Neuroscience
Click image for full comic from Dinosaur Comics, by Ryan North.
The cockroach wouldn't be aware of the transformation as its consciousness changed form and function. Ideally. Ethics, right?
I'm not one to weigh ethics, that's something transhumanism is mandated for. I'm a salon transhumanist as defined by Michael Anissimov, blending into arts and culture. Read the Transhumanist FAQ to find out why I realized I was already a transhumanist (yay SRL); perhaps you are too. Or perhaps you're someone at the top who reads my little blog but doesn't require links. Either way, hope the comic made you smile.
- Cognitive Enhancement And Neurotech
Chris Chatham at Developing Intelligence posed a few thoughtful questions today on cognitive enhancement. Are "cognitive enhancement" technologies overhyped? If there is real potential for cognitive enhancement, what are the implications? Would you use...
- Nanoneuroart
Philippe Van Nedervelde's E-spaces 3D Art Studio created Nanobots replacing neurons (nerve cells). This a still image of HD animation, depicting robots in the brain, from the transhumanist documentary Beyond Man (2005). Although imaginary, current...
- Hard Science, Hard Choices Podcasts
More Science and the City neuroethics podcasts - these are collected as A Slippery Slope: Facts, Ethics and Policy Guiding Neuroscience Today from Library of Congress videos. On May 10-11, 2005, Columbia University medical ethicist Ruth Fischbach and...
- Ihuman
Brain Ethics posted a great link to a podcast from The Science Show posing the question, "What are the implications of the latest advances in neural prosthetics?" It includes transhumanist themes like brain implants and robotics. Download mp3....
- Romance, Sarcasm, Math, And Language
Thanks to Maura for pointing me to XKCD, an amusing and entertaining comic-blog covering "romance, sarcasm, math, and language." Note their warning: "This comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor...
Neuroscience
Remote control cyber cockroach transformations
Click image for full comic from Dinosaur Comics, by Ryan North.
The cockroach wouldn't be aware of the transformation as its consciousness changed form and function. Ideally. Ethics, right?
I'm not one to weigh ethics, that's something transhumanism is mandated for. I'm a salon transhumanist as defined by Michael Anissimov, blending into arts and culture. Read the Transhumanist FAQ to find out why I realized I was already a transhumanist (yay SRL); perhaps you are too. Or perhaps you're someone at the top who reads my little blog but doesn't require links. Either way, hope the comic made you smile.
- Cognitive Enhancement And Neurotech
Chris Chatham at Developing Intelligence posed a few thoughtful questions today on cognitive enhancement. Are "cognitive enhancement" technologies overhyped? If there is real potential for cognitive enhancement, what are the implications? Would you use...
- Nanoneuroart
Philippe Van Nedervelde's E-spaces 3D Art Studio created Nanobots replacing neurons (nerve cells). This a still image of HD animation, depicting robots in the brain, from the transhumanist documentary Beyond Man (2005). Although imaginary, current...
- Hard Science, Hard Choices Podcasts
More Science and the City neuroethics podcasts - these are collected as A Slippery Slope: Facts, Ethics and Policy Guiding Neuroscience Today from Library of Congress videos. On May 10-11, 2005, Columbia University medical ethicist Ruth Fischbach and...
- Ihuman
Brain Ethics posted a great link to a podcast from The Science Show posing the question, "What are the implications of the latest advances in neural prosthetics?" It includes transhumanist themes like brain implants and robotics. Download mp3....
- Romance, Sarcasm, Math, And Language
Thanks to Maura for pointing me to XKCD, an amusing and entertaining comic-blog covering "romance, sarcasm, math, and language." Note their warning: "This comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor...