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I don't think the Three Laws of Transhumanism page should be merged with The Transhumanist Wager page. The novel is a fictional book, but the The Three Laws of Transhumanism have become something more widespread and discussed, often without mention of the book. The laws have been often criticized too, and someone could add that to the page. Additionally, the philosophy TEF, Telological Egocentric Functionalism (part of the Three Laws of Transhumanism page), could easily have information added to it. A number of schools and colleges now teach with the novel, and academic papers have been written about TEF. Again, criticism of TEF could be added too, and there's plenty of it. SteveMiller4 3/10/15 — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMiller4 ( talk • contribs) 19:37, 10 March 2015
It seems to me like the person who posted it may be someone who is close to zoltan or one of zoltan's sock puppets — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.161.77.95 ( talk) 05:17, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
Odd John is an early (around 1930) novel of sci-fi pioneer William Olaf Stapledon. Odd John is freak of nature with superhuman abilities. His morals are beyond the understanding of ordinary people. Like Jethro Knight, he seeks fellows in mind and finally founds a South Sea colony with them. After a military confrontation between the world community and the colony, the colonist opt to destroy themselves. The idea of a community of superhumans (or at least individuals devoting their energies to the idea) and a deep antagonism with the rest of mankind as well as the role of a peculiar morality of power are striking similarities. A reference to Odd John might well be added somewhere. Discussion?
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I don't think the Three Laws of Transhumanism page should be merged with The Transhumanist Wager page. The novel is a fictional book, but the The Three Laws of Transhumanism have become something more widespread and discussed, often without mention of the book. The laws have been often criticized too, and someone could add that to the page. Additionally, the philosophy TEF, Telological Egocentric Functionalism (part of the Three Laws of Transhumanism page), could easily have information added to it. A number of schools and colleges now teach with the novel, and academic papers have been written about TEF. Again, criticism of TEF could be added too, and there's plenty of it. SteveMiller4 3/10/15 — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveMiller4 ( talk • contribs) 19:37, 10 March 2015
It seems to me like the person who posted it may be someone who is close to zoltan or one of zoltan's sock puppets — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.161.77.95 ( talk) 05:17, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
Odd John is an early (around 1930) novel of sci-fi pioneer William Olaf Stapledon. Odd John is freak of nature with superhuman abilities. His morals are beyond the understanding of ordinary people. Like Jethro Knight, he seeks fellows in mind and finally founds a South Sea colony with them. After a military confrontation between the world community and the colony, the colonist opt to destroy themselves. The idea of a community of superhumans (or at least individuals devoting their energies to the idea) and a deep antagonism with the rest of mankind as well as the role of a peculiar morality of power are striking similarities. A reference to Odd John might well be added somewhere. Discussion?