Computer simulation as a new cultural practice of mathematical model in cyborgization and epistemology

The latest achievements and plans of biotechnology related to the creation of human hybrids are something akin to those myths and archetypes of the “cyberman” that have accompanied humanity throughout its history. Therefore, modern scientific experiments in this area can be perceived as a kind of continuation as a practical implementation of imaginary experiments and fantasies about the “cyberman”. Along with this, the perception of biotechnological achievements by society is largely determined, to which they are published through the prism of myths, works of literature and cinema, that is, such specific images as the Minotaur, Frankenstein, Ichthyander and other mixmorphic characters. The work uses a comparative method, which implies a comparative historical analysis to present the development of experiments to create a cyberman, as well as to review the development of the “cybercreature” motif in culture. The work also analyzes philosophical literature devoted, on the one hand, to the problem of human cyberbeings, and on the other, to understanding the boundaries of intervention in the genome and human nature. A wide range of biotechnologies make it possible to change human nature, including experiments conducted long before the structure of DNA was discovered. This analysis is complemented by the discovery and study of the cultural and anthropological roots of the analyzed direction of biotechnology. In many ways, it is by referring to these roots that a moral assessment of experiments to create new hybrid creatures is built. Today, computer culture changes the nature of man in the conditions of digital civilization. It should be noted that virtual communication also unfolds without direct contact between individuals. They are replaced by virtual doubles, while the physical and emotional components of ordinary human contacts are reduced. This loss of immediacy of contact is compensated for by greater ease, convenience and controllability of communication, as well as the fact that the field of communication is significantly expanded.