This is spooky stuff, but it's real and it's already happening.
Humans are augmenting themselves with computers and technology that will expand their abilities, and it's going to get more advanced and morally complex as time passes.
Imagine transplanting your entire consciousness into a computer. That's a new type of immortality. Imagine having a robotic exoskeleton that's not just part of your body — it is your body. That's a new type of existence entirely.
An excellent documentary called "Bionics, Transhumanism, And The End Of Evolution"takes a look at the endless wonder and potential of what happens when blood-and-meat humanity meets steel-and-silicon technology. The results are amazing, but what's even more compelling is where this stuff goes down the road as it gets more and more advanced.
Meet Dr. Robert J. White. He's a neurosurgeon at Cleveland Medical Hospital in Ohio.
As a neurosurgeon, he specializes in the study of the brain.
He famously transplanted one monkey's head onto another monkey's body. It lived for seven days, and even its personality was intact.
Source:
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Transhumanism-Will-Change-Everything-5091489.php
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-transhumanism-2013-12?utm_source=hearst&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=allverticals#dr-white-argues-that-this-is-proof-that-consciousness-and-personality-can-be-transplanted-just-like-a-kidney-4
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