Brave Helios

First read this post

Contemplate:
Does our biological vessel (body) define our humanity?
Is it immoral to manage, augment or alter our biology with technology. Why?

As a Transhumanist I believe the full potential of humanity has not been reached yet. I believe the only way for an intelligence to achieve the highest levels of actualization are through the procurement of knowledge and the practice of altruism.

To this end; Intelligence required the freedom to move through, interact with, and communicate to the world it found itself in. In short it required authentic experience to maximize the acquisition of knowledge

and most importantly to evolve and understand. Evolution of biology and consciousness are endless journeys without destination our direction as we understand them. Like energy, intelligence's are eternal in nature and therefore it is logical to assume that humanity must always be evolving. In other words it must always be acquiring new information for that is its nature. If God is truly without beginning or end then He is not idle on his evolutionary journey. Perhaps it can be argued that the acquisition of knowledge is the measure of intelligence.


For thousands upon thousands of years our bodies assisted us on our quest to understand the world around us. Our bodies and minds worked together to forge and shape civilization as humanity took its first infant steps towards enlightenment, and for a long time things worked great for us. Gradually as our species grew in knowledge and capacity we quickly hit a barrier due to the constraints of our bodies. We developed tools, and instruments to augment our senses and abilities. We built telescopes and microscopes and thus progress of knowledge marched forward, gaining in speed and scope due to the exponential nature in which information grows.

We are very quickly reaching the end of the functional usefulness of our current diseased and mortal bodies' ability to navigate the endless amounts of data in our daily lives. In fact, I argue that we have already reached that point. According to Psychology Today 75% or more of smart phone users are never more then 5 feet away from their device, and an overwhelming majority of users claim severe to extreme anxiety when separated from their device. The conclusion? Without the use of brain augmentation devices like tablets and smartphones, it is impossible to function at the same level of efficiency as someone who embraces these technologies.

The problem of biological constraints is not going to go away. It will continue to become increasingly burdensome as we approach the moment of singularity. Our 5 senses by which we gather data from our world around us are elegant, yet incredibly slow, especially when compared to computers. We are therefore becoming more and more limited by the vast amounts of time required to learn. Our bodies carry disease that often corrode our ability to learn, our short life spans have robbed the world of incredible thinkers. Our bodies are fragile and will die if exposed to extremes in environment, keeping us from being able to fully understand the universe in which we live. Our biology is keeping our intelligence from reaching the full measure of its potential. This is why transcendence is essential to the continuation of humanity.

God, as I understand him is an intelligence not much different then us. Our collective drive to explore and expand every sphere of our influence is a common defining trait all intelligence's have, as is augmenting reality with tools. To not alter our biology is to deny any connection we have with the divine.