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Originally Posted by Cerpin Taxt
I can respect the goals for which the transhumanist movement has based itself upon...
However, I have a fundamental disagreement about looking externally to unlock the potentials of human existence... We've displayed our brilliance in this regard for centuries, and have seemingly been so captivated with said brilliance that we have (as a whole) negated the true importance of a complete understanding of our collective, inner being.
It seems with every step forward we take with technology, we take two steps back in humanity.
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essentially, i agree. however, i understand that the external is a reflection of the internal so there's really no difference in that regard. what we are doing with our science and our technology is giving ourselves a series of allowances in belief. we can do these amazing things because we have, generation to generation, developed our technology concurrently with our belief that it can happen. all experiences are open to us, and we have chosen to experience them through technology (because of our fierce identification with ego if you ask me).
but just because we chose this rabbit hole doesn't mean it won't come full circle and return right back to us, internally. we just have to give ourselves the proper allowance for that. i think it may be when we develop a genuine "artificial" intelligence. at that point we will be communing with ourselves in a believably external fashion, and from there we can explore our being to the same extent that any other path would have allowed. we are the universe seeking itself, after all. all paths lead home