Well I wanted to find someone else out there who shared the same interests as me on this blog, and with the help of several social media tools I have found a really interesting guy.
World, meet Michael Anissimov and his blog about singularity and science!
This is a really fascinating blog in and of itself, but I also really enjoy following Anissimov's Del.ici.ous shared pages. They cover all of the topics that I'm interested in. From transhumanism to nanotechnology, this source of scientific insight is practically a gold mine in terms of its value. Feel free to check it out if you're interested in the same things as well. Keep in mind that besides focusing on biology and artificial intelligence and et cetera, Anissimov's tags frequently refer to pscyhological, historical, and even religious topics which are equally fascinating. He really does a great job of finding detailed and knowledgeable sources on a whole variety of topics and it is quite impressive.
Before checking out Anissimov's site I never really found a good way to read up on scientific breakthroughs and dialogues. This was one of the coolest articles I found through his site that links to the Smithsonian Magazine website on transhumanism. Very cool stuff in there. The article attempts to look at how the next great breakthrough in human evolution, since the discovery of Darwinian evolution, will be "auto-genetic" evolution essentially. By controlling or modifying the expression of specific genes and/or proteins, human beings will be able to virtually synthesize and create a range of biological modifications to their genome.
We might not truly be that advanced currently, but it's undeniable that at some point in the future this auto-genetic evolution might be considered a natural way of living. Of course, unless the singularity point has been reached and we've become fully integrated into a machine consciousness.
Eh who knows. Maybe there will be a giant war between the biological splicers (who have retained the physical component of their humanity) versus the evil totalitarian machines!
I think I'm onto the screenplay for Terminator 4!... maybe I should look that up on Anissimov's del.ici.ous site!
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