years ago Transhumanism in some basic form was Being thought of Although the notion of modifying the Body with technology has been around for Thousands of years Trans-human assay the 21st century will Radically change what it means to be a Human When we begin to genetically engineer an Entirely new generation of humans
