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Edge.org questioned science celebrities (sorry, could not resist on what they changed their mind about. Sir Martin Rees talks about posthumanism (that what comes after transhumanism
Rees: We Should Take the ‘Posthuman’ Era Seriously
Public discourse on very long-term planning is riddled with inconsistencies. Mostly we discount the future very heavily
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Natasha Vita-More, a female transhumanist, is interviewed:
Droid Rage - New York Times

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I found a wonderful satire here, written from the perspective of an ape shortly before the transition of the species to a genus of “homo”.
Enough is Enough: A Thinking Ape’s Critique of Trans-Simianism
Everyone critical of transhumanism should read and think about this piece carefully.

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In a seminar talk I gave last week I spoke about viewing individual humans as neurons which reinforce/dampen certain ideas.
Apparently, a New York Times author thought similarly and Ben Goertzel comments on the idea:
The Singularity Institute Blog : Blog Archive : On Becoming a Neuron

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Originally, Qrio was scheduled for commercial release, but the project was stopped unfortunately (by Sony - the robot dog AIBO was cancelled too).
These were very sad and unfortunate news for robot enthusiasts - and now we have these news from encouraging experiments with Qrio (probably a prototype):
Key Found to Making Robots Human-Friendly | LiveScience
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The Sentient Developments blog visits the deeply troubling Fermi Paradox once again. The Fermi Paradox is actually quite simple: if intelligent life exists in the universe, why aren’t they here yet?
If life could develop easily, it would certainly have done so millions of years ago in other parts of the galaxy. Enough time [...]

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Aubrey de Grey’s book will be out soon, am looking forward to it:
TED | TEDBlog: Defeating aging: Aubrey de Grey’s handbook

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Getting cells to do interesting things might soon become a reality:
Genetic Engineering - Synthetic Biology - Genes and Heredity - Cloning - Biology - Science - New York Times

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To all those singularity doubters: biological engineering is upon us, and will change our ways more than can yet be imagined:
Cyborg moths Times Online

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I have long been fascinated with the possibility that maybe we were not the first sentient species on earth, but that a prior civilization somehow became extinct and that their remains would not be visible to us anymore (100 000 years would probably be more than enough). Unfortunately, one thing definitely speaks against it: that [...]

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