Self evaluation
Are You a Transhumanist? Ten questions
How many of these statements do you agree with?
- Do you believe that people have a right to use technology to extend their mental and physical (including reproductive) capacities and to improve their control over their own lives?
- Do you think that by being generally open and embracing of new technology we have a better chance of turning it to our advantage than if we try to ban or prohibit it?
- Do you expect human progress to result from human accomplishment rather than divine intervention, grace, or redemption?
- Do you think it would be a good thing if people could become many times more intelligent than they currently are?
- Do you DISAGREE with the idea that human genetic engineering is always wrong because it is “playing God”?
- Does your ethical code advocate the well-being of all sentient beings, whether in artificial intellects, humans, posthumans, or non-human animals?
- Do you believe women should have the right to terminate their pregnancies?
- Do you think it would be a good thing if people could live for hundreds of years or longer?
- Would you consider having your mind uploaded to computers if it was the only way you could continue as a conscious person?
- Should parents be able to have children through cloning once the technology is safe?
How many did you agree with?
- 7-10: You are a transhumanist. Go forth and share the memes.
- 5-6: You are probably a transhumanist.
- 2-4: You have some (trans)humanist tendencies. We can nurture them.
- 0-1: You are not a transhumanist yet. But we can help. Consult us frequently
Read the 2007 Member Survey and the 2005 Member Survey that formed the basis of this test.
