What did IEET visitors read, view, and argue about in June? AI, parenting, gender, religion, enhancement, The Singularity, and the Future were all popular topics. Statistics with links are provided to the Top 10-15 in three categories.
(stats were compiled on 6/30/12 between 7:15-8:45 am, PST)
Top Essays in Hits
Cracks in Reality: How Our Systems Fool Themselves by David Eubanks 12,836 hits
Scientists Cure Ebola in Monkeys by George Dvorsky 6,885
Andrej Pejic - Androgynous Model - heralding a post-gender future? by Hank Pellissier 5166
The Ukrainian “Human Barbie Doll” - Valeria Lukyanova - is this the future of cosmetic enhancement? by Hank Pellissier 5,060 (also had 13,356 in May)
Atheism and Human Rights Abuses in Africa by Leo Igwe 4301
Japanese Asexual Artist Slices Off his Genitalia, Serves at Banquet by Hank Pellissier 3902
The Succubus Mythology - Engineering a Radical Future Sexy Self by Hank Pellissier 3348
Nanorobots: Radical Science in Clinical Trials by the 2020s by Dick Pelletier 3000
Earth 2062: a brief look at how our Future could enfold in 50 years by Dick Pelletier 2980
Biological Intelligence is only a Transitory Phenomena by Giulio Prisco 2729
Is TransHumanism a Religion? by Gabriel Rothblatt 2330
Rebuilding the Human Body by John Niman 2302
Radical Futurism for Newbies (A Brief Reading List) by Ben Goertzel 2284
Artificial Life-forms Promise Cleaner World, Healthier Humans by Dick Pelletier 2175
Is Humanity Accelerating Towards… Apocalypse? or Utopia? by David Pearce 2135
Top Videos in Hits
The Transcension Hypothesis - what comes after the Singularity? (John Smart/Jason Silva) 1714
Anesthetizing the Kids - Changing Education Paradigms 1245
Gamification Live with Andrea Kuszewski 1202
Death and the Present Moment (Sam Harris) 1200
Will Our Kids be a Different Species? 1077
Free Will (Sam Harris) 1043 (May 29)
Sonia Arrison on Singularity 1 on 1 992 (May 30)
The Television will be Revolutionized (John Smart) 958
Epigenetics - or Why DNA is Not your Destiny 946
The Quantified Self: in 20 Years No Doctors Needed 935
The Death of Alan Turing (by Jaron Lanier) 933
Top Essays in Comments
The Inconsistency of Not Licensing Parents by P. Tittle 98 comments
Japanese Asexual Artist Slices Off his Genitalia, Serves at Banquet by Hank Pellissier 79
Is Transhumanism a Religion? by Gabriel Rothblatt 66
Transhumanism’s Dark Side: Tittle’s Regulation, Prisco’s “Progress” and Scaruffi’s Austerity by summerspeaker aka Benjamin Abbott 48
Does Religious Freedom Equal Freedom to Discriminate? by Lawrence Krauss 43
Buddhist Right Speech: Ethical and Effective, or just Thought Policing? by Peter Wicks 32
Transgender and Transhuman - the alliance, the complaints and the future by Hank Pellissier 29
Is Humanity Accelerating Towards… Apocalypse? or Utopia? by David Pearce 24
The First Terran Shots Against the Cosmists by Giulio Prisco 24
Technology and Fear: Obstacles to Progress by Peter Wicks 21
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