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Halloween+: Frankenstein and Transhumanism

Peter October 30, 2015 10955 Views 2 Comments

If you haven't read Mary Shelley's transhumanist horror fiction Frankenstein, today is the day to do it!

Video Friday: Dr. Max More at the Church of Perpetual Life — Cryonics & the Future of Emergency Medicine

Peter May 29, 2015 5025 Views No Comments

Dr. Max More, President & CEO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation, on Cryonics & the Future of Emergency Medicine.

Programmed Death, H. pylori, and the Legacy of George Williams

Peter January 26, 2015 4650 Views 1 Comment

Last month, an NYU Med School doc published an article saying that our gut bacteria might be evolved to promote our digestion when we’re young, but kill us when we’re old. This sounds like evolutionarily programmed death–just the kind of thesis that I have been promoting for 18 years. The article was picked up by Scientific American, Psychology Today, Science News, and Eurekalart of the AAAS. W...

Mindclones from Social Media: New Research from Stanford Suggests Feasibility

Peter January 15, 2015 11057 Views 2 Comments

In popular sci-fi show 'Black Mirror', realistic digital personalities of the dead, mind clones, are recreated from data alone. How realistic is this idea?

Death Should be Optional

Peter December 11, 2014 7666 Views No Comments

As we march into the technological frontier, new possibilities for humanity are emerging — along with new questions

Death, Transcendence and Transhumanism

Peter December 1, 2014 11497 Views No Comments

How does the futuristic drive to enhance humans beyond their most worrying biological limits using technological means relate to faith-based approaches to humanity’s worldly limits?

Demystifying Visionary Technology

Peter November 26, 2014 4934 Views No Comments

Transhumanism should not alienate the public, but “transhumanism” does exactly that. Aubrey de Grey at the recent Transvision 2014 conference.

Death Is Like A Ticking Time Bomb

Peter November 20, 2014 5855 Views No Comments

I have written extensively on why: 1) we should use technology to defeat death; 2) death is one of the greatest tragedies to befall us; and 3) death makes completely meaningful lives impossible. In my recent post I summarized Nick Bostrom’s story that makes similar points. In response I received this perceptive comment: Love that story. Given that we now see death as a result of genetic programmin...