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b"The pivotal story around Transhumanism is between those who believe in a soul or a spiritual connection to those who are essentially atheists and believe that once we die we exist no more. \\xa0Hence the need for people who do not want to die and cease forever, is that they continue their life by endeavoring to shift their consciousness into a machine or robot. This interview neatly intersects with last weeks interview with Roy Harlow on Artificial Intelligence - AI - so if you enjoy this interview - you will really get a hit from Roys powerful interview. This is one version of how Transhumanism is perceived: The Transhumanist agenda is more than just Artificial Intelligence (AI), or robots taking over human jobs, or transgender restrooms at public facilities to accommodate an ever growing push for uniformity among the masses. Transhumanism is Posthumanism. It is humanism with the optimism taken out, a movement that advocates for the transformation and the \\u201cadvancement of humanity through technology\\u201d that runs the gamut from nanotechnology to AI. This paradigm is not limited to gadgets and medicine but also molds social, economic, cultural, institutional design, language, and the psyche. To be clear, Transhumanism is a manufactured endpoint to human evolution\\u2026 Rosanne Lindsay, ND This is the Technocratic viewpoint: Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the future that is based on the premise that the human species in its current form does not represent the end of our development but rather a comparatively early phase. Transhumanism is a loosely defined movement that has developed gradually over the past two decades. Transhumanism is a class of philosophies of life that seek the continuation and acceleration of the evolution of intelligent life beyond its currently human form and human limitations by means of science and technology, guided by life-promoting principles and values. Max More (1990) The conjoining of man and machine? Today\\u2019s technologies are becoming so much part of our daily life, many futurists and technologists see a time when humans will merge with machines, or is it that machines will merge with humans? \\xa0We already have heart pacemakers, artificial knees, ear pieces, teeth implants etc, whilst the list becomes longer each year. So the gulf between \\u201chuman\\u201d and \\u201cmachine\\u201d is closing. Machine learning has enabled virtual reality to feel more \\u201creal\\u201d than ever before, and AI\\u2019s \\xa0replication of processes that were once confined to the human brain is ever-improving. Both are bringing technology into ever-closer proximity with the human body. Bringing in Balance? Regarding the human condition, there is a lot of focus placed on basic computational skills of our left frontal lobes - but it needs to be balanced by emotional intelligence which is part of our intelligence and in more common parlance our heads and hearts have to be working together - and that is true intelligence What is Soul and what is Consciousness? So, what is soul and what is consciousness? We need to extend this debate - hugely - what is the primacy of consciousness to the extent - is consciousness all there is? \\xa0That beneath the subatomic realm into the quantum field - does this connect at the deepest level into - consciousness? Sir Arthur Eddington said, \\u2018the stuff of the universe is mind stuff\\u2019 whilst Sir James Jeans said; \\u2018the universes was one great thought.\\u201d \\xa0 Robin mentions that we also need to consider that our intelligence also involves compassion, care and love and it is so important as we embark in this new era of the computerised realm and that we must not lose our humanity - which is hugely important for our survival as a species and our planet\\u2019s \\xa0survival as a habitat for biota, but we also have a responsibility of guardianship - as well as for our flora and fauna - and that is only sensible because they look after us.` \\u2018Out of the body\\u201d and \\u201cnear death\\u201d experiences confirm that humans have a detachable consciousness. (Soul Travel?) \\u2018Out of the body\\u2019 and \\u2018near death' experiences are now experienced by more and more people \\xa0(as the world population expands) We have to cover the important information of \\u2018near death\\u2019 and \\u2018out of the body experiences.\\u2019 as the information that the experiencer relays, after the event is incontrovertible There is now ample data on people from all cultures and all walks of life experiencing looking down at their bodies, be it a sports field, a car crash, a heart attack or stroke or being operated on in a hospital. The question then who is that \\u2018I\\u2019? That from a standpoint of soul or a spiritual body signifies that even the non material or non corporeal body can \\u2018not only see, but remember as well.\\u2019 See Dr\\u2019s Raymond Moody, Kenneth Ring and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Who have spent their life times researching this astounding subject. Then from the doubters viewpoint - that all people who say such things is that they were hallucinating and that the mind is playing tricks on them. Even though the people who were looking down on their bodies remember very clearly all the very concerned conversations that were happening as the doctors frantically worked at keeping their body alive. Telling them afterwards what exclamations were said and what particular actions and even mistakes were made. That upon \\u2018coming back\\u2019 - come out of it and they know it was \\u2018 Not time for them' - and they also never fear death as being the end. After experiencing these paranormal events, they become infused with compassion as well as a knowingness that will never allow them to doubt - and that life after death is a certainty. The \\u2018Precautionary Principle\\u2019 If we are going to be \\u2018smart\\u2019 about all this - we need to be cautious as to how machines \\u2018blend\\u2019 with humans - if that\\u2019s the right word says Robin. What about purpose, compassion and intent - what does it feel to be full and feel joy and fulfilment? Do we through our unknowingness allow certain things to filter into our consciousness - our ordinary day awareness - and conversely what are we finding out and also letting in. Are we conduits or walking antennae? Many mystics would agree. Like when we are asleep or meditating. What are the processes? Like at one end of the colour spectrum we have infrared and the other end - ultraviolet - animals and insects perceive certain colours and hear certain sounds that are of a different frequency - yet we humans cannot. So as we embark into augmenting what it is to be human into machines - we humans may be so unknowing especially of what is life and the \\u2018feelings\\u2019 of what it is to live, to have children and to die \\xa0That this all may be sublimated by the workings of an austere stark, machine intelligence. The Transhuman Perspective Covering Ray Kersweil of Google as one of the more out there proponents of Trans humanism - and his statement is about the great coming \\u2018singularity\\u2019 where computer intelligence will completely leapfrog/bypass human intellect and capabilities. \\xa0 Breakthroughs in biological engineering are coming so fast we can\\u2019t predict how they will develop going forward. Crispr, a new type of gene editing technology is transforming our ability to design and edit the genome, was completely unanticipated; experts thought it was impossible ... until it wasn\\u2019t. Next-generation gene sequencing is decreasing in price, far faster than Moore\\u2019s Law for processors. In many ways, bioengineering is moving faster than computing. Today most promising of nine broad approaches to mortality and aging are genome stability, telomere extension, epigenetics, proteostasis, caloric restriction, mitochondrial research, cell senescence, stem cell exhaustion, and intercellular communication. So with Silicon Valley awash with ideas and scenarios \\xa0- especially how to integrate nanotechnology into the human body, you can see the artificial excitement of Transhumanism as tantalising for those who either don\\u2019t believe in soul, or those that just want to tinker and make fast, big money. The philosophical ramifications are huge with this current momentum of the fusion of science, technology with biological processes. However, will it be one we sincerely trust that will address societal inequities, the retention of the richness and diversity of our natural systems and indigenous cultures, rather than the somewhat simple and sterile dysfunctional futures depicted by many science fiction writers and futurists. We have to recognise that our navel, our belly button connects us to the magic of the past of spiralling DNA, the family tree and the lineage of species \\xa0and not only celebrate our diversity within nature - but to honour it and reconnect with the sacred in all of this. All the way back to the accreting gases and cosmic dust to the molten metals of an early forming Mother earth and before that - to stardust and the big bang, the so called \\u2018source of it all.\\u2019 5 G the Fifth Generational Wireless and Computer Network Technologies 5 G Wifi comes up again as a major component and enabler to AI and robots by numbers - allied to the internet of all things \\xa0- working on wavelengths in millimetres - needing antenna and relay stations every 50 metres or so - outside everyone\\u2019s house - connecting everything to everything - driverless cars totally under control - all ambulances given right of way and it is all under control. But, if you are a suspect - the driverless car could, upon a command, lock all the doors and windows and drive you to the local police station. However with 5 G as most people have smartphones, we are all tracked and could be \\u2018corrected\\u2019 remotely - and sadly even our brain waves monitored. Yet, a spin will be put on all this to tell us how very helpful this technology is going to be. First the hand hold phone, then the glasses and the watch - then the body suit and finally the tiny implant under our skin. The ubiquitous use and interface with these technologies is going to be everywhere. Meanwhile quantum theory entanglement - that every thing in theory is connected within the universal - or background field, is omnipresent yet little understood, is also present. Back to 5 G - we will have faster download speeds - so that information is streaming in at us from all directions so that we find we are more than triangulated into a frequency storm of microwave data and information. So the health question is what effect is it having on our bodies? But let\\u2019s have the discussion - let\\u2019s open this whole story of trans humanism and 5 G as they are essentially all connected - and bring all the information to the world public. Transhumanists, virtually all being atheistic - see the total zenith - the hopeful evolutionary capacity - as being held in our heads and our brains. (note that the heart brain and the gut brain are definitely not included in this equation.) \\xa0\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdneZ4fIIHE \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The Heart's Intuitive Intelligence: A path to personal, social and global coherence Eastern Philosophies and Acupuncture Robin talks about the process of emotions etc plus the Eastern philosophies and understanding of the human body - being energetic first and material second - like in acupuncture, that is connected by hidden meridians that Western Science still has huge difficulties with. That through meditation - and getting our brain out of the way - allows our creativity to come through. That we need to be in a state of peace and compassion Whereas transhumanists who do not appear to enter deep states of meditation and enter other deeper realms of consciousness - instead think that by marrying up to computer chips etc that by this technology - they will instead not miss out in other \\u2018aspects\\u2019 of life. \\xa0There is a wanting of more - before it is too late and they die - to then basically wipe their hard drive and end the program. Another aspect is that in wanting to get people interested in this tech program is to have people dissatisfied with their life - to want more by way of a computer chip upgrade. And that sets the scene for addictive activities. See last weeks interview with Roy Harlow. Hence the global encouragement for hand held machines and smart phones so that the youth become wedded to these technologies - so that they will not put them down - that they may pick them up hundreds of times a day - pearing in for a magic formula so as to find happiness and fulfilment. Then you are convinced that you don\\u2019t need to hold it in your hand -and have it as glasses - i.e google glass, to Apple Watch on your skin and finally what about a little tiny implant - the size of a rice grain - that can hold huge amounts of information with heaps of up-loadable space - and if you do - you can receive benefits from certain other hi tech corporations - with big discounts to nightclubs and drinks or be able to jump the queue and get into a rock concert before most others. That may morph very quickly to rebates on home rates, no or lower charges for credit cards - all sort of methods to lure the unsuspecting into being chipped and unknowingly becoming like Manchurian candidates for the future. Addictions Robin mentions that addictions are born daily out of loneliness and emptiness - we are never satisfied. \\xa0And it is the younger folk - who have missed out on any understanding of the great religions and spiritual teachings that will be targeted by AI and any compelling story about Transhumanism - \\xa0the selling point - \\u2018get it while it\\u2019s hot.\\u201d All these scenarios. The interview also covers Rupert Sheldrake and \\u2018phantom limbs\\u2019 \\xa0and \\u2018feelings of being stared at from behind.\\u2019 5 G comes up again - many doctors are not satisfied that it is safe - whilst many professionals are relegating it to the field of not being important. \\xa0 We are not taking a precautionary - \\u2018first do no harm\\u201d - stand \\xa0- primum non nocere \\xa0 Is the Latin word that Doctors use. It is the babies that will be the easily affected by 5 G plus Cats and dogs and bees to the bacteria on our skin. 5th Generation networks are a world wide deployment - being done nearly all at once Cognitive dissidence on a massive scale is happening and an almost cult like behaviour \\u2018en masse\\u2019 is upon us. That we can impose this technology on our body and TOTALLY improve our lives as a result, is what we are being programmed with. Robots are now in health systems in the UK talking to patients - devaluing the face to face communications between carer and patient. Robin talks about \\u2018human inter-relations - as a doctor to a patient - and sharing a commitment to care - empathy. \\xa0However 5 G does penetrate the skin. The proponents of 5 G say that it does not penetrate the skin very far - however they have a very poor understanding of the ecosystem off the human body - That our skin with billions of invisible bacteria covering us - and we are being irradiated from telephone towers 24/7 \\xa0plus it is affecting our fertility. Mothers Love comes up as well. 1984 and Brave New world - a fusion of these two stories is now taking place. \\xa0 Have a listen. This article is not anti atheist per se - My parents were a cross between agnostics and atheists and they were very good, honest, warm, caring people. I have numerous atheistic associates and we by and large see eye to eye on many political, environmental and cultural issues. I interviewed James Lovelock of bringing to us the Gaia Hypothesis many years ago and he said that he was quite happy for his body to return to Mother Earth at the end of his life time, with no expectations of anything else. Tim"