ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 2003

TRANSHUMANIST ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

Submitted by TAN Chair, Ogu Innocent

The enlightenment team of the Transhumanist Association of Nigeria took
a scheduled trip to Ikeduru local government area of Imo state on Monday
21st July 2003 where the anxious officers and the citizens were waiting.

At about noon, the hall of the central school venue of the meeting was
filled to capacity. Over fifty people were there - people of diverse
professions and officials of the local government including Mr.
Igbonekwu, the Chairman of the local. Government.

Some minutes later, after the introduction the lecturer of the day and
the team leader who is also the chair- Transhumanist Association of
Nigeria (TAN) engineer Innocent R. Ogu started the talks which had the
theme, “The use of computer in business outfits’

Naturally, he started by describing and introducing the subject matter.
Everyone in the gathering listened with wrapped attention.

Among the things he taught was that computer is a wonder machine that
can be used for a lot of things including stock keeping, printing of
handbills, pictures, when a digital camera is applied, then printing of
vouchers, like receipts, LPOs and several other things including wedding
cards, complimentary cards, bills of sorts etc.

He went further to tell them that computer can be used to send letters
across the world within seconds- as you can switch on electric light
before removing your fingers from the switch, the light would have been
on - in a flash.

The computer can also be used to make phone calls across the world. In
short, that the computer has the fastest brain ever can be imagined.
This is a machine that continues beyond the limitations of the human
brain if properly manipulated.

The word to it is commands. Give the computer the right command and it
will give you the right answer.

For the reason that there is no electric power supply to the local
government, the computer hardware was not demonstrated to the regrets of
both organizers of the lecture and the audience.

The local government chairman however promised to supply or provide
power when next the team would visit. In continuation of the lecture,
they were told that for the traders and business men amongst them what
the computer can handle in packages like pastel which is used to record
and determine the influx of goods and sales over a periods of time, it
could be done on monthly or quarterly basis to determine the amount of
transaction within the said period of time for proper organization.

He went further to say that the computer could even be used to play
indoor games assuming you work for a long time and would want to relax,
you can play games on it. Music is equally provided. Home video films
can be played back and watched on the screens of computers just as you
do with the home video tape recorders and televisions.

The only difference is that the software the computer uses is smaller
than that of the V.T.R and that of the computer is more compact and
could contain more information than that of the video tape recorder
(VTR).

The advent of computer has changed the sphere of the entire universe as
of today. It has made a lot of things for men. In short it continues
from the limitations of sound brain though it is man - made.

Man in a bid to relax within his limits has employed an electronic
slave- the computer to continue beyond his limitations.

Gentlemen that is where we are most concerned with. To add a lot more of
what other scientist who are humans like us who discovered that, would
be worthy of note and importance to the future generation after us.

It will help us to live beyond our mortal time. We would be immortalized
after this realm.

Before we get to the later, we should acquaint ourselves with the
fundamentals of computers - the operational, application to solving some
immediate environmental things, our day to day manipulations and
seriously thinking of how we can further develop the limitations it has
for now.

We sincerely believe that a lot more things could be derived and added
to the existing features of the wonder machine.

People should bear in mind that there has to be, discovered scientific
breakthroughs that could help human beings to elongated life
actualization.

It is on this note that the lecturer stopped and asked for some
questions and contributions.

Questions were asked which bordered on the lecture:

How could the computer be demonstrated to them?

How long would it take for the acquisition of operational skills to be
had?

How often would they be having such lectures on the wonder machine?

Could they be given some publications on the computer as excerpts?

Could human beings develop further than where they are now?

All the questions raised were given satisfactory answers to the
astonishment of the audience .

At the end of the brain teasing sessions , the local government chairman
thanked the Transhumanist Association of Nigeria for making history in
that part of the world by introducing the lecture on computer and asked
for more time in the future to visit and update on the discoveries and
more so the computer itself.

Reacting, the chair Transhumanist Association of Nigeria thanked them
for a good welcome and promised to keep them abreast of events of the
Association.

The team was treated to a galla evening with a local drama presented by
pupils of Ikeduru central school - “ The electronic age’’

The head teacher of the school Mr. Paul Amanze was full of delight when
he presented his pupils for the drama.

A cultural troupe “Nmanwu Umunneoha’ performed to the admiration of the
audience. And the party left for Lagos that same evening to continue
with another local government area.