Steve Martin, The Man with Two Brains . I teach you the overman.
Man is something that is to be overcome.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra , I prologue, p.3. We might expect Humanists, having accepted that there is no divine creator, shepherd, and purpose-giver, to respond affirmatively. Many humanists, even if they grant the possibility of such a monumental scientific accomplishment, shrink from this prospect. Despite sharing so many values and goals with humanism, this failure of courage and vision explains why there are a growing number of people calling themselves transhumanists . As the term suggests, transhumanists anticipate our future as posthumans, and adjust their view of their lives accordingly.