Arguably the First Science-Fiction
Foretold the True Goal of Science
In 1818, Mary Shelly published her novel, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, which I believed foretold the goal of what was to become science: from Frankenstein to Transhumanism to Posthumanism. In the novel, man seeks to creates life from lifelessness; however, this pits man’s creation against man. Man dies from exhaustion while man’s creation drifts away into the arctic mists. Frankenstein never dies; today he has reappeared in a different form, a form which is known as Transhumanism. Continue reading “Frankenstein to Transhumanism to Posthumanism”