The Reality of Posthumanism
Bostrom “posthuman” evaluated in certain categories. I will summarize these
categories with a single narration. First of all, I start with the definition
of posthuman concept. The Posthuman is described in different ways by many
different authors. According to
Bostrom,Posthuman; defined as an entity with posthuman capacity. Bostrom
mentions that there are three general central capacities of people. These are
health span, cognition and emotion. In other words, people's development of
these concepts and extreme human development, which is at a different point
than the people in the lives of these people, can lead to posthuman forms of
existence. As a posthuman capacity, I would like to say that a general
centralized capacity exceeds the maximum value that can be reached by any
existing human being without exceeding the new technological means. However, Bostrom claims that there are 5 levels of objection against
posthumanism. These are the appeal levels: It can not be done, Too difficult /
expensive, It would be too bad for the community, Postthuman lives would be
worse than human lives, Not benefited.
Bortrom states that all of these
levels are negative and impossible for posthuman views. People's lives are
happy or unhappy, tragic or entertaining in every way, no matter how people
live in the last moments of people are trying to live more. As the problems
that the human body cannot fight, slow down of metabolism, like weakening and
aging of the body structure, people realize that they are approaching death.
Therefore, the hope of living a little more in the last days of their lives to
be able to compensate for a lot of things and begin to appreciate every moment
of their lives. The most important reason for people's desire to be a posthuman
indicates that the health period is due to their desire to live a longer and
healthier life. People want to live without health problems at almost any age.
Bostrom forms prima facie support for claiming that extended life is not
entirely healthy. Bostrom mentions that this is an option worth having. It is a
known fact that people always seek to develop cognition. Every person wants to
have high cognitive capacity. Bostrom mentions that people who have high
cognitive capacity want to develop their cognitive capacity and want to come to
posthuman point more than people with low cognitive capacity.
Bostrom also argues that the level of cognitive abilities at the posthuman
level will be perfect, and that the development of emotional development will
become more complex. Bostrom mentions about how broad and comprehensive a
person's emotional capacity can reach the highest level of cognitive capacity.
According to Bostrom, the fact that a person has any of the 3 general
capacities (health span, cognition and emotion) seems to be reasonable to be
able to question one's self, life and everything more, and determine the most
important goals that she/he can reach and move forward towards that purpose.
Bostrom also mentions the importance of one's personal identity. The person's
status as Posthuman is different in a significant way. Bostrom explained this
with an example. For example, suppose one born as a posthuman. Imagine his/her
life, his/her cognitive abilities are perfect. We try and be like him/her. But
our innate talents, emotions and everything we have says that there will be no
posthuman. So here is what Bostrom is talking about that each person has
his/her own personal identity and that we cannot know whether we will be good
or bad according to the posthuman.
There is always a good concept of living by the nature of people. This
concept of life can be counted under many different titles such as social
status, necessities, habits, love, feelings, dreams, psychological process.
However, people always forget to live some of these concepts because they are
in the effort to reach the most perfect, or they may not understand these
concepts. As a result, Bostrom claims that some people are extremely helpful
and should not die. The development of 3 central capacities, such as cognition,
healthspan, and emotional, suggests that posthuman levels may be achieved and
may be applicable to some concept. But he argues that people aren't posthuman
now. When people understand what the human concept means,
the view defended by Bostrom will prove his justification for the fact that
the human species is a very valuable species.
I think that personal identity cannot
be the same with posthumanism. Because even if a person develops all 3 central
capacities he / she has, I still think that a very small part of one's
memories, goals, skills and psychological characteristics can change. In
general, however, I think that the person will continue to have many of her/his
memories, desires, tendencies, personal relationships and social connections
that he/she possesses his personal identity. Bostrom's statements on this
subject were convincing for me. Because when a person has a personal identity,
it is not easy to change her/him. For example, someone who lost mother or
father. Let them think that you love and imagine them every day. Let us assume
later that this person has reached the Posthuman level. After the posthuman,
Can we say that the same person can stop thinking and loving them? I say
absolutely that “no”. I mean, it is a very difficult and profound process to
change our personal identity. I don't think even a person who has reached the
posthuman level can easily change it.
Written by Erdogan Akbiyik
http://erdoganakbiyik.blogspot.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDsUnmBfVdEPkcC8FlzPKcg
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