Tag: Peter Clarke

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
April 8, 2019

Categorized
Ethics, Religion, Technocracy, Transhumanism

Tagged
Human exceptionalism, Peter Clarke, transhumanism}

Transhumanism, the Lazy Way to Human ‘Improvement’

_{Transhumanists don’t seem much interested in such real improvements in the human condition. They want quick, easy technological fixes} _{Wesley J. Smith
April 8, 2019

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Ethics, Religion, Technocracy, Transhumanism}

The transhumanist movement swoons over increasing intelligence. If I had to choose between increasing the intelligence of the human race versus enhancing our capacity to love, the human race would be far better off embracing the latter than the former. There is no brain implant for that.

Will AI shatter human exceptionalism?

_{Proving that humans are just another animal might help save the planet, writer says} _{News
March 12, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Social Factors}

The advantage of adding talk of evolution to transhumanism is that it turns a perennial tale of immortality just out of reach into a chronicle of inevitable ascent, like the fabled “Ascent of Man.”