Transhumanism, the next stage in human evolution?


	Transhumanism, the next stage in human evolution?

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4-5-2007 7:15 AM

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<P><A href="http://www.thersa.org/audio/lecture220306.mp3" valign="left"><IMG src="http://ieet.org/images/headerimage_home_SER.jpg" /></A>A speech by Dr Nick Bostrom, IEET Chairman and Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. The speech was given on <A title="March 22, 2006 in London to the Royal Society" href="http://www.thersa.org/events/detail.asp?eventID=1797">March 22, 2006 in London to the Royal Society</A>. The meeting was chaired by Robert Pepperell, University of Plymouth and at the University of Wales College, Newport, UK.
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