0n Iune anu , , the B+ Summit was helu at Baivaiu 0niveisity.

0ne of the tenets of the

B+ Society is "We auvocate the well-being of all sentience, including humans, non-human animals,
and any Iuture artiIicial intellects, modiIied liIe Iorms, or other intelligences to which
technological and scientiIic advance may give rise. It states that 'humanity stands to be
profoundly affected by science and technology in the future. We envision the possibility of
broadening human potential by overcoming aging, cognitive shortcomings, involuntary
suffering, and our confinement to planet Earth. These two statements are part of a
"transhumanist declaration that the H+ Society has issued. The statements are both very
broad and very unusual in that they are claiming this groups position as "advocating for the
"well being of that which doesnt exist, including future artificial intellects, modified life
forms or other intelligences to which technological and scientific advance may give rise.
However, "modified life forms, including the physical enhancement of human thought that
the group advocates, in and of itself, destroys the well being of humanity as a species, by
working to destroy human beings as human beings as a species to make them into
something else. (hLLp//wwwhumanlLvplusora/learn/phllosophv/LranshumanlsLdeclaraLlon)
he B+ Summit at Baivaiu was sponsoieu by the Baivaiu College Futuie Society. he Baivaiu
College Futuie Society's puipose statement noteu on it's website is: "@he purpose of Lhe Parvard
Colleae luLure SocleLv ls Lo promoLe awareness and furLher undersLandlna of Lhe llnk beLween
acceleraLlna Lechnoloalcal arowLh and fuLure socleLv and Lo encouraae Lhe use of raLlonal assessmenL
meLhods ln Lhe evaluaLlon of relevanL Lechnoloales ln Lhe presence of rapldlv expandlna human
lnLelllaence and vasLlv auamenLed capablllLles humanlLv wlll be soon be compelled Lo radlcallv
revaluaLe manv of lLs mosL fundamenLal prlnclples lnvolvlna lLs verv naLure@he Parvard Colleae luLure
SocleLv ls commlLLed Lo provldlna a forum for dlscusslon reaardlna Lhe varlous vlslons for Lhe fuLure of
humanlLv ln llahL of Lechnoloalcal arowLh and ln encouraalna fuLure Lechnoloales Lo be used for Lhe
beLLermenL of humanklnd Some Loplcs of lnLeresL lnclude @ranshumanlsm Lhe @echnoloalcal
SlnaularlLv ArLlflclal Ceneral lnLelllaence Mlnd uploadlna SlmulaLed 8eallLv Crvonlc Suspenslon
lmmorLallLv and nanoLechnoloav amona oLhers"
(http://usodb.Ias.harvard.edu/public/index.cgi?rmdetails&id940)
Ninu uploauing is the mapping anu captuie of human minus so that they can be tiansfeiieu to
iobots. Immoitality involves making human beings no longei human anu nanotechnology is
incieasingly involving ieseaich mixing life with mateiials at the moleculai level. Although the B+
Society anu the Baivaiu Futuie Society aie both veiy "pio change" anu enthusiastic anu boosteiish
about vague things such as "encouiaging futuie technologies to be useu foi the "betteiment of
mankinu", it is uifficult to know in what way mankinu can be "bettei than it is" anu what will be
uone to the human species in oiuei to ieach what they uesciibe as "the varlous vlslons for Lhe fuLure
of humanlLv ln llahL of Lechnoloalcal arowLh" @hese are lmporLanL lssues because research and
experlmenLaLlon ls currenLlv belna done LhaL ls noL belna done for Lhe beLLermenL of manklnd" or for
Lhe well belna of humanlLv" as noLed above buL Lo make human belnas lnLo someLhlna LhaL Lhev are
noL lncludlna parL human and parL compuLer or roboL and research LhaL ls lnvolvlna cross aeneLlc
research beLween human belnas and oLher specles LhaL are servlna Lo desLrov Lhe lnLacL wholeness of
specles and for no valld reason
A number of Lhese aroups and Lhese do lnclude some researchers are araulna for Lechnoloav LhaL ls
noL based on helplna human belnas reaaln healLh lf Lhev are lll buL developlna Lechnoloav Lo make
human belnas lnLo someLhlna else" And as noLed Lhls could be would be based on Lhe varlous
vlslons" LhaL lndlvlduals or aroups Lhlnk LhaL humanlLv should be" accordlna Lo Lhem" @hls aroup
advocaLes desLrovlna human belnas as human belnas Lo as Lhev descrlbe enhance human belnas and
human Lhlnklna" noL bv worklna Lo enhance our lnnaLe capablllLles bv ourselves Lhrouah efforL buL
exLernallv bv [olnlna braln funcLlon wlLh compuLer funcLlon CLher wrlLlnas bv Lhls and slmllar aroups
descrlbe as well wanLlna Lo creaLe a aroup braln" where human belna's bralns are llnked LoaeLher" Lo
funcLlon LoaeLher" Lherebv desLrovlna lndlvldual human LhouahL and Lhe base of whaL we are as
human belnas and lndlvlduals
@he focus on movlna bevond Lhe conflnes of Lhe planeL LarLh noLed ln Lhe P+ SummlL
@ranshumanlsL ueclaraLlon and Lhe Loplc of slmulaLed reallLv lnvolves mlnd uploadlna" lnLo forms LhaL
can navlaaLe or relaLe wlLhln envlronmenLs LhaL are elLher noL conduclve Lo human llfe or are acLuallv
vlrLual" @hls means Lhe mapplna and uploadlna of Lhe conLenLs of Lhe human braln Lhrouah compuLer
capLure and Lhe Lransfer of Lhe human mlnd lnLo roboLs LhaL can ao lnLo ouLer space or lnLeracL ln a
vlrLual compuLer modulaLed world"
@he summlL belna held aL Parvard ls no colncldence A number of Lhese aroups are pushlna for soclal
accepLance of LhaL whlch has never been accepLable Lo us as human belnas @he desLrucLlon of
humanlLv as humanlLv Lo enacL Lhe vlslons of a few lndlvlduals" who are wllllna Lo desLrov human
belnas as human belnas ln order Lo enacL Lhelr own personal or personal aroup vlslons" shouldn'L be
accepLable Lo anv of us
lL ls noL bv accldenL LhaL Lhe PlppocraLlc CaLh whlch has been Lhe basls for medlclne Lhe fleld whlch
has had dlrecL phvslcal conLacL and lnvolvemenL wlLh humanlLv and lL's phvslcal well belna has had as
lL's lnvlolaLe base flrsL do no harm" @hrouahouL hlsLorv anv one of a number of aroups and
aovernmenLs lncludlna nazl Cermanv ln World War @wo and World War @wo !apan have been
lnLeresLed ln chanalna human belnas lnLo someLhlna else" Lo saLlsfv Lhelr own personal or aroup
personal vlslons" @he absoluLe essenLlal necessarv base LhaL we as human belnas have requlred of one
anoLher as exempllfled ln Lhe PlppocraLlc CaLh ls LhaL Lhose lnvolved dlrecLlv wlLh Lhe human bodv
phvslcallv have Lhe mandaLe Lo flrsL do no harm" We requlre lL of phvslclans because Lhev have been
hlsLorlcallv Lhe ones lnvolved wlLh procedures lnvolvlna human belnas LhaL could posslblv alve Lhem Lhe
capablllLv Lo harm human belnas phvslcallv lL ls Lhe base LhaL we musL requlre of researchers as well ln
reaard Lo Lhe human specles
As menLloned ln boLh documenLs Lechnoloalcal capablllLles and onaolna research and
experlmenLaLlon are pushlna Lhe boundarles of whaL we are able Lo do Lo human belnas oLher specles
llfe lLself and all of maLLer WheLher lL ls human embrvonlc sLem cell research and experlmenLaLlon
whlch ls provldlna Lhe capablllLv Lo use human embrvos as Lhe base for chanalna human belnas lnLo
someLhlna else aL Lhe aeneLlc embrvonlc base of whaL we are as human belnas or Lhe lncreaslnalv co
fused" research LhaL ls belna done on maklna compuLers and roboLs more human llke" aL Lhe same
Llme worklna Lo be able Lo dlalLallv quanLlfv and record human LhouahL and human acLlvlLv Lo be
LranslaLed lnLo compuLer and machlne funcLlons whaL ls occurrlna ls research LhaL ls lncreaslnalv
blurrlna Lhe llnes beLween whaL ls human and whaL are oLher specles and whaL ls human and whaL ls
machlne and compuLer funcLlon ln reaard Lo nanoLechnoloav research and experlmenLaLlon ls worklna
Lo reduce boLh llfe and maLerlal Lo Lhe molecular and aLomlc level Lo lnLermlx" boLh aL Lhe verv
smallesL levels of parLlcles and molecules
WhaL ls noL belna dlscussed ls whv much of Lhls research ls belna done and whaL rlahL Lhere ls Lo use
llfe wheLher aL Lhe molecular level or Lhe embrvonlc level or aL Lhe level of menLaLlon and Lo use
human belnas and oLher exlsLlna specles for Lhe purpose of maklna us lnLo someLhlna else"
@he reallLv ls LhaL Lhls research and experlmenLaLlon ls ln and of lLself desLrucLlve and ln manv cases lL
appears Lo be noL for Lhe purpose of brlnalna people back Lo a sLaLe of healLh lf Lhev are lll buL for Lhe
purpose of maklna human belnas lnLo someLhlna Lhev aren'L and have never been We have never
aranLed ourselves Lhe rlahL Lo desLrov human belnas as human belnas for no valld reason and Lhe rlahL
cerLalnlv shouldn'L be because some lndlvlduals wanL Lo desLrov humanlLv lLself as a specles Lo make lL
lnLo someLhlna else


@hls arLlcle ls parL of an overall slLe on Cermanv and !apan worldwlde heaemonv aL
hLLp//aermanv[apanheaemonvwordpresscom