Transhumanism – Uncommon Descent

At Mind Matters News: Epitaph for transhumanism: But it’s far from dead!, advocate says

The waning of interest in transhumanism may be related to a growing awareness of the fundamental limits of artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence Human evolution Intelligent Design Transhumanism

At Mind Matters News: Transhumanism: Human, computer, animal — all just a choice now…

Wesley Smith talks with Dr. Elaina George about the new secular religion of Transhumanism or H+ — immortality without tears for atheists — if it’s even possible.

Human evolution Intelligent Design Transhumanism

At Mind Matters News: The deadly dream of Human+ Look at the price tag…

Miller: In premises 1 through 5, human personhood is taken as a contingent property tied to the process of evolution. If these premises are sound, then the definition of “human person” can freely evolve with each new phase in the transhumanist program of self-enhancement.

asauber PM1, My guess is that your idea of Nature just happens to make your beliefs about Evolution possible. Right? Andrew – Man-ape chasm of differences
asauber "to posit a designer to do what nature itself cannot" PM1, And you know what nature can and can't do?... – Man-ape chasm of differences
PyrrhoManiac1 @238 And no evolutionary biologist would disagree with you. Sing evolutionary theory does not propose that blind, unguided chance is... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Sir Giles Relatd: Blind, unguided chance had no ability to create such things. That is the ID position. And no evolutionary biologist... – Man-ape chasm of differences
relatd SG at 236, Your only apparent mission here is to trash ID and to use useless arguments for that position.... – Man-ape chasm of differences
PyrrhoManiac1 Others, such as complex-systems researcher Stuart Kauffman, have attempted to generate complex patterns out of self-organizing or autocatalytic systems and... – From Evolution News: Prigogine's Self-Organization vs....
Sir Giles KF: Any hypothesised different architecture needs to be warranted on actual observation of same in action, and that is simply... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Sir Giles KF: More can be said, And just as night follows day, much, much more will be said. And, equally predictable,... – Man-ape chasm of differences
Origenes S.C. Meyer: "To see the difference between order and complexity consider the difference between the following sequences: Na-Cl-Na-Cl-Na-Cl-Na-Cl AZFRT<MPGRTSHKLKYR The... – From Evolution News: Prigogine's Self-Organization vs....
doubter Bornagain77@27 It takes an immaterial mind to do, and/or provide, an overarching context. But my point was that the illogical... – At Evolution News: Intelligent Design and...
bornagain77 Supplemental notes, quotes, and verses: Hey, Paul Davies — Your ID Is Showing – Robert F. Shedinger – March 6,... – From Evolution News: Prigogine's Self-Organization vs....
bornagain77 What is so devastating to Darwinian presuppositions with the (empirical) finding of pervasive quantum coherence and/or quantum entanglement within molecular... – From Evolution News: Prigogine's Self-Organization vs....
bornagain77 And in the following 2011 paper, researchers ,,, show that when the bits (in a computer) to be deleted are... – From Evolution News: Prigogine's Self-Organization vs....
bornagain77 To elaborate on Dr. Miller's observation, "Nothing in nature will ever simultaneously go to both low entropy and high energy... – From Evolution News: Prigogine's Self-Organization vs....
kairosfocus AF, 1: as you full well know, function including reproductive function [implying a highly complex von Neumann kinematic self replicator]... – Man-ape chasm of differences
martin_r a bit off topic, and 2 years old, but i noticed it just today ... 2020: Tour scores prestigious Centenary... – From Evolution News: Prigogine's Self-Organization vs....
bornagain77 26,,, As to: "It seems to me that here the utmost simplicity of one world concept trumps the profundity of... – At Evolution News: Intelligent Design and...
Querius Asauber @226 Says the guy who spends all his active hours at UD spamming Evolution. Indeed! Pumping out comment after... – Man-ape chasm of differences
doubter Bornagain77@10: In short, and mathematically speaking, the microscopic descriptions of quantum mechanics, (even if you take a ‘radical’ approach to... – At Evolution News: Intelligent Design and...
AnimatedDust I did. It does not address my question. – The Thought that Stops Thought
bornagain77 A couple of more notes from Dr.Miller. Physicist Brian Miller: Two Conundrums for Strictly Materialist Views of Biology - January... – From Evolution News: Prigogine's Self-Organization vs....