Posted: Thu, February 14, 2013 | By: Hank Pellissier
“God” and “Death” are intertwined… because “God” with his lure of “Heaven” was devised to blunt the horror of every human’s extinction.
What’s the major Promise of every major Religion?
Eternal Life. Escape from Death.
Does Religion deliver the goods? No. None of the 100+ billion humans born on Earth… Continue Reading
Posted: Wed, February 13, 2013 | By: DEBATE
People today regularly get augmentation to be sexier - that’s why breast enhancement and other cosmetic surgeries are a booming business.
In the future, will radical bio-interventions succeed or fail based largely on their sex appeal? Will human sexual preferences evolve in unforeseen ways, into factions that do-or-don’t like radical… Continue Reading
Posted: Wed, February 13, 2013 | By: Rachel Armstrong
All matter squirms – that is the fundamental nature of reality. Yet we are accustomed to thinking of the material world as inert or passive - being the mere fabric for intelligent vitalizing agencies. These forces have been attributed to gods, cosmic consciousness, apprehension by the human mind, or the… Continue Reading
Posted: Wed, February 13, 2013 | By: Leo Igwe
The news of the murder of a 20-year-old woman, Kepari Leniata, from Papua New Guinea for witchcraft has made headlines across the world. Leniata’s relatives accused her of killing a boy through sorcery. They ‘tortured her with a hot iron, stripped her naked, tied up her… Continue Reading
Posted: Wed, February 13, 2013 | By: Extropia DaSilva
Here is a question for transhumanists: What is the number one goal we should be pursuing?
Judging by the essays and arguments put forward on the topic, it seems that most of us deem ‘achieve immortality’ as the top priority. Anybody who does not consider this to be a goal… Continue Reading
Posted: Wed, February 13, 2013 | By: Hank Pellissier
Ashkenazi Jews are smart. Shockingly brilliant, in general. Impressive in brain power. How did they get that way…?
This excellent article, viewed by over 140,000 readers - has been moved. To find it, CLICK HERE
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Posted: Tue, February 12, 2013 | By: Ben Goertzel
This is from Ben Goertzel, who is Vice Chair of Humanity+, and was involved in the Humanity+ Board election issues that Frolov mentions in this article.
While these matters are very boring to me, and probably to you (the reader) as well, I feel it’s best to write a… Continue Reading
Posted: Tue, February 12, 2013 | By: TJL-2080
[Transhumanists rarely see someone in films or on television that we can look up to as an ideal transhumanist. We need to celebrate the few there are, hold them up as heroes. This time, we look at Tony Stark, better known to the world as the Invincible Iron Man.]
Tony… Continue Reading
Posted: Tue, February 12, 2013 | By: Special Guest
By Daniel Willingham
If the title of this blog struck you as brash, I came by it honestly: it’s the title of a terrific new paper by three NYU researchers (Protzko, Aronson & Blair, 2013). The authors sought to review all interventions meant to boost intelligence, and they… Continue Reading
Posted: Tue, February 12, 2013 | By: Special Guest
by Didier Coeurnelle
Book Release
The book - Et si on arrêtait de vieillir ! : Réalité, enjeux et perspectives d’une vie en bonne santé beaucoup plus longue (What if we could stop aging! Reality, challenges and prospects for a much longer and healthier life) by Didier Coeurnelle is available HERE.
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Posted: Tue, February 12, 2013 | By: Lee-Roy Chetty
Over the last ten years, development agencies around the world have contributed approximately US$85 billion to local participatory development.
The current wave of interest in participation began as a reaction to the highly centralized development strategies of the 1970s and 1980s, which created the widespread perception among activists and NGOs… Continue Reading
Posted: Tue, February 12, 2013 | By: Mike Perry
Sour Grapes and Sweet
In Aesop’s ancient fable, the fox seeks the juicy grapes to quench his thirst on a hot, sunny day. Finding them out of reach, however, he concludes “they must be sour.”
The thirst for longer life and better health, which would hopefully extend to a happy… Continue Reading
