07.18.07

HuMod

Posted in Transhumanism at 5:33 am by rheil

HuMod

(»HuMod was created to raise awareness and to provide hope to those who believe that technology can, will and does improve our lives. Many experts believe that in just a few decades, humans will be able to replace organs with artificial organs that work better than the originals or grow biological organs to according to specification. The relatively new field of nanotechnology promises to repair our cells even before permanent damage is done. Gene and stem cell therapies intend to make up for the failures of our genes by repairing bad genes and replacing cells already lost. The pairing of our central nervous system with computers will one day be common. Based upon some estimates, which factor in the exponential acceleration of technological advance, Around the year 2050, those of us who are in reasonable health, can also reasonably expect to have indefinite life spans. We won’t be immortal, there will still be physical death from horrible accidents but as far as death from disease and age related causes, children will ponder how horrible life must have been when people died from illness, strokes, heart disease and cancer. [...]«)