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"Pop Transhumanism"
The Hanky Pancreas Putting the GMO food debate to rest. Shut. Up. Hippies. Splice, a rather enjoyable sci-horror flick, seems to be something a few law makers are actually worried about. Let’s talk about cyborg rights. Like, right now. The evolution of zombies (as a meme/myth, not how real [...]
Julian Savulescu does a great interview with Dilemata:
I think this is just a basic principle of rational choice applied to reproduction. What surprises me is how much resistance there is, that people really think you should toss a coin when you have information about which embryo is better. Embryologists of course do this [...]
New Scientist talks about creating “Immortal Avatars,” which, in essence, are like Zoe Graystone from Caprica; not so much a replica as the best approximation of you as possible from the given data. Data could include photos, correspondence like email, blogs, facebook and even essays and personality tests written and taken specifically for the [...]
Peter Singer in his usual, counter intuitive way, asks if the next generation would be better off not-existing:
One of [South African philosopher David] Benatar’s arguments trades on something like the asymmetry noted earlier. To bring into existence someone who will suffer is, Benatar argues, to harm that person, but to bring into existence [...]
Hooray? I never know how to treat vasectomy news. Moralism, responsibility and teenage pregnancy. “There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.“ Cannibalism is not your best bet for surviving Armageddon. Another voice arguing for dolphins to have [...]
Two videos for y’all
First: Christina Hendricks dismantles herself for a dream in Broken Bells’ “Ghost Inside”
And then we come to the amazing Janelle Monae. The album is called ArchAndroid, Janelle’s character in the album is an android (gynoid for the nit-picky) and the chick with the relaxed hair who kind of looks [...]
“Good news, everyone!” – Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth
The year 3000 in Futurama is Louis C.K.’s famous “Everything is great and nobody is happy” statement taken to its illogical, animated conclusion. Fry, the Professor, Lela, Zoidberg, Bender, Hermes, Amy, and a host of other ancillary characters (like poor Zap and Kif, picture) take the [...]
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Pop Bioethics, written by Kyle Munkittrick, is an effort to study the ethics of the continuing evolution of the human species via the lens of pop culture and be somewhat entertaining in the process.
Kyle's writing can also be found at Discover's The Crux, Slate's Future Tense, and at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. For questions or comments: comments [at] popbioethics [dot] com
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