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==History of Transhumanism==
==History of Transhumanism==
[[File:Julian Huxley.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The atheist [[Julian Huxley]] coined the term transhumanism.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref>]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and transhumanism]]
According to the [[Oxford University]] philosopher Nick Bostrum, [[transhumanism]] has its roots in an [[atheism|atheistic]]/[[secular humanism]]/[[evolution]]ary worldview.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref> The atheist, [[evolution]]ist and [[eugenics|eugenicist]] [[Julian Huxley]] coined the term transhumanism.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref>
Julian Huxley wrote:
{{cquote|The human species can, if it wishes, transcend itself – not just sporadically, an individual here in one way, an individual there in another way – but in its entirety, as humanity. We need a name for this new belief. Perhaps transhumanism will serve: man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref>}}
The [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] [[transhumanism]] movement which desires to transcend being human through technology and become posthuman in order achieve a type of non-theistic immortality is completely unrealistic and is engaging in wishful thinking.<ref>
*[http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/05/06/against-naive-uploadism-memory-consciousness-and-synaptic-homeostasis/ Against Naive Uploadism: Memory, Consciousness, and Synaptic Homeostasis], Seth Weisberg, ''H+ Magazine'', May 6, 2011
*[http://futurisms.thenewatlantis.com/2010/06/why-transhumanism-wont-work.html Why Transhumanism Won't Work], ''The New Atlantis'', June 10, 2010
*[http://neurologism.com/2013/12/11/will-we-ever-be-able-to-upload-our-minds-to-a-computer/ Will we ever be able to upload our minds to a computer?]
*[http://io9.com/you-ll-probably-never-upload-your-mind-into-a-computer-474941498 You Might Never Upload Your Brain Into a Computer] by George Dvorsky posted at 4/17/13 12:02pm at io9.com
*[http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/06/24/whats-the-likelihood-of-the-singularity-part-two-uploading-the-brain/ What's the Likelihood of the Singularity? Part Two: Uploading the Brain] by Alex Knapp, Forbes, 6/24/2011</ref>
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and transhumanism]]
==Transhumanist Thought==
==Transhumanist Thought==