{"id":1305,"date":"2008-12-02T23:48:13","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T23:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2008\/12\/transhumanism-and-the-age-of-a.html"},"modified":"2008-12-02T23:48:13","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T23:48:13","slug":"transhumanism-and-the-age-of-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2008\/12\/transhumanism-and-the-age-of-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Transhumanism and The Age of Aquarius"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chiron is in Aquarius, Neptune is in Aquarius with Uranus, ruler of Aquarius, in Pisces, ruler of Neptune, and we are at the dawn of the Aquarian Age. \u00c2\u00a0Aquarius is the innovator – the transpersonal human. \u00c2\u00a0Transhumanists <\/a>seek the ultimate perfection of the human being as beyond the confines of the laws of nature, “Combining artificial intelligence with interface technology, molecular nanotechnology, extension of human life span, genetic enhancing of human mental and physical capacities, combating diseases and slowing down the process of aging, and exercising control over desires, moods, and mental states.”<\/p>\n

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The most radical aspect of transhumanism is the scenario that humans will be able to transport the content of their brains, their minds, to a non-biological entity and thereby achieve immortality. Kurzweil and other transhumanist visionaries imagine a “brain-porting scenario” that will involve “scanning a human brain capturing all of the salient details.” This will entail reinstantiating the brain’s state in a different – most likely much more powerful – computational substrate. According to [Raymond] Kurzweil this will be a feasible procedure and will happen mostly likely around the late 2030s. In this scenario “we will continue to have human bodies, but they will become morphable projections of our intelligence.” Such “software-based humans,” he predicts, “will be vastly extended beyond the severe limitations of humans as we know them today. They will live out on the Web, projecting bodies whenever they need or want them, including virtual bodies in diverse realms of virtual reality, holographically projected bodies, foglet-projected bodies, and physical bodies comprising nanobot swarms and other forms of nanotechnology.” For Kurzweil this is a form of immortality, although he concedes that the data and information do not last forever; the longevity of information depends on its relevance, utility, and accessibility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Mr. Spock in the Star Trek series was perhaps one of the original transhumanists and an excellent example of what happens when the famous Spock logic which symbolizes the rationality of Aquarius goes to an extreme. \u00c2\u00a0I watched only a portion of the video below, but I can tell it’s going to be VERY interesting and something we’ll be seeing a lot more of as we get closer to the Aquarian edge. \u00c2\u00a0Earlier this year<\/a>, the head of the Independent Schools Council in Britain said that within 30 years children would be learning by downloading information directly into their head. \u00c2\u00a0An article I wrote<\/a> back in February of 2007 makes the case for the Age of Aquarius transition around the year 2600. \u00c2\u00a0When you have a 2600 year cycle, the orb of influence is fairly large, perhaps 500 years or so. \u00c2\u00a0This earlier article closed with these comments which I’d like to repeat here:<\/div>\n
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In the best of all possible worlds, humans could evolve during this phase into enlightened beings, able to link the best of science with the best of spirit in a Utopian paradise of freedom and justice for everyone. Or will we face another future involving the worst of the Aquarian dynamic akin to a science fiction film: a fiercely rational and scientific future that requires perfection, using technology to create perfect humans through cloning and control of the masses via genetically manipulated food and computerized thought police? Like the Terminator and Matrix movies, will machines (technology) take over?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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