The fact that thousands of genetic and medical scientists around the world are working feverishly to cure the "disease" of death should tell us that this isn't just a fad. Public money funds universities. Billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Theil and Jeff Bezos are investing heavily. Transhumanism is here to stay and it is gaining power and influence over traditional science.
Many people flippantly dismiss alarms over transhumanism, not realizing that they are being drawn into the most clever trap in human history; one that promises Utopia but delivers destruction. This article is a must-read deep think that enhances the title of my latest book, The Evil Twins of Technocracy and Transhumanism.
Elon Musk's "significant other" with whom he is co-parenting two children, is a self-declared Technocrat, Transhumanist and pagan witch. She wants to clone herself digitally, let AI run her show and dismantle copyright laws. She is a perfect coupling for Musk, who shares all the same traits and beliefs.
C.S. Lewis concluded in the Abolition of Man that the more man looks into nature with the eye to master and control it, the more man himself is taken captive by nature. This is unexpected, but the logical conclusion is that it will ultimately result in the abolition of man, not nature.
Peter Thiel is a hardcore Transhumanist who has invested millions in life-extension technologies. To cover all the bases, he now plans to have his head frozen, post-death, to -321 degrees Fahrenheit in hopes that he might be unfrozen at a later date to have his brain/soul downloaded into a computer to achieve immortality.
Yeast cells today and humans tomorrow? This synthetic biology project has taken 7 years to get to this point, but they claim genetically modified cells can live 82 percent longer than normal cells. Synthetic biology implies genetic modification, which, as a science, has already been pioneered in humans.
When I started to lecture on Transhumanism in 2010, it was a lonely podium. Today, there are hundreds of top scholars warning about the dangerous cult of Transhumanism, that posits evolution is theirs to control via genetic manipulation. This is warmed over eugenics from Nazi Germany and, further back, to the California State government.
Leading billionaires who fund transhumanism research include Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos, and so on. These are also Technocrats, bent on bringing their Technocracy Utopia into reality. Will breakthroughs be sold to the masses or only consumed by the billionaire class?
The Transhuman quest for genetic modification in order to change the human condition will end in total disaster. "Hacking the human body" is a myth perpetuated by academics like Yuval Noah Harari and Klaus Schwab with his Fourth Industrial Revolution narrative. Globally, however, biodefense spending is in the trillions and shows no signs of restraint.
As I wrote in The Evil Twins of Technocracy and Transhumanism, the mechanistic view of the world, including humans, will end with the abolishment of man and not his deliverance. It is a worldview underpinned by Scientism, or the worship of science. Indeed, humanity faces the final battle.