Abstract
The current transhumanist or posthumanist movements continue the thesis of the old gnosis devaluing the creation like something imperfect. Its novelty is to believe in the possibility of overcoming the creation thanks to technology (biotechnology and bionics). The ideology of gender partly anticipates this way of thinking by devaluing the somatic difference between male and female. This denial of the differences then applies to those existing between the human and the non-human (on one side the primates, and on the other the computer). Posthumanism and transhumanism believe that technology will not only overcome the ontological differences, which form the human, but also the so-called extreme situations, such as illness, suffering and death itself. In this case, by copying the brain information as software to a hard disk. The intellectual myopia of these movements is clear: they reduce the scope of knowledge to mere genetic or electronic information, denying knowledge and, more importantly, wisdom. Their current success is due to their connection with the central thesis of financial capitalism: the need for total manipulation of the real and indefinite growth. Far from advancing the human being, they create malfunctions.
Highlights
Resumen: Los actuales movimientos transhumanistas o posthumanistas continúan la tesis de la vieja gnosis, desvalorizando la creación como algo imperfecto
The essence of the old gnosis was the opposition to the idea of creation, due to the conviction of living in a world created by a perverse demiurge who seeks our perdition2
In the Gnostic dream world, on the other hand, nonrecognition of reality is the first principle» (p. 169). This gnostic dream characterises all those who currently hope to overcome the human species with the help of the technique, which is known by the pretentious names of transhumanism and posthumanism
Summary
The essence of the old gnosis was the opposition to the idea of creation, due to the conviction of living in a world created by a perverse demiurge who seeks our perdition. The current gnosis, represented by the poorly titled posthumanism and transhumanism, still stands firm on the rejection of the idea of creation, but at the same time considers that it can be improved and even surpassed due to the technological progress. This gnostic dream characterises all those who currently hope to overcome the human species with the help of the technique, which is known by the pretentious names of transhumanism and posthumanism. These two terms can be considered synonyms, but it is possible to distinguish them depending on what the human being is compared to, i.e., an ape, according to the former, or artificial intelligence, according to the latter. Genetic engineering is the preferred resource; in the second, the hybridization with artificial intelligence
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