December 19, 2006
A report out of the UK envisions robots someday having rights. From the Financial Times: If we make conscious robots they would want to have rights and they probably should,’ said Henrik Christensen, director of the Centre of Robotics and … Read More
December 15, 2006
As my readers know, I disagree with the mainstream bioethics movement, animal liberationists, the philosophical beliefs of Darwinist materialism, transhumanists, and deep ecologists, and disagree with them profoundly. But there is one thing that I think it is fair to … Read More
December 12, 2006
I was interviewed for an hour by Derek Gilbert yesterday on KSSZ about transhumanism, post humanity, and genetic enhancement of our progeny. We discuss transhumanism as religion, its obsession with control, and its threat to human exceptionalism. I quote James … Read More
December 5, 2006
The social forces set in motion by those who believe it is proper to manipulate the genetic traits of our children, are becoming increasingly apparent. Now, as reported in a column by Dr. Darshak M. Sanghavi in the New York … Read More
November 29, 2006
Oxford professor Nick Bostrom, one of the leading lights of the transhumanist movement, has a new paper out (“In Defense of Post Human Dignity”) in which he argues that there is no need to fear the post human future if … Read More
August 8, 2006
For those of you interested in transhumanism — you know who you are — the Australian internet magazine MercatorNet* recently ran a couple of articles on the topic: Merging man and machine and The quest for proactive evolution. * This … Read More
June 27, 2006
The first issue of Salvo is now available on newsstands and for subscription. Salvo is dedicated to exposing and debunking the destructive cultural myths that have undercut human dignity, all but destroyed the notions of virtue and morality, and slowly … Read More
