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10-29-2010, 11:27 AM | #412 | |
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10-29-2010, 11:39 AM | #413 | |
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Transhumanists = person is information/mind/soul Religious types = person is mind/soul Non-transhumanists = person is body/medium |
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10-29-2010, 11:50 AM | #415 |
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Which is why when Transhumanists say they believe in a mind/soul existing after changing mediums from a physical body into computer storage, that is directly equivalent to the religious belief in a soul/mind carrying on after the medium/body is destroyed/dies.
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10-29-2010, 12:21 PM | #418 | |
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10-29-2010, 12:25 PM | #419 |
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That's debatable, having your soul ascend into heaven can be described as your mind now being in an astral/spiritual medium.
Having your soul join into a greater whole, be it Nirvana or God, can be described as information/data merger as your mind enters the information storage medium of Nirvana/God. As Bill quoted, transhumanist singularity is "the rapture of the nerds." |
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I guess as far as holy wars go, The Identity Question has ended rather well. Should we round up any remaining issues and symbolically seal the thread, until someone brings up the question once again? :) |
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