A grimdark narrative: the ineffable failure of the transhumanist project… Or not? A Kantian perspective on the Adeptus Mechanicus
A surface-level reading of the Adeptus Mechanicus presents a grimdark vision: the transhumanist project has failed. The aspiration to elevate humanity beyond its bodily condition and discard everything that does not conform to pure reason appears fundamentally at odds with the techno-theocratic structure of the Cult Mechanicus.