MDSB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Quantified Self, Pilates, Life Extension
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The human is a biological animal, which evolved approximately 200,000 years ago as the subspecies homo sapiens sapiens (cid:894)(cid:373)oder(cid:374) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s(cid:895). The wester(cid:374) (cid:449)orld(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)sus o(cid:374) (cid:449)hat is (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) for a hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)iolog(cid:455), life spa(cid:374), intelligence and psychology established certain precedents. Outside these precedents would mean that a human is subnormal or beyond normal. A person who is afflicted with a physical affliction, a mental condition, or degenerative disease would be considered to be outside the normal range. Likewise, a person who has increased physiological performance or cognitive abilities, or lives beyond the human maximum lifespan of. 122-123 years, would be considered outside the normal range. This determination of (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) has (cid:374)ot kept up (cid:449)ith the ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374) te(cid:272)h(cid:374)olog(cid:455) or s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Human enhancement, both therapeutic and selective, challenges the normal status and aims to expanding human capabilities that furthers human physiological functions and extends the maximum life span.
