John Danaher is Top 2015 IEET Writer; Technoprogressivism is Top SubCategory (Dec 1, 2015)IEET Affiliate Scholar John Danaher was IEET’s top writer for 2015. His philosophical articles garnered a total of 209,541 hits.
Other top-producing writers were Managing Editor Hank Pellissier (167,288 hits), Affiliate Scholar John Messerly (163,398 hits), Advisory Board Member Gray Scott (150,453 hits) and Valerie Tarico (127,430 hits).
David Brin co-edits a new “Smart Pop” book on Star Wars (Nov 6, 2015)IEET Fellow David Brin has co-edited (with Matthew Woodring Stover) a book published on November 3, 2015, titled: Star Wars on Trial: The Force Awakens Edition: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time
2016 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association on 9 April (Nov 6, 2015)
Adrian Cull Launches Kickstarter for Immortality Coffee Book (Nov 6, 2015)
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Real Humans, une série transhumaniste ?
by Marc Roux
Dec 7, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkAu moment où j’ai commencé cet article, nous étions le 12 juin. Ce soir là, le coup d’envoi de la 20e coupe du monde de football était symboliquement donné par un jeune handicapé paraplégique équipé d’un exosquelette piloté par la pensée [1].
#25: Transhumanism - The Final Religion?
by Dirk Bruere
Dec 7, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkAccording to IEET readers, what were the most stimulating stories of 2015? This month we’re answering that question by posting a countdown of the top 30 articles published this year on our blog (out of more than 1,000), based on how many total hits each one received.
The following piece was first published here on July 15, 2015, and is the #25 most viewed of the year.
Economics And The Future of Artificial Intelligence
by Daniel Faggella
Dec 6, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkAsk any technological expert, and he or she is certain to have their own variation as to the definition of “singularity.” However, no matter which definition of singularity you choose to go by, according to Author, Artificial Intelligence Researcher and Smith College Professor of Economics Dr. James D. Miller, economics will play a big role in its advent.
#26: Atheism in Zambia - skeptical, rational thought in a very superstitious country
by Leo Igwe
Dec 6, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkAccording to IEET readers, what were the most stimulating stories of 2015? This month we’re answering that question by posting a countdown of the top 30 articles published this year on our blog (out of more than 1,000), based on how many total hits each one received.
The following piece was first published here on June 23, 2015, and is the #26 most viewed of the year.
#27: Blockchains as a Granular Universal Transaction System
by Melanie Swan
Dec 5, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkAccording to IEET readers, what were the most stimulating stories of 2015? This month we’re answering that question by posting a countdown of the top 30 articles published this year on our blog (out of more than 1,000), based on how many total hits each one received.
The following piece was first published here on February 17, 2015, and is the #27 most viewed of the year.
China’s Huge Investment in Africa — Where is this Alliance Headed?
by Michael Lee
Dec 5, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkChina recently pledged $60 billion “of assistance and loans for Africa to help with the development of the continent.” This adds to a previous investment of $200 billion over the last forty years. China’s leaders regularly visit African nations where they are lavishly praised and it is evident that the two regions are destined for an intertwined future.
Magic Blockchains, but for Time? Blocktime Arbitrage
by Melanie Swan
Dec 4, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkThere is no doubt that blockchains are a reality-making technology, a mode and means of implementing as many flavors of our own crypto-enlightenments as we can imagine! This includes newer, flatter, more autonomous economic, political, ethical, scientific, and community systems. But not just in the familiar human social constructs like economics and politics, possibly in physical realities too like time. Blocktime’s temporal multiplicity and malleability suggest a reality feature we have never had access to before – making more time.
#28: Posthumanisms: A Carnapian Experiment
by Daryl Wennemann
Dec 4, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkAccording to IEET readers, what were the most stimulating stories of 2015? This month we’re answering that question by posting a countdown of the top 30 articles published this year on our blog (out of more than 1,000), based on how many total hits each one received.
The following piece was first published here on March 19, 2015, and is the #28 most viewed of the year.
How Games of Thrones Teaches Us About the Syrian Refugee Crisis
by Stefan Morrone
Dec 3, 2015 • (1) Comments • PermalinkFans of Game of Thrones were treated to a big piece of news last week. As audiences know, the fan-favorite character Jon Snow was left to die at the hands of his Night’s Watch Brothers at the end of the previous season. Yesterday, a poster was revealed showing a bloodied image of the character.
#29: A Secular Satanist’s Approach Towards Technoprogressive Transhumanism
by B. J. Murphy
Dec 3, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkAccording to IEET readers, what were the most stimulating stories of 2015? This month we’re answering that question by posting a countdown of the top 30 articles published this year on our blog (out of more than 1,000), based on how many total hits each one received.
The following piece was first published here on February 9, 2015, and is the #29 most viewed of the year.
Star Trek Philosophy: “We Were Like You Once, But We Evolved”
by B. J. Murphy
Dec 2, 2015 • (1) Comments • PermalinkThe following dialogue below took place on Star Trek: Enterprise, on episode 18, season 2, titled “The Crossing.” It was between members of the Enterprise crew (Captain Archer, Commander T’Pol, and Lieutenant Reed) and a non-corporeal alien entity known as the Wisp, of which they discuss the Wisp’s past biological existence and how they evolved into a non-corporeal species.
#30: We Should Consider The Future World As One Of Multi-Species Intelligence
by Melanie Swan
Dec 2, 2015 • (1) Comments • PermalinkAccording to IEET readers, what were the most stimulating stories of 2015? This month we’re answering that question by posting a countdown of the top 30 articles published this year on our blog (out of more than 1,000), based on how many total hits each one received.
The following piece was first published here on May 19, 2015, and is the #30 most viewed of the year.
Scientific Illiteracy and the Coming Singularity
by Gareth John
Dec 1, 2015 • (2) Comments • PermalinkAnyone who’s read any of my previous posts will already know that I am, let us say, technologically challenged. Some twenty years ago I studied towards a PhD in Tibetan Studies and Classical Sanskrit and Tibetan languages. Alas, since then with this knowledge unused it has faded away although I can still say Chandamaharoshana Tantra without bringing on a manic mood swing.
Proliferated Futuristic Weaponry: World’s First 3-D Printed Revolver
by B. J. Murphy
Dec 1, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkIn light of the recent news where the Australian government officially criminalized the mere act of owning blueprints to 3D print a gun, it certainly raises the question of how other countries will handle the future prospect of advanced 3D printed weaponry. The ownership of a gun is already a controversial topic currently being debated here in the United States, and with 3D printed guns now being added into the mix, the controversy is likely to become exacerbated.
Desiderata for a Model of Human Values
by Kaj Sotala
Nov 30, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkSoares (2015) defines the value learning problem as: By what methods could an intelligent machine be constructed to reliably learn what to value and to act as its operators intended?
Blue Origin Defeats SpaceX In Landing Reusable Rocket
by B. J. Murphy
Nov 30, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkAchieving what Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has only attempted to do (and failed thus far), Blue Origin, a private space company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has officially landed a reusable rocket after a quick trip to and from space.
The Emperor Has No Clothes: Socrates Deconstructs Singularity University
by Nikola Danaylov
Nov 29, 2015 • (2) Comments • PermalinkSingularity University is not about the singularity and is not even a university. It is not about abundance and is not an exponential organization.
Then what is Singularity University about?!
Star Trek Philosophy: “Killing Is Wrong, No Matter Who’s Doing It”
by B. J. Murphy
Nov 28, 2015 • (0) Comments • PermalinkThe following dialogue below took place on Star Trek: Voyager, on episode 13, season 7, titled “Repentance.” It was between Seven of Nine (whom is a former Borg drone) and the Doctor (whom is a holographic emergency medical physician), of which they discuss the morality (or lack thereof) behind the act of killing another living being.
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