Àlex Gómez-Marín, PhD, is director of the Organism Behavior Laboratory at the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante, Spain. He is an associate professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the director of the Pari Center in Tuscany, Italy. His work encompasses the microscopic origins of the arrow of time, animal neuroethology in different species, and artificial intelligence applied to human stupidity. His current research focuses on the scientific study of consciousness in the real world. His research proposal, “Seeing Without Eyes,” won the Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences research prize.

Here he describes the transhumanist movement, based on the writings of Ray Kurzweil, Julian Huxley, Teilhard de Chardin, and Dante. He compares the materialist vision of humans merging with their mechanical creations and the spiritual idea of transcendence or merging with the creator. He suggests that transhumanism is a religion that cloaks itself in the pretenses of science.

00:00 Introduction

02:29 What is transhumanism?

06:38 False alternatives

12:56 What is the singularity?

22:27 Transcendence or death?

31:01 What is consciousness?

38:59 Will computers become clairvoyant?

43:45 Can we prevent misuse of technology?

48:29 Conclusion

(Recorded on December 13, 2024)

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