Transhumanism's Despairing Howl

I hear all the time that human exceptionalism is arrogant -- that we are not "special" in nature, nor are our lives of higher value than those of other species, nor, some even say, higher than "nature" in general. Patent nonsense.

But this is arrogant: the transhumanist eschatological belief that we will recreate ourselves into near-immortals with god-like powers.

Take the recent pro-transhumanist article published in the International Business Times, as just one example:

Within the next 200...