Category: Transhumanism
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The Ersatz Religion of Transhumanism
Matt Taibbi interviews Dr. Aaron Kheriaty: “I think it’s an ersatz religion,” says Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, of a transhumanist movement that is suddenly very relevant, in the age of people falling in love with their AIs, making radical changes to their bodies, and letting AIs counsel them toward suicide. “I think it’s a religious substitute for…
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Will Science Put Religion out of Business?
A tilt at transhumanism. Substack latest.
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Transhumanism
The hubris of humanism achieves its apotheosis in the absurdity of transhumanism.
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Will Science Put Religion Out of Business? A Preliminary Tilt at Transhumanism
Here at Maverick Philosopher: Strictly Philosophical
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Transhumanism
The hubris of humanism achieves its apotheosis in the absurdity of transhumanism. Related articles Up or Out!
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Up or Out!
Academic tenure is sometimes described as 'up or out.' You either gain tenure, within a limited probationary period, or you must leave. I tend to think of life like that: either up or out, either promotion to a Higher Life or annihilation. I wouldn't want an indefinitely prolonged stay in this vale of probation. In…
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Will Science Put Religion out of Business? A Preliminary Tilt at Transhumanism
A correspondent writes: Here's how I think science will eventually put religion out of business. Soon medical science is going to be able to offer serious life extension, not pie-in-the-sky soul survival or re-incarnation, but real life extension with possible rejuvenation. When science can offer and DELIVER what religion can only promise, religion is done.…