Debate on What Transhumanism is Doing to The World Between Two “Scientists”?
Credibility is a very important thing to have when writing an article or anything in general. If you don’t make your reader feel comfortable or make them believe what they are reading then they won’t stick with your opinion. That is what Jeremy Maitin-Shepard did, not only did he cite his references at the end, he quoted important scientists. Unlike online vlogs or Wikipedia which are places where anybody can go edit on their own terms without the story being published by a real publication house. Shepard makes his article a credible source because he the author is identifiable, gives real controversial examples, and sites a regulatory agency. The Wikipedia article has some credibility since it cites different institutional cites, but there’s no actual concrete author nor date.
Shepard is an identifiable author who got his article published by the Broadview Press and if you look him up on line Cornell University even reviewed his article. These are well-known institutions that have credentials. The article Shepard wrote also states background information of himself. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in 2008, and he went on to be a doctoral
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For example, he writes “some recent developments, future possibilities, and generic engineering of human’s artificial intelligence…” (Shepard 2004) but he does not say what those developments are. Therefore, it makes the reader wonder if Shephard really does know what he’s talking about. He does however cite a regulatory agency, NAPA, from where he got that certain information. It supports his claim and valuable benefits we have as humans regarding insurance tying it back to the engineering that happens around us. As well as other .edu websites that can be found easily with our own