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Nike references Pico in the name of the ad and starts it off with Oscar Pistorius. Remember, this is a Nike ad, which means every athlete, every sport shown, uses equipment beyond the human body. Just saying:
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 [...]
I somehow missed the boat on this one for a while, but here is the trailer for Repo Men.
Ok, so it doesn’t look Blade Runner good, but it does at least look Equilibrium good.
My family has the tradition (as do a lot of other families, I think) of watching The Muppet Christmas Carol at some point the week of Christmas. I got to overthinking things per the usual and now am worried about whether or not The Great Gonzo could cast a vote.
I propose 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.
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