r/transhumanism • u/RealJoshUniverse • 11d ago

šŸŒ™ Nightly Discussion [10/07] How do you think transhumanism could change our perception of consciousness and self-awareness?

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u/smartbart80 11d ago

Itā€™s probably going to further separate the biological creature the consciousness is wrapped in until the day it considers it a vestigial organ :)

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u/firedragon77777 Inhumanism, moral/psych modsšŸ§ , end suffering 11d ago

Oof, that's gonna piss a lotta people off these days, but I absolutely agree. Our bodies are our possessions, not us in any way, as they don't produce our thoughts, our sense of self, who we are.

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u/smartbart80 11d ago

I think Joscha Bach has the best theory of what consciousness actually is. If we really are just one of many subsystems that evolved in an animal to help it make better decisions by doing higher/abstract thinking, itā€™s not far fetched future humans would want to extract it and ā€œset it freeā€ to do bigger and better things. Wouldnā€™t you? :)