Limits of Transhumanism/Materialism

The following is a 7-minute video featuring Dr. Carrie Madej. Dr. Madej is an internal

This March 26, 2019 article was written by Vanessa Bates Ramirez for Singularity Hub. In

Our technologies have built shiny devices that makes our lives convenient and keeps us entertained. But it has failed to give us good health, engaging education, and a joyful life.

To break free from materialism, we must leap in faith, hoping that we can encounter the truth.

Because we are unable to define what matter is, a materialist explanation of consciousness is untenable.

The Copernican Principle made us believe that our universe, our earth is replaceable. But modern scientific developments ate showing us otherwise.

In 1998, two thinkers made a bet: Christof Koch bet a case of fine wine, saying that by 2023 someone would discover a signature for consciousness. But David Chalmers disagreed. How are the new findings in consciousness studies supporting or disproving the two positions?

It has been seven years since transhumanist George Dvorsky wrote this landmark article on mind uploading, but despite the improvements in science and technology, his points remain true as ever.

Eric Holloway has come up with an important conclusion: there is no materialist theory that can completely explain the nature of consciousness.

Here’s one idea for recontextualizing science: to bring back the imaginative and creative aspect in all scientific activity.