Homo sapience is currently facing a great turning point in which it transforms into a new species through artificial evolution. Finally, biotechnology succeeded in creating artificial life as well as manipulating genes. Transhumanists are now leaning ...
Homo sapience is currently facing a great turning point in which it transforms into a new species through artificial evolution. Finally, biotechnology succeeded in creating artificial life as well as manipulating genes. Transhumanists are now leaning on biotechnology to overcome human limitations and try to transform them into new species. Xunzi's idea of overcoming human nature and transforming into a new being through artificial efforts is in some ways in line with transhumanism. However, in Xunzi's thought, human limitations and the process of overcoming them are completely different from transhumanism. At a time when the development of life science and human desire meet to create an unpredictable future, Xunzi's thought will be a compass that teaches us where to go.