With death many people’s greatest fear, cosmists and transhumanists can offer a seductive myth of immortality.

With death many people’s greatest fear, cosmists and transhumanists can offer a seductive myth of immortality.
Transhumanism is a cultural movement that encourages scientific and technological discoveries to enhance human physical and cognitive capacities. It believes that a future most people dismiss as science fiction is just around the corner. Transhumanists say that by 2045, humanity will experience “singularity”, a theory predicting human and artificial intelligence can be fused.