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China Jumps on the Transhumanism Train

It is said to be is devoting much energy and many resources to the life-extension project. Read More ›
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Edification vs. Enhancement — The Non-Transhumanist Vision of AI in Education

Edify your kids, don’t enhance them. We are organic beings, not gadgets to be improved with newer and better modules. Read More ›
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Xi and Putin: Tyranny and Transhumanism

Transhumanism is mostly a materialistic wail of despair in the night, a desperate quest for hope for those who are terrified that death leads to obliteration. Read More ›
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Intelligence Without a Brain? The Case of Fungi

We confuse the issue if we imply that the intelligence displayed by fungi is equivalent to that displayed by the humans who research them. Read More ›
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Science Gone Wrong, Thanks to a Hasty Transhumanist

“40,000 years of evolution and we’ve barely even tapped the vastness of human potential." Read More ›
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The Nazis and Their Transhumanist Delusion

A new series on Netflix shows what can happen when the delusions of transhumanism join forces with an appalling ideology. Read More ›
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In Prestigious Journal, Bioethicist Pushes Human Extinction

The human-extinction movement used to be pretty fringy but it may be gaining traction within bioethics and philosophy. Read More ›
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Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045

Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life. Read More ›
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Uncovering the Hidden Mathematical Structure of the Universe

Genuine human rationality would not exist if a naturalistic account of the human mind were correct. Read More ›

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