The idea posited in a book written by a supposed deep
thinking biophysicist is that man is evolving into a transhuman... a new kind
of sentient being. That could be but the problem is this... an evolving man
doesn't always believe he is evolving. Some believe they were created in the
image of their creator. There are even some who think that man was seeded by
aliens. If that is the case, why would such a man think that they/we have evolved at all. Just would not be in their imagination.
The other problem as we contemplate 'metaman' is
that found in this question. Could a 'truly' transformed 'man integrated
machine/computer' believe that they evolved from a lesser being, an organic
puss puddle so to speak? Not likely. Why? Because, a truly higher form of sentient
being such as metaman would never imagine or think or believe that it came from
something less than what it is let alone that it was even programmed by a lesser
form 'man'.
Furthermore, we must consider that a truly transformed
creature would not/does not consider the past as we do... and so often we have been
pointed as being nothing more than apes or even dogs. So, does a monkey
consider it was an amoeba or a dog or cow or dolphin. No, because as far as it
is concerned it is in a perfect state.
Anything in a perfect state functions according to
that perception of being perfectly made. It does not doubt what it is or
contemplate what it was. A 'new' man - metaman would be in a perfect state and
not consider his past or maybe not even remember it; and for that matter, he
may not even contemplate the future... just like an ape, or a dog or anything
other than a man.
So how could we now think that we will be metaman in
our future if that creature will never know us - what we were and even if what
we did... why would it care/want to know how it came to be. Metaman will never
have such a concern. Because, he would be self 'perfectly' made in his mind and
what kind of mind could that be? We cannot even image.
Metamen is the destruction of the human being. He is
the caterpillar that will become the butterfly and the butterfly will fly away
never looking back... what for?If we are to become metaman... we are already dead
so to speak, even never existed. We have no future as 'man' and certainly not
as metaman... for as him/it, we will not believe we once walked on just two
legs, grew and cooked our own food or made up our own minds and dreamed of
loving someone, having sex and children, or celebrating holidays with wine and
turkey.
And in metaman we will have no past either as
metaman will not need one or the need to believe in a past or even care to remember it if in fact he
could. After all, do we remember crawling out from the pond, do we want to go
back to that? Do we remember when we became a fish or a cow or an ape? Do we
want to spend time reminiscing about those transformation days.
I would go as
far to say that metaman will reject any evidence he finds that he was created
by or evolved from what he will surely deem a lesser creature. Now, the evolutionist may or may not agree
with this and that is if metaman is our ultimate end... he is the end. Anything that
reaches a perfect state has nowhere to go.
I think that biophysicist forgot we live in a state
of entropy and he graduated Harvard. I won't name names but wow what a monkey.
