@ninjamarx – No, I would call it a “different” being, perhaps an “altered” being. I still don’t understand in what way do you think of someone who has modified their biology as “fake”.
@Klass4 – Nature “creates” nothing. It is a blind force with no forethought and no concern for human well-being. It is also extremely slow, taking billions of years to do what could be done in a few decades. Also, there are very few selection pressures operating on modern humans, so our physical, “natural” evolution has slowed to a crawl.
I am, in some ways, proud of my humanity. That is, I am proud of the bits worth being proud of – compassion, kindness, curiosity, adaptability, imagination, etc. I do not, however, imagine that we are perfect. One look at the world will tell you that. For me, at least, it’s not a matter of trying to be superior – it’s about widening my experience, making myself a better person, and making my life happier.
I use a lawnmower to mow my lawn. Am I “lazy” because I don’t get down on my knees and trim each blade of grass myself? I use clothes I buy at stores. Am I “lazy” because I don’t make them myself? To be less contrary – I think that enhancing our minds and bodies with organic and synthetic upgrades would widen the scope of our achievements, not cheapen them. I would also like to point out that whatever upgrades we were able to use would come as the result of a great deal of hard work on the part of engineers and scientists.
Finally – the reason we are here is that we evolved over billions of years, imperfectly adapting to life in the paleolithic era. There is no predestined, prewritten purpose for us beyond reproduction, and thus no law that says we can not use computers or whatever other means we have at our disposal to better our lot.