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I think his whole presentation in our rural setting where some
families send their children to religeous private <br>
schools so they get a "proper religeon based education" as well as
subscribing to satellite TV but<br>
blanking out all but a few channels is going to get some interesting
comments.<br>
<br>
Adding some novelty to the possible posthuman discoveries with
suggestions that posthumans might<br>
discover for example that the universe is some sort of <br>
Holodeck remotely programmable by quantum entanglement mechanisms and
that<br>
indeed the holodeck characters may learn what lies "beyond" by use of
the same tool is an interesting thought.<br>
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For his presentation I have suggested that he look for key changes in
the speed, complexity and efficiency<br>
of communication (of information) as the turning points from basic
human development to transhuman development.<br>
That would be the advent of miniturizable transisitors on a chip for
computing, the discovery of the<br>
fundamental nature of DNA, and controlled nuclear disintegration to
begin the transhuman era in 1950.<br>
For the posthuman turning point it might be the convergence of all
current technologies into a single technology (the singularity) <br>
because of near instant communications between all the various
components, and the first AI able to co-exist with<br>
the humans of the day, as well as one novel energy source not currently
in use today.<br>
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I also asked that he somehow make mention of possible catastrophic
events which might<br>
prevent the advent of posthumans and reduce humans back to a society
without technology <br>
.... an unforseen technological Faux-pas or a deliberate terrorist act
by<br>
a radical-green anti-techno-civilzation fundamentalist-religeous group
like "green anarchy".<br>
<br>
MFJ<br>
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Giu1i0 Pri5c0 wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Morris,
I am so sorry to hear about your wife.
Now on your son's schoolwork:
These is an example of "intelligent objection" to transhumanism, but I
think it indicates just lack of imagination. It is like a medieval
person objecting to future traveling in a few hours to everywhere on
the planet, like "it will eliminate the long journey toward the Holy
Grail, the quest, the long lonely months on the road to reach the
destination, ...". Indeed it does, but it is our way of travelling, we
are used to it, and we have enough other interesting quests to fill
our lives.
Our posthuman childred will quickly become used to whatever magic
technology will bring them, find ways to cope with it, and find new
interesting things to do with their lives.
G.
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<pre wrap="">How in a posthuman world where consciousness is uploaded and jacked
into, where hive mind global consciousness
composed of some melding of human mind and AI mind can the individual
human mind keep its personal
identity.
He is asking ..... if the singularity might destroy the spark of
humanity that has been both our best friend and worst enemy
for the last 100,000 years is there a transhuman pathway which will
enhance and preserve humanity instead of assimilating and destroying it.
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