God Became Human So That Humans Could Become Posthuman?

Transhumanism, metaphysics, and the posthuman god.

After describing Heidegger's critique of metaphysics as ontotheology, I unpack the metaphysical assumptions of several transhumanist philosophers. I claim that they deploy an ontology of power and that they also deploy a kind of theology, as Heidegger meant it. I also describe the way in which this metaphysics begets its own politics and ethics. In order to transcend the human condition, they m...

How Did Humans Become So Creative? A Computational Approach

This paper summarizes efforts to computationally model two transitions in the evolution of human creativity: its origins about two million years ago, and the ‘big bang’ of creativity about 50,000 years ago. Using a computational model of cultural evolution in which neural network based agents evolve ideas for actions through invention and imitation, we tested the hypothesis that human creativit...

Nanobiotix Announces First Positive Human Data Showing That Nbtxr3 Could Become a Backbone in Immuno-oncology

Laurent Levy, CEO of Nanobiotix said, “Being able to transform cold tumors into hot tumors is one of the most challenging and promising topics in oncology. This preliminary clinical data indicates that NBTXR3 could play a key role in unlocking this potential. Given NBTXR3’s universal type mode of action and good safety profile, NBTXR3 could change the treatment landscape in numerous solid tumor...

Human vs. posthuman.

Why Believe That There Is a God?

This article presents an argument for the existence of God, showing that the evident phenomena are best explained by supposing that a God causes them. The argument is based on the inductive force of four very evident general phenomena: that there is a physical Universe; that it is governed by very simple natural laws; that those laws are such as to lead to the existence of human bodies; and tha...