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U.S. spy agency predicts a very transhuman future by 2030. Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? Singularity-Emergence A.I. Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine. John is the James W.

Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Effron University Professor and the Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a developmental geneticist and his research over the past several decades has been directed at an understanding of the molecular and cellular basis of human embryonic development. He is a leader in the development and use of human reproductive technologies, embryo and germ cell manipulations, and in the genetic engineering of cells.

In 1998, Dr. Gearhart and his research team at Johns Hopkins published the first report on the derivation of pluripotent stem cells from germ cells of the human embryo. Blogs, Articles and Videos from the World's Top Thinkers and Leaders.

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Mormon Transhumanist Association. Christian Transhumanist Declaration. (1) Humans will be radically changed by the advances of technology as time progresses into the future.

Christian Transhumanist Declaration

It is feasible that the human species will be able to alter their designs with every increasing ability. Actions such as extending life expectancy, intelligence of our own minds and those that we create, controlling psychology, and our life dependence on the planet earth, have the potential to be altered. (2) A Christian perspective should be debated and formalized off of the developing social trends new technologies create. This should be done from sound scholastic research data and the framework of morality that the Christian Bible directs. (3) Christian Transhumanists know that society will embrace new technologies that will create scenarios that will be difficult to reconcile with their religious teachings. Christianity Versus Transhumanism. *Or, relinquishing the Singularity via the church.

Christianity Versus Transhumanism

AN OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTIAN LEADERS ON BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF MAN Time running out to influence debate on transhumanism September 14, 2010 11:00 am Eastern by Thomas R. Horn RaidersNewsNetwork.com Dear Pastor and Christian Leader, Brent Waters, Director of the Jerre L. and Mary Joy Stead Center for Ethics and Values has written, “If Christians are to help shape contemporary culture—particularly in a setting in which I fear the posthuman message will prove attractive, if not seductive—then they must offer an alternative and compelling vision; a counter theological discourse so to speak.”

At the time this open letter is being posted, four thousand evangelical leaders from two hundred nations are planning to convene in South Africa to adopt a new manifesto related to missiology and “a statement on Nature.” Immediately following the release of Dignitas Personae, Catholic scientist William B. Buddhism vs Transhumanism? (more) From the "Buddhism vs Transhumanism?

Buddhism vs Transhumanism? (more)

" comments section Casey writes: Can you amplify your statement about Buddhism being concerned with "the optimization of subjective experience? "It seems to me that subjectivity, or the idea that there is a discrete "you" to futz with, is the first thing to be transcended through unconditioned acceptance.Take away the film, the projector and what do yo have? The bulb, which is analogous to the necessarily mysterious, unconditioned mind.Buddhism is fundamentally against "add-ons" to the individual sphere, as mind is already junked up with the projections of ego as is. The practice, as I understand it, is more about stripping away.That said, I'm curious about scientific improvements to the biological species, as well as the possible transference of consciousness to a non-bio realm.

Having a transhumanistically optimized mind is one thing (ie augmented intelligence and memory), having an optimized consciousness is quite another. User Profile: James McLean Ledford. ExplainingTheFuture.com by Christopher Barnatt. Transhumanism and Islam - Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad. Singularity Weblog. Accelerating Future. There isn’t enough in the world.

Accelerating Future

Not enough wealth to go around, not enough space in cities, not enough medicine, not enough intelligence or wisdom. Not enough genuine fun or excitement. Not enough knowledge. Not enough solutions to global problems. What we need is more . There is a bare minimum that we should demand out of the future. 1) More space 2) More health 3) More water 4) More time 5) More intelligence First off, we need more space . Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Christian Transhumanism. Technology & the Future. Spiritual Transcendence in Transhumanism. Spiritual Transcendence in Transhumanism V.R.

Spiritual Transcendence in Transhumanism

Manoj, Research Scholar CES, Anna University Intern, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies Email : vrmmail@yahoo.com The evolution of science and technology to the next several levels must include a harmonious symbiosis between science and religion. A wise monk inserts a plug into his forehead, that connects his frontal lobe to a global network of inter faith monks around the globe for a meditative session that aims to foster world peace. In the time that the above sentence is written, it might be argued that such a venture should not be pursued. Over the ages, several positions been taken on the relationship between science and religion, among them the claim that they are inevitably and perpetually opposed (the conflict thesis) and Stephen Jay Gould’s NOMA principle (standing for “non-overlapping magisteria”), which denies that they can be in conflict, since they play different roles or concern different realms (Gould, 1999).