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# tech    

cryonics: the best worst case scenario…

If you froze yourself in a cryogenic chamber, would anyone actually want to unfreeze you in the future?
cryonics: the best worst case scenario…

# science    

yes, i'll take the embryo on the left, please…

We often worry about parents customizing their children into their warped idea of perfection. But what if the future parents want to put a limitation their kid's abilities?
yes, i'll take the embryo on the left, please…

# tech    

weird things vs. the transhumanists

Tomorrow, it's Weird Things vs. transhumanist George Dvorksy on Skeptically Speaking.
weird things vs. the transhumanists

# oddities    

shadow nation: future shock, part three

The third, and for now, final installment of a sci-fi experiment focused on this blog's favorite themes.
shadow nation: future shock, part three

# oddities    

shadow nation: future shock , part two…

Part two of the sci-fi experiment featuring a space opera built around this blog's favorite themes...
shadow nation: future shock , part two…

# science    

downloading your mind the natural way

Avatar is an accidental tale of Singularitarian transhumanism with an environmentalist twist.
downloading your mind the natural way

# tech    

looking for a.i., one cortex at a time…

Researchers at IBM seem to believe that simulating the background activity of the brain will create a conscious, self-aware mind.
looking for a.i., one cortex at a time…

# tech    

the skeptic's guide to the singularity

Transhumanists preaching the Gospel of the Singularity are right that we don't have to let nature dictate our future. But their absolute faith in utopian technology that hasn't yet been invented is misplaced.
the skeptic's guide to the singularity

# science    

how we'll live for a thousand years. maybe.

A number of researchers and utopian pundits are promising radical life extension, if not unlimited lifespans. But the science behind their claims is shaky to non-existent.
how we'll live for a thousand years. maybe.

# tech    

the singularity institute vs. weird things

The Singularity Institute has been reading Weird Things and they have some objections...
the singularity institute vs. weird things

# tech    

your pricey ticket to immortality

The Gospel of the Singularity and its promise of digital immortality is now selling engineering and scientific snake oil and hope to believers.
your pricey ticket to immortality

# science    

the daily galaxy strikes again!

Humans are reaching the limits of biological evolution according to the opinion of pop sci enthusiasts playing with some bizarre technobabble and numerology.
the daily galaxy strikes again!

# astrobiology    

a very skeptical podcast

Talking in depth about ancient astronauts and UFOs.
a very skeptical podcast

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