(January 31, 2013 at 1:29 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: I wasn't saying that the transhumanist idea of immortality is the same as the one sold by dogmatic religion. It just seems that a hope for immortality is a human species thing which can be shared by atheists and religious people.
My apologies, I got a little cross-pollinated. It's somewhat common for skeptics to criticize the whole thing as the 'rapture for nerds'. And, perhaps for some of them, it's not an invalid criticism. Insofar as I have an interest in transhumanism, I think the spiritual part of it is played up too much and is distracting.
Quote:Have to admit that it sounds fun.
What I want to be when I grow up, is a cloud.
