/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.3483327]

Can we please have an inspirational, transhuman image thread. Please.

Preferably of a time when the limitations of the human frame have been completely transcended.

Sometimes the dream of a better future is the only thing that keeps my spirit up in this world of small-minded, vision-less, bureaucrat-wannabes.

[Anonymous No.3483350]

I wish I had a folder-dumper - I've got a BUNCH of photos for you.

[Anonymous No.3483358]

Nvm, I'm going to get the Xchan folder dumper. brb.

[Anonymous No.3483380]

Hm. It says it's uploading, but nothing shows up ITT.

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[Anonymous No.3483399]

>>3483327
thread is good. bumpin... bump

[Anonymous No.3483403]

>>3483380
Oh wait. Shit. Imagedumping doesn't work without the captcha, does it?

Shit.

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>>3483380
>Mind uploading
>Can't even dump pictures in a thread

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>>3483418
Yeah, there's no strong AI to do CAPTCHAs for me.

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[Anonymous No.3483427]

these aren't transhumanism-themed pictures, it's just space-themed futurism

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>>3483427
Yeah, sorry, I'm just dumping a folder of futuristic pictures. Just imagine there's lots of transhumans inhabiting the cities.

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[Anonymous No.3483434]

I'm working on getting up a rapidshare of my folder of future-world wallpapers. Then I'll only dump more if people ask for it.

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>>3483437
>>3483436
Hahah, oh wow. Thanks for the HQ version.

[Anonymous No.3483447]

nice so far. any one got more images of transhumans? (preferably not in ugly-demonesque-fantasy style).

[Anonymous No.3483453]

>>3483447
The problem is that it's a fairly difficult thing to have images of. What, you think transhumans will just look like glowing people?

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[Anonymous No.3483466]

This is what transhumans will look like. You know it's true.

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[Anonymous No.3483472]

Got a rapidshare of my future-world wallpapers.
https://rapidshare.com/files/124133856/futureworld.7z

[Anonymous No.3483507]

we need more threads like this one. It made my day. Sadly, I have no images to post; if I did, I would.

[Anonymous No.3483509]

>>3483453
>>3483453
I think that we will completely master and merge cell-molecular biology with nano-engineering. Thus we will be able to build bodies to any specification (custom bodies for everyone).

Shiny... why not, it that is what the wearer wants?

[Anonymous No.3483516]

>>3483468
>>3483466
NONONONONONONONONONONONO
THE FUTURE MUST BE STOPPED

[Anonymous No.3483531]

>>3483466
Dogs cant play fiddles. I thought this was /sci/ come on now.

[Anonymous No.3483532]

Oh shit, it's a transhuman! Kill it!

[Anonymous No.3483536]

>>3483531
Transhuman furries can. Unfortunately. Look at its legs and hands - it's a biped.

[Anonymous No.3483540]

Fucking transhumans are going to be the end of us all.

[Anonymous No.3483547]

>>3483540
>>3483532
Humanity for humans! Keep the bloodline pure, or this will be our fate!

[Anonymous No.3483550]

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>>3483550

[Anonymous No.3483579]

On the one hand, the singularity, mind uploading, exploring the galaxy, etc.

On the other hand, IRL furries.

[Anonymous No.3483602]

>>3483579
>IRL furries
NOT FUCKING WORTH IT

Cancel all science, gonna ride that train back to the middle ages.

[Anonymous No.3483619]

In the future we will all be free to be whatever we want to be. Even the body will be a completely free choice.

http://www.futuretimeline.net/index.htm

[Anonymous No.3483638]

>>3483550
>>3483547
Both pics same thread, same board.

[Anonymous No.3483643]

lololo enjoy your daydream adolescent fantasy deus ex machina shit that won't be invented until 3000 AD. Optimism is just a synonym for stupidity.

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[Anonymous No.3483687]

>>3483327

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[Anonymous No.3483693]

Thinking about the future drives me nuts, because im never going to know, i will never know...

Will we still be here 5 mill years from now? Will we have left the planet before the sun dies? will we be taken out before that by some unforeseen event from space?(GRB/asteroid etc etc) will we figure out away to travel at the speed of light or near it? will we meet other advanced life?

I fucking hate this

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[illuminati !AI9Lue1M.E!!KyzG4KHXtor No.3483703]

>>3483693
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale

Type I: a civilization with a power output of about 4×1012 W, i.e. a "technological level close to the level presently [1964] attained on earth".

Type II: a civilization that is able to harness all of the power available from its home star, approximately 4×1026 W.

Type III: a civilization that is able to harness all of the power available from a whole galaxy, approximately 4×1037 W.

If you can't become a Type II with in 5 million years and recharge your star from the energy of another star. You ill not be missed.

[Anonymous No.3483713]

>>3483693
Well, if you are around 30 or younger today... It is not impossible that you belong to the first generation that will live forever (or at least have a chance to choose to do so). So do your best to benefit and spread transhumanist ideals, and maybe one day you will be able to experience first hand how humanity leaves sol to explore the galaxy. It is not impossible, not at all impossible.

[illuminati !AI9Lue1M.E!!KyzG4KHXtor No.3483716]

>>3483693
Also if you stop thinking of how to move matter. You could achieve speeds beyond light speed. Once you learn how to convert the energy and signature of matter and then package it in a Tachyon pack. Then learn of how to zero in on locations beyond your reach. To have the matter in the area of where you wish to go combine to the energy and signature you transfered. See how easy that is?

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[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3483738]

>wake up
>see this thread
>Illuminati

Time for CLEANSING.

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[Anonymous No.3483746]

>>3483691
Does anyone have a larger version or source?

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[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3483751]

> Platelets - or thrombocytes - are irregular, roughly spheroidal, 2 micron diameter, anuclear (nucleus-free) blood cells that have an average lifespan of just 5-9 days. Platelets circulate in our bloodstreams and are integral in achieving hemostasis (stoppage of blood flow) after injury. An average, healthy person has between 150,000 and 450,000 platelets per µl (microlitre) of blood. In the event of an injury, platelets gather at the site and activate, becoming sticky and clumping together to form a barrier to seal the damaged blood vessel and stop the bleeding. Platelets are also responsible for releasing clotting factors. The image shows a comparison, from left to right, of a red blood cell, an activated platelet, and a white blood cell. Nature's solution can be quite effective, but it does take valuable time.

> The clottocyte is a, yet theoretical, design by Robert A. Freitas Jr. for an artificial, mechanical platelet. The response time of a clottocyte would be on the order of 100-1000 times quicker than nature's platelets, achieving complete hemostasis in as short as one second.

> Clottocytes would have several distinct advantages over their natural counterparts. For instance platelet function can be adversely affected by drugs such as aspirin. Clottocytes would be immune to the effects of drugs, and could function optimally irregardless of chemical fluctuations in the bloodstream.

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>>3483746

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3483754]

>>3483751

>Clottocytes represent an example of a uniquely nanotechnological benefit that could not - even in principle - be achieved by biotechnology. Clottocytes could potentially be on the order of 10,000 times more effective at achieving clotting, by volume, than natural platelets, therefore being required at only ~0.01% of the concentration of platelets in the bloodstream. Clottocytes would be approximately 2 micron diameter spherical nanorobots, powered by serum oxyglucose, and controlled by an onboard nanocomputer. They would contain a compactly folded fiber mesh which could be unfurled in the immediate vicinity of a damaged blood vessel. The overlapping nettings deployed by activated clottocytes would trap blood cells and halt bleeding almost instantaneously.

[Anonymous No.3483755]

>>3483466
Nope.

Nobody would pay that much money to look like a gigantic faggot to everyone who lurks the internet.

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3483759]

> A respirocyte is a theoretical engineering design for an artificial red blood cell about a micron in diameter - a machine that cannot be constructed with current technology. Respirocytes are micron-scale spherical robotic red blood cells comprised of nanometer-scale components, containing an internal pressure of 1000 atmospheres of compressed oxygen and carbon dioxide. The intense pressure would be safely contained in two separate high pressure vessels likely made of pure diamond. At this intense pressure, a respirocyte could hold 236 times more oxygen and carbon dioxide than our natural red blood cells. Respirocytes are an elegantly simplistic design, powered by glucose in the blood and able to manage carbonic acidity via an onboard internal nanocomputer and a multitude of chemical/pressure sensors. 3D nanoscale fabrication will allow respirocytes to be manufactured in practically unlimited supply very inexpensively, directly from a computer design.
> An injection of such nanotechnological devices would enable a person to run at top speed for 15 minutes or remain underwater for four hours on a single breath. Because of their smaller form factor, 1µm diameter, compared with the 8µm diameter of a red blood cell, respirocytes would have potential unique medical applications including the prevention and treatment of ischemia (inadequate oxygen delivery to tissues.) Being smaller in diameter, respirocytes could squeeze into much thinner blood vessels, delivering vital oxygen to cells.

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>>3483746
http://www.tineye.com/ reverse image search.

[Anonymous No.3483764]

>>3483755

Once we're out of the age of limited resources, everyone is just gonna look like whatever the hell they want to and not give a fuck.

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3483768]

> A respirocyte consists of three major design components: rotors to take in oxygen from the lungs and release it in the bloodstream; rotors to gather carbon dioxide from the bloodstream and release it in the lungs; and rotors to take in glucose from the bloodstream for generating energy in a process similar to cellular respiration. Preliminary studies have found that extremely smooth diamondoid surfaces would be practically invisible to white blood cells, making the devices biocompatible.

> Respirocytes were designed and analyzed in detail by Robert Freitas, a nanotechnology researcher at the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing. The paper describing the concept is titled, "A Mechanical Artificial Red Cell: Exploratory Design in Medical Nanotechnology." Nanomedical applications such as those envisioned by Freitas could become commonplace in the mid-to-long term futures of many of those alive today.

> Respirocytes would have interesting applications for diving. A diver with respirocytes in his/her bloodstream would be able to dive for hours on a single breath while avoiding both the bends and narcosis, since these afflictions are caused by breathing compressed air underwater (under pressure) which allows more nitrogen to dissolve into the bloodstream than at one atmosphere of pressure. Returning to the surface after prolonged submersion can cause the nitrogen dissolved in the blood to return to a gas (bubbles) more quickly than it can it can be removed.

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>>3483764
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77sJT8O56E Sure you can look what ever you want. If you can survive the peer pressure of your brethren. That and you don't mind branching off humanity to become a oddity.

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3483772]

>The dramatic enhancement of human performance made possible by respirocytes could cause the body to overheat. It is also possible that such enhancement to one part of the body will have unforeseen consequences to other bodily systems. Only with actual testing of nanotechnological respirocytes in a living body will determine for certain exactly how these devices will behave in the real world.

> Eventually, as we continue to enhance and replace the biological body one part at a time, artificial white blood cells will likely be developed to augment and ultimately replace the human immune system. Even sub-cellular systems such as the organelles, and even the entire nucleus within each of our cells are not beyond technological replacement - at least in theory.

[Anonymous No.3483773]

>>3483764
>Once we're out of the age of limited resources

Never gonna happen. Population growth will mean people will still be poor even when humanity has built a dyson swarm.

[Anonymous No.3483775]

LoL, just noticed that I was saving all these images into my fapping folder.... oh, well. Maybe that is really where they belong.

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3483779]

>"Microbivore" is the name given to a speculative future micromachine containing numerous nanomachine systems, which function together as an artificial phagocyte (white blood cell.) A fleet of microbivores could be injected into a person and act as a supplement or even a complete replacement for their immune system. The microbivore concept was invented by Robert A. Freitas Jr., who has outlined their design in great detail. At present (2010) we lack the "atom-by-atom" molecular manufacturing technology required to construct such a device. Some futurists expect the dream of molecular nanotechnology (first concieved by Dr. Eric Drexler) to become a reality sometime next decade, (2020-2030) enabling a massive leap forward in our construction capabilities.

> Numerous pathologies exist that are caused by the presence of foreign organisms in the bloodstream. Infection by foreign blood-borne organisms is especially dangerous in individuals with compromised immune systems (such as those suffering from AIDS.) Current methods to control such organisms are largely ineffectual, or merely temporarily arrest their growth rather than wiping them out entirely. Most physicians would welcome the addition of syntheitc nanorobots capable of selectively annihilating such organisms.

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3483780]

>The microbivore design calls for a 3.4 micron (millionths of a meter) long, by 2 micron wide oblate spheroid shaped device, consisting of 610 billion structural atoms, and filled with roughly 150 billion gas/water molecules. The entire nanobot has a gross geometric volume of just over 12.1 cubic microns (including two normally empty internal materials processing bays totalling 4 cubic microns of displaced volume.) Its size ensures unobstructed passage through even the narrowest of human capillaries, which are approximately 4 microns in diameter. A single microbivore will consume 100-200 picowatts of continuous power while in operation, and will digest and eliminate pathogenic microbes at a maximum throughput of 2 cubic microns per 30 second cycle - enough room to internalize virtually any species of bacteria in a single gulp. The design includes 10-fold renundancy on most mechanisms, excepting the largest structural elements, to ensure high reliability.

> As with natural phagocytes, microbivores would devour, digest, and discharge any viruses, bacteria or fungi unlucky enough to be detected. The microbivore would use species-specific reversible binding sites to firmly attach itself to the microbe, which would then be directed to the ingestion port by telescoping robotic grapples in a similar fashion to the way a squid uses its tentacles to catch and hold its prey while consuming it.

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3483784]

>From the ingestion chamber, the targetted microbe would be blended by mechanical blades in a morcellation chamber, then passed to a digestion chamber where the processed remains of the invader would be chemically analyzed before being further broken down by a specifically selected sequence of 40 engineered enzymes, into biologically neutral effluent (mononucleotides, amino acids, free fatty acids, simple sugars and glycerol.) which would be released harmlessly back into the bloodstream through an exhaust port on the back of the device, where it could be used by the body's molecular machinery (cells) for its nutritional content.

> Getting microbivores into the body would be a matter of simply introducing them intravenously. Preliminary estimates suggest microbivores would be around 80 times more efficient, and about 1,000 times faster acting than our natural white blood cells.

> Once their mission is complete they could be programmed to exit the bloodstream via the intestines, if desired. Clinical use of microbivores, and the many other species of nanobots thus far imagined, could revolutionize the field of medicine. Mass fabrication and theraputic use of such devices (thanks to molecular nanotech) over the coming decades will lead to cures for many diseases, barring any unforseen insurmountable technical challenges, for many people alive today.

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>>3483746
Never mind, found it.

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>>3483667
What significance is RNAi to transhumanism?

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>>3483773
Population growth will be controlled, either voluntarily by humans (governments and individuals). Or by external limits and factors (like phosphorus-depletion).

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>>3483790
Nano medicine interfacing quality and compatibility matching .

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>>3483790
Gene therapy transhumanism is best transhumanism. Nanotech is a far-future pipe dream, biotech is happening now.

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[Anonymous No.3483828]

>>3483821
Nanotech is coming long before "biotech" ever sets off. By the time nanotech explodes, our biology would be obsolete.

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>>3483821

When two beards cross paths the bigger beard has the right of way.

>u buttjelly

[Anonymous No.3483841]

>>3483828
>Nanotech is coming long before "biotech" ever sets off. By the time nanotech explodes, our biology would be obsolete.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVA6qS8YPgg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80DhBLEhdzk

Nigga please. Stop listening to Kurzweil & friends and take a look at actual progress.

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>>3483665
What website is this from?

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>>3483847

Sarif Industries. (It's not real)

[Anonymous No.3483854]

>>3483828

>He doesn't understand anything about chemistry

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>>3483847
http://www.tineye.com/ reverse image search

[Anonymous No.3483857]

http://vigilantcitizen.com/musicbusiness/transhumanism-psychological-warfare-and-b-e-p-s-imma-be/

Someone's not happy with H+.

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>>3483857
The Vigilantcitizen is ran by people associated with the islamic wake up project.

[Anonymous No.3483863]

>>3483828
>>3483821
I think both of you are right.
First both bio and nano techs will develop on their own. Then they will fuse and we will redesign everything from scratch. Remaking how the cell is created, how its organelles work and by what materials it is created. Making humans into something neither tech nor bio. A completely new kind of being. Where every bit of every cell is intentionally designed (probably via simulated evolution in the billions of billions of generations).

Then we can talk about intelligent design.

Then

[Anonymous No.3483865]

stop bumping this thread

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>>3483861
No big surprise there, I automatically assumed the article was written by someone belonging to a religious group.

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>>3483857

I searched "transhumanist music" on youtube just out of curiosity and the first videos were something about the "transhumanist agenda" behind the music industry or something. The rest were just futuristic CGI + washing machine sounds in slow-mo.

Yes the music industry and transhumanists are secret allies. Obviously.

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[H+ No.3483872]

>>3483857

I SWEAR I DIDN'T DO IT!

YOU CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING!

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[Anonymous No.3483881]

>>3483865
Stop being so childish. So, not everyone likes what you like. Bawhaw. Then read some other thread.

Oh and also reported, this is supposed to be a work-safe board.

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>>3483868
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaIZ0mUJzr0&hd=1 People fear the coming changes of humanity. Because it forces you to think. And many find it easier to flock to old religions which allow you to be lazy as hell.

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[Anonymous No.3483901]

I hope the future creates ultra technological poke man games!

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>>3483891
I swear to god you're one creepy mother fucker.

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>>3483868
I'm pretty sure these conspiracy nutjobs are claiming there's an agenda because a lot of jewish people run the music industry.

[Anonymous No.3483952]

Than you all contributing anons. This thread really made my happy and my visit to /sci/ worthwhile.

[H+ No.3483954]

>>3483942

And.. Jews are all Transhumanists?

Also, Transhumanists caused the Holocaust? How do those two match up?

[Anonymous No.3483967]

>>3483954
Fuck, I knew it, search for "jews transhumanism" on google, some people actually believe this.

[illuminati !AI9Lue1M.E!!KyzG4KHXtor No.3483968]

Jews in hollywood aren't torah styled Jews. They implore only the Jewish culture without the dogma. Or they implore the Babylonian talmud unlike the Jerusalem Talmud which is the land grabbing Jews. But the most popular Jew in hollywood is the Kabbalistic Jewish mystic.

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>>3483968

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>>3483753
Found source for this (bigger image) and some others in the same style posted here.

http://parablev.deviantart.com/gallery/

Very nice, check it out.

[Anonymous No.3484133]

>>3483327
>Sometimes the dream of a better future is the only thing that keeps my spirit up in this world

Same here OP. I'm wondering which college degree should I pursue if one would be interested in the future that is discussed in this thread. Transhumanism. Advanced technologiies and stuff.

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[op No.3484171]

>>3484133
I'm actually thinking of going to live in a buddhist monastery. Practising meditation 24/7. That way I might get the most out of this brain when/if the opportunity to upload presents itself.

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>>3484171

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>>3484185
is this from a comic? is there a sauce?

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>>3484243

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3484373]

Too much buddhism too little science.

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>>3484171
Hell, if you do that you could obsolete uploading altogether.

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>>3484387

[Anonymous No.3484412]

transhumans will eventually be phased out

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>>3484412
>Skynet
Funny how some speak as if no other human race exist in the universe. What if humans were the only game in town in this universe. And meanwhile elsewhere in your universe. You had different human races going through various stages of metamorphosis at different technological levels. Truly if something like this was in fact true. Then that would mean it would be possible for this human race located on earth to not degenerate via the help of others from elsewhere. Who look just like humans and think just like humans but at vast and various stages.

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>>3484398
Spiritual transhumanism is only decent transhumanism.

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>>3484452
I see no reason for why technological- and spiritual-transhumanism should by necessity be opposed to each other. IMHO they are complementary or cooperative rather than opposing or competing.

[Anonymous No.3484962]

ultrabump

[Anonymous No.3485033]

Doesn't really matter what anyone thinks about transhumanism. It is unavoidable, and has been since the beginning of humanity. Maybe even since the beginning of cellular life. The interaction with the environment and learning lead to cumulation of knowledge. This will eventually reach critical mass and cause modern civilization. The singularity is unavoidable. The only question is how prepared you will be for it.

Some people will try to resist, but will be as silly as luddites, amish and other technophobes. Eventually all "normal" humans will cease to exist. Not from violence or manipulation, but from sheer boredom, envy and frustration of watching the augmented humans live like bosses.

The future is unavoidable.

[Anonymous No.3485069]

mang

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3485073]

One month to go.

[Anonymous No.3485086]

if you think transhumanism is going to be glorious, you're projecting. The technology has utopian and dystopian application

The future is going to be a very interesting time

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[Anonymous No.3485093]

>>3485073
for what?

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3485095]

>>3485086

>The technology has utopian and dystopian application

In other words the sky is blue and pie tastes great.

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3485101]

>>3485093

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, but I'm trying not to get too excited else I'll be disappoint.

Let the JC A BOMB's begin!

[Anonymous No.3485103]

>>3485095
git teh fack out

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3485105]

>>3485103

Why? I'm just pointing out that we all knew this already.

[Anonymous No.3485124]

>>3485101
Jesus sucks goat-cock, as do all his retaded, hurf-durf, luddite followers.

The first thing that will happen after the singularity is the abolishment of all theist religions.

[Anonymous No.3485229]

>>3485124
>Jesus sucks goat-cock, as do all his retaded, hurf-durf, luddite followers.

Posting in the wrong thread..?

[Anonymous No.3485257]

[Anonymous No.3485259]

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[Anonymous No.3485304]

>>3485257
>>3485259
>>3485268
luddites gonna lude

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3485350]

>>3485304

I remember making this picture and thinking only Inurdaes would remember it.

:')

[Anonymous No.3485406]

>>3485257
>>3485259
>>3485268
Basically the truth. None of these technologies will ever come into existence and if they do, it'll only be available to multi-billionaires.

[Anonymous No.3485416]

>>3485406
>None of these technologies will ever come into existence

I dont think thats the point though. Just that some people like to fantasize about it, thinking how awesome it would be to become an imaginary godmachine.

What scares me is how some of the so called transhumanist treat those fantasies like some sort of political agenda or religious cult. Kinda how the marxist were certain that their predictions will become reality, look at how that turned out.

[Anonymous No.3485433]

>implying we're not going to run out of energy and resources and either stagnate or deflate
>implying, in short, that this isn't the single brief flash of humanity's whole history
>implying there won't be tenthousand years of middle ages and a hundred thousand years of cave-dwelling after this

>implying you don't tell yourself you'll live forever and see attack ships on fire off the shoulder of orion because you're so scared of your own mortality and use consumption and science fiction to soothe your ache like any third class theist

[Anonymous No.3485446]

>>3485416

Exactly. And anyone who labels those comics "luddite" doesn't understand the socioeconomic background of that movement.

[Anonymous No.3485449]

>>3485433
We will not run out of energy or resources in the foreseeable future.

[Anonymous No.3485453]

>>3485433
>>3485433
>>3485433
Hit the nail on the head.

[Anonymous No.3485471]

>>3485449
>We will not run out of energy or resources in the foreseeable future.

Well look at the current adoption of alternative energies. There is not a strong political or economical movement to move toward solar or nuclear and eventually oil will become scarce.

[Anonymous No.3485477]

>>3485471
>eventually
By that you mean, "within this decade", mirite?

[Anonymous No.3485486]

>>3485477

Well to be honest I am not sure but the transition from oil and carbon to cleaner and more abundant sources of energy will not be pretty. More economies will collapse in the process and there will be more wars.

I dont think we will see a return to the dark ages though.

[Anonymous No.3485488]

>>3485471
Oil is already becoming scarce. As the supply decreases, the price will increase, and less-expensive alternatives will become more attractive. We are in a transition period. It might be bumpy, but it does not mean the end of modern civilization.

[Anonymous No.3485505]

>>3485486
>>3485433
>>3485453
>>3485471
okay alarmists and pessimists, did it ever occur to you that knowledge and social standards are greater than they've ever been in the past and spreading to nearly the whole world right now. These are things that wont go down the drain so easily. Society is more stable than you think. Where are the barbarian hordes who will take down civilized rome now? they are nowhere. there will be no dark ages

[Anonymous No.3485509]

>>3485488

You have way too much hope in the current capitalist system. Such a transition will most likely end up with more bankrupt countries and a general increase of extreme poverty all over the world.

[Anonymous No.3485517]

>>3485505
>Where are the barbarian hordes who will take down civilized rome now?

Look at organized crime. Look at the mercenaries and pirates on Africa. Look at the CEOs of the biggest corporations in the world.

[Anonymous No.3485530]

>>3485517
>organized crime

steadily decreasing

>blahblahblah africa

africa is the world's shithole, but poses no real threat to the civilized world even when they're in (minor) distress

>implying CEOs are going to tear apart civilization

confirmed for liberal, communist retard

[Anonymous No.3485539]

>>3485509
I don't need hope. This is what is happening now. There are many, many problems with the world economy, but it is not so fragile that it will break under the strain of expensive oil. The first world will remain the first world. The third world might be worse-off in many ways, depending on how things go. Fortunately, there should be no planetwide catastrophe.

[Anonymous No.3485572]

>>3485530
>name-calling

I think I am done here.

[Anonymous No.3485605]

>>3485406
>none of these technologies will ever come into existence
Are you ignorant or just retarded?

[Anonymous No.3485623]

>social standards are greater than they've ever been in the past and spreading to nearly the whole world right now. These are things that wont go down the drain so easily. Society is more stable than you think.

>laughing sociologist bitches.jpg

the thin veneer of civilization is only three days without electricity/running water/warm food thick

[Anonymous No.3485764]

>>3483466
I knew it. Transhumanists are furries. GTFO furfags, this is the science board not the manchild board. You'd be more suited to /vp/, make your "transhumanism" threads there.

[Anonymous No.3485769]

>transhumanism
>>>/x/

[Anonymous No.3485770]

>>3485764

>posting V!Akiha as he says so

back to /jp/, manchild scum

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3485786]

>>3483327

>Can't discuss any kind of exploratory engineering without being called a religious retard

Sounds about right. But it's not like this thread had any meaningful discussion, so nothing was lost, right?

[Anonymous No.3487194]

>>3483327
Who knew that transhumanism would make the luddites so angry? So, you are not interested in what the future might bring. Ok. So, you have no interest to speculate what might happen. Ok. So, you are completely unaffected by the increasing speed of human invention and knowledge. Ok.

But why do you waste your time whining in a thread about something you don't care about?

I DO believe that the future is going to be wonderful. I do believer that science will transform human life beyond anything we can imagine. And I like sometimes to use threads to discuss and speculate about these things with other transhumanists. So fuck off.

Thread back on track.

[Anonymous No.3487340]

>>3485769
>transhumanism
>/x/
>no implants
>no corrective surgery
>no gene therapy
>fox only
>final destination
I don't think you know what transhumanism means.

[Anonymous No.3487419]

groups like the FDA will hold transhumanism and any serious advancement in check because they literally cause us to wait list any new biotechnology by decades

[fizx !d75etXAowg No.3487454]

Is it transhumanism if we are replaced by the AI's we create instead of re-engineering ourselves?

[Anonymous No.3487475]

>>3487454

no we would be dead then, the whole point of transhumanism is to achieve immortality.

[Anonymous No.3487494]

>>3487454
No, that wouldn't even be post-humanism.

But if the two choices were total oblivion of all earth-based life and the creation of an artificial heir-species, then I'd certainly wish for the latter.

[Anonymous No.3487516]

>>3485764
>>3485769
> transhumanism-deniers
>>>/fit/

[fizx !d75etXAowg No.3487530]

>>3487475
>the whole point of transhumanism is to achieve immortality.
No it isn't. Transhumanism is about changing the human body and mind. Putting a chip in one's brain to interface with computers would be an example of transhumanism and yet it has nothing to do with extending the human lifespan.

Immortality is simply the bait that attracts most delusional people to transhumanism.

[Anonymous No.3487536]

>>3487530
immortality is anything anyone gives a fuck about and is the reason religions exist

[Anonymous No.3487562]

>>3487530

Essentially its the belief that the mind is a separate entity from the body, the body being imperfect will eventually fail the mind and kill it. transhumanist strive to create a perfect vessel for the mind, immortality is a essential part of this vessel

[Anonymous No.3487577]

>>3487530
Pseudo-immortality is a consequence of mind uploading, although it's questionable if living for very large amounts of times would be truly immortality: you would be very different people given enough time difference, however at least you will have a lovely illusion of continuity, which is what we all live for anyway.

[Anonymous No.3487608]

>>3487530
I'm in it primarily for the bitches and paper, I thought biological immortality was just a nice side dish.

[fizx !d75etXAowg No.3487621]

>>3487577
>>3487562
>>3487536
Transhumanism is not inherently bound to "mind uploading". Genetic engineering is a form of transhumanism.

[Anonymous No.3487638]

Um. Transhumanism simply means improving the human condition through artificial means.

A more strict definition is improving the human condition through integration of these artificial means into humans.

And we have been doing that for decades.

Outright transcending the human condition through mind uploading, large-scale genetic engineering or implantation is post-humanism.

[Anonymous No.3487920]

>>3483857
>that article
>those comments

Holy fuck, these people give a bad image to those who sincerely question their government. I've never seen so much disinformation and delusion in my life.

[Anonymous No.3487941]

>>3487920
What is that gif from?
The act reminds me of some monty python sketch, but the actors don't look familiar.

[Anonymous No.3487985]

>>3483688
that quantum computer needs some real debugging
sqr(-1)
math=var1*var2
x<>0
main(void)

[Anonymous No.3488009]

>>3483857
>great article!!!!!
>awesome!!!!!
>insightful!!!!!11!!!1!1!!!

>button_kill_everyone_in_that_thread.jpg
push button
receive improved world

Yes, I know my comment is ironic considering what he says in his 'article', but one can only tolerate stupidity so much.

[Anonymous No.3490337]

Science bump.

http://neurosciencenews.com/brain-connectome-artificial-neural-networks/

[Anonymous No.3491730]

>>3487941
it's from a british comedy called IT Crowd, pretty funny i would recommend watching at least the first few

[Anonymous No.3491760]

>>3491730
Much obliged. I will.