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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

For ALEX: Cosmism, Transhumanism and Space Exploration — how to think about the future

Cosmism, Transhumanism and Space Exploration — how to think about the future: "Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov is the philosophical great-grandpapa of the Russian dream of space exploration. He believed in the perfectibility of the human race through evolution, and thought that we would one day conquer death and bring about the resurrection of the physical body through science, and live forever. He also thought that we would extend human presence throughout the solar system and beyond. His ideas about human evolution, and in particular the idea that humans should take control of the process and direct it towards their own goals (i.e. achieving greater intelligence and conquering physical limitations) have led directly to the ‘transhumanist’ movement in Russia, and are echoed, albeit in a less poetic way, in the work of the famous proponent of the ‘Singularity’ Ray Kurzweil."

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