I don't understand why do these people have to call themselves "betterhumans". They are not better than anyone else, and this name just makes the average joe hard to identify with their goal.

"Transhumanist" is also a totally idiotic name.

Yes, I want to stop aging, but I don't want myself associated with groups that go by these idiotic names. This is why I never go to such "transhumanist" meetings, even though that as a scientist dealing with aging, I was invited more than once.

All I'm after is to stop aging. I'm not a "betterhuman" nor a "transhumanist", I just want to stop aging.

[Posted by: Jonsy at February 24, 2006 4:48 PM]

Pro-healthy life extension folks owe transhumanist advocates a debt for a lot of legwork and promotion over the past twenty years.

If you don't like the labels or the larger subcultural package - and you're no doubt not alone in that view - then there's nothing stopping you from setting forth to craft a better one. The more people who try, the better, in fact, since that gives more chances of success in forging a larger, more successful pro-healthy life extension movement.

[Posted by: Reason at February 24, 2006 9:01 PM]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not agaist what people who label themselves "transhumanists" do, on the contrary.

It's just the name. Most of the regular people from the street, when they here the name "transhumanist", the connotations that immediately goes up are along the lines of "delusional", "disconnected from reality" etc.

As a scientist, I don't want to be prejudged like this, it annoys me and I feel embarrassed.

[Posted by: Jonsy at February 25, 2006 7:49 AM]