Long-Run vs. Long-Lag (Jamais Cascio) All distant problems are not created equally.What the West makes of Chinese science (John Keay TLS) Until fifty years ago, it was widely assumed that China had no...
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Undead Babies (William Saletan - Slate Magazine) The retreating boundaries of organ harvesting.MIT-led Team Asks: How Would Extraterrestrial Astronomers View Earth? (The Daily Galaxy)As astronomers be...
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A paper that I wrote in support of my talk at the IEET's 2006 Human Enhancement Technologies and Human Rights conference has been published in the Journal of Evolution and Technology (JET):All Togethe...
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New art by Kenn Brown.
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Art by Alicia Ross.
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Before you read this post you might want to brush up on the whole quantum immortality argument.Okay, you know how the Large Hadron Collider had to be shut down because of of a helium leak? Well, what ...
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Disney Lab Unveils Its Latest Line Of Genetically Engineered Child Stars
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I will be taking part in a Cafe Scientifique panel hosted by the Ontario Science Centre on Saturday September 20.Should Science Shape the Modern Athlete?Are today's athletes a delicate combination of ...
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From the Nature article, 'Galactic internet' proposed:Just by gazing at the stars, earthling astronomers might have unwittingly picked up broadcasts from extraterrestrial civilizations. So says a neut...
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While funny and undoubtedly tongue-in-cheek, this comic gets it all wrong about human enhancement and its relation to social Darwinism:Click for larger version.Rather, transhumanism should be seen as ...
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Guitar Hero 4 provides an excellent example of unexpected technological convergence.The upcoming video game features an entire suite of music production and editing tools that were developed during th...
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I've posted a new poll about energy drinks (see right sidebar). Use this post to make comments.
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A question for my readers: In your opinion, what are the most important books about transhumanism (i.e. human enhancement) and/or futurism in general that have been written in the past 5 years?Please ...
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When asked, "What do you think are the best ways to present Buddhism to the Western Students?," Thich Nhat Hanh replied:"I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate mo...
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"This remarkable result [derived from the Prisoner's Dilemma thought experiment] -- that individually rational action results in both persons being made worse off in terms of their own self-interested...
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Vince Horn and Ryan Oelke, collectively known as Buddhist Geeks, offer regular podcasts that are "seriously Buddhist and seriously geeky."Be sure to check out their podcasts with transhumanist James H...
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A number of months ago I was in Ottawa leafing through a political paper when I read something that made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. It was an article by foreign affairs expert Gwynn...
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I was at Pinery Provincial Park last week where I spent most of my time on the beach. The Pinery is on the south shore of Lake Huron and is one of Southern Ontario's best kept secrets.Like any large b...
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I'm currently reading The Best Buddhist Writing 2007, a compilation that was put together by Melvin McLeod and the editors of the Shambhala Sun. I cannot recommend this book highly enough -- very enga...
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