The Ubermensch, the Superman, the Transhuman, and how to tell the difference

Despite the influence of crazy cultists like the Raelians, I remain a cautious optimist about the 'transhuman' movement.

For me, the notion that advancements in science will inevitably lead to advancements in human life-span, is screamingly obvious, if perhaps oversold by the techno-fetishists.

Likewise I believe we should embrace the 'cyborg', not as the creepy machine-creature from science fiction, but as the natural extension of our human use of tools (I argue there is an unbroken line between our ancestors using sticks and rocks as tools through the industrial revolution, towards the replacement of body parts, gene splicing, etc. We are already Borg, and always have been).

In any case, this article served as a useful tool for distinguishing between the three relevant, though contradictory concepts.