Emergence - IEET News for May 15, 2008
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Technoprogressive? BioConservative? Huh? Quick overview of biopolitical points of view New at IEETRecent CommentsJANUSZ CZOCH on 'Dr. Pinker Lays the Smackdown on Leon Kass' (2008 05 14) Michael Bone on 'Is life a gift?' (2008 05 14) PhotoFan on 'Longevity Dividend Seminar Talks' (2008 05 14) scooter on 'And the Disabled Shall Inherit the Earth' (2008 05 14) scooter on 'Organization and Information at the Bedside (dissertation)' (2008 05 14) IEET Fora"Post-human evolution (whether of organic species or of artefacts) will proceed far faster than the changes that led to emergence, because it will be intelligently directed rather than being - like pre-human evolution - the gradual outcome of Darwinian natural selection. Changes will drastically accelerate in the present century - through intentional genetic modifications, targeted drugs, perhaps even silicon implants in to the brain. Humanity may not persist as a single species for more than a few centuries - especially if communities have by then become established away from the earth." Martin Rees, Cosmologist, Cambridge University; Author, Our Final Hour TechEthics News
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