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Ben Goertzel interviews Adam Ford about the upcoming Humanity+ @Melbourne (May 5-6 2012), which will feature Aubrey de Grey, Natasha Vita-More, Stelarc and many more inspiring speakers.

Are you interested in writing for H+ Magazine? We are now seeking interns who are interested in writing thought provoking articles 3 times a month. You would be covering topics related to Transhumanism and interviewing scientists who are currently working to advance humanity.

Science news overview: new neutrino detector taller than Dubai tower, Jupiter’s core is liquefying, antimatter sail for space missions, and more.

For those who are mystically inclined, 2011 is likely a year that is pregnant with significance. In fact, not merely pregnant — the birth of a new aeon is so near that, in the radiance of cosmic time — the new age baby should be sticking its head out of the womb right about now.

The idea of a coherent Transhumanist (H+) response to misrepresentation in the media, or indeed outright opposition to H+ ideas, is one that evolved in my mind over the past few years as a member of the UK Transhumanist Association (UKTA). However, it was not until we founded Zero State under the leadership of Dr Amon Twyman that anything came of it. His radical notion was that we actually do something instead of talk about it! This might seem a rather simple and obvious idea but it is far from that. It is a call to arms along the lines of: “…if not you, who? If not now, when?”, where the predominant ethos is: Just do it! This project is one of the first fruits, where I “just did it”.

“I will poor out my spirit on all flesh… He said I’m gonna raise you… God never asked you to do anything he doesn’t give you the power to do it with… if you don’t put on the Truth, you cannot stand…” 

As human neural networks and electronic digital networks converge there is some debate over how to best move data from neural to digital formats.

Switch on memory? What’s not clear is why the switch flips “off” as we get older. It might help us cope with oxidative stress at the cellular level as we age.

Let’s start by petting (or shooting) the elephant in the room. All the snarksters will assume that I’m interviewing Dr. Richard Clark Kaufman on nutraceuticals because his NEURVANA company is an h+ advertiser. Not true. My corruption is entirely based on the free schwag!

“Beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities….” — Plato (The Symposium)

Ben Goertzel converses with Hugo de Garis on his transhumanist argument for the reality of a Creator.