Human Augmentation Devices Outside Clinical Indication: A Perspective on Enhancement Without Diagnosis

Authors

  • Bernadett Gonczi Centre for Human Augmentation, Hansag Centre for Anticipatory Research, Kapuvar, Hungary Author
  • Ingrid-Marie Fossmark Centre for Neuroethics, Dovre Institute for Future Science, Dombas, Norway Author
  • Hilma Immola Centre for Science Policy, Nuuksio Centre for Anticipatory Research, Vihti, Finland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22676358

Keywords:

Human Augmentation Devices Outside Clinical Indication; Future science and technology; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

Human Augmentation Devices Outside Clinical Indication has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a
wider community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for human augmentation devices outside clinical indication, covering the methodological, practical,
regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still
largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than
either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2023-08-15