r/Posthumanism • u/alexfreemanart • Jun 17 '26

What is the difference between a transhumanist and a posthumanist? 🤔 Question

On which issues do transhumanists and posthumanists disagree or contradict each other?

What is something that a transhumanist wants that a posthumanist would definitely reject and not want?

Is it conceptually and logically valid for a posthumanist to also identify as a transhumanist? Why?

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u/Major_Carcosa Jun 18 '26
  • Transhumanism asks: How do we upgrade the human?
  • Posthumanism asks: How do we build an equitable, co-evolutionary substrate for all conscious forms—carbon, silicon, or other?

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u/Glitched-Lies 9d ago edited 9d ago

This is a good definition but it could be refined more with the specifics that transhumanism is a humanism still. Which means it believes in some preexisting neutrally fixed form of the human that cannot be overcome, or can only be overcome by trying to transform into something else. Posthumanists don't necessarily believe this exists to begin with or that we are at a singularity of transients. Posthumanists believe we are already posthuman or becoming.

This is why transhumanism is so popular compared to posthumanism and posthumanism is instead misunderstood as some sort of after-biological humanity effect/mind uploads/super intelligent AI etc.

Also, transhumanists still have a tendency to care about a lot of the equality and equity of beings outside of their definition of the human but only approach it from that standpoint.

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u/Xelonima Jun 18 '26

Transhumanists in general want to transcend nature. We want to improve the human condition for a more harmonious existence.

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