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IMMORTALITY

4 December 2013. IMMORTALITY. Religion and Science. Learning Objectives:. To refresh and pull together previous knowledge. To explore scientific possibilities of immortality and the philosophical dilemmas they raise. Scientific Possibilities. Religious Ideas. IMMORTALITY.

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IMMORTALITY

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  1. 4 December 2013 IMMORTALITY Religion and Science

  2. Learning Objectives: • To refresh and pull together previous knowledge. • To explore scientific possibilities of immortality and the philosophical dilemmas they raise.

  3. Scientific Possibilities Religious Ideas IMMORTALITY

  4. Would a person whose liver been replaced with a cloned one still be human? • Would a person whose eyes been replaced with cloned ones still be human? • What if these eyes were genetically modified to see also in UV and IR spectrum? • What if the person’s brain has also been improved to handle more visual information? • What if folding rotors were grafted onto his reinforced back enabling the person to fly? • What if the person’s skin was nano-coated with solar power layer enabling the person to charge the rotors? • What if this electricity was also used to run a processor that increases brain power? • What if the person’s brain was gradually replaced by processors as it ages and becomes less efficient? • What if the person’s brain was scanned and uploaded into a robot? • Is there any difference between a robot with a human consciousness and a flying solar-powered humanoid insect with a hybrid brain? • Could you kill a robot with a human consciousness?

  5. Scientific Possibilities Religious Ideas Resurrection (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Life Extension: Organic Longevity Life Evolution: Transhumanism Reincarnation (Hinduism) IMMORTALITY Life Revolution: Upload and Singularity Rebirth (Buddhism) Immortality is the greatest challenge to what it means to be human. Immortality is the greatest motivation to be a better human.

  6. Homework: • Creative Writing: Imagine and describe a future in which people can live to 800 and can improve their bodies and minds either organically or technologically. A future in which human consciousness can be uploaded into computer networks or robots. A future in which artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence, and there will be a possibility of fusing the two together. • What kind of society would it be? • What are the dangers? What are the benefits? • What problems and moral dilemmas would they face? • If you were the ruler, what laws would you put in place? • Would you like to be part of such reality?

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