Obviously. If you go with the original definition of what that means.
That we extend ourselves in order to cope with environments we weren't evolved for.
Here's the kicker.
I've come to realize that this is one of the most human things to do. Resist the generalities that pop up and consider this instead.
Culture. A non physical pitri dish of..well human things. Information. Conclusions. Conventions.
In cognitive science, as in anthropology, one might consider how we store information outside our heads. Books, rituals, buttons and physical things trigger us, they literally take part in the the computation one might think happens in the mind.
The same is true for culture. We couldn't imagine growing up in a world not shaped by those who came before. I hope this makes sense. Down to the first things we do after we're born it's all scaffolded by culture. Humans, even more so than say chimps, can't achieve humanity without the scaffold of a culture. Wipe the minds of a few hundred people and drop them on the savannah and see what happens. Not pretty.
It's not that your cellphone makes you a Cyborg, it's that being human makes you a Cyborg.
Discomfort, anyone?
I'm sure I've seen similar ideas to this, perhaps I'll remember where and edit.
