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Phillipe Verdoux has an illuminating post up on IEET about how we define “limitations:”
Take a closer look at what sort of things transhumanists identify as falling within the extension of “biological limitations.” In my perusal of the literature, I have often come across transhumanists complaining about such things as: the slow speed of [...]
The overriding problem with the above arguments – and the vast majority of those within the anti-enhancement camp – seems to be their propensity to defend humanity by relapsing (potentially duplicitously) into metaphysical fantasy, religious providence and assumptions of the superiority of nature. But while these positions may have the advantage of being: socially intuitive, [...]
The old cliché that the “future is not written” is an allusion to free will and the indeterminate nature of the self. Invoking hope and courage, the implicit corollary is “for we are in the process of writing it.” We may yet, it seems, create progress in spite of the looming obstacles before us. The [...]
Dr. Hughes is back with a new post in his “Problems of Transhumanism” series. The debates that have come out of these postings, both in the comments and in the larger intellectual sphere, make them some of the most productive transhumanist writing this year. Check out his newest “Moral Universalism vs Relativism.” Money quote:
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Kris Notaro has an interesting post up at IEET, “Transhumansim and Phenomenological Reduction,” that is something of a meditation on a Singularity scale intelligence observing itself observing itself. For those not elbows-deep in phenomenology (Notaro cites Husserl, I prefer his successor, Merleau-Ponty), the definition of epoché is quite useful:
Those who study Existentialism or [...]
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“Why” is one of my favorite bits by any comedian, ever, let alone among Louis CK’s work. It’s one of the best examples of how the best comedians may not know they’re philosophers, but they sure hit on the same topics. Watch “Why,” [...]
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