Archive 2010
This is an archive of articles that Lincoln Cannon published in 2010. Monthly archives for January 2010, February 2010, March 2010, April 2010, May 2010, June 2010, July 2010, August 2010, September 2010, October 2010, November 2010, and December 2010 are available. And a full archive of all articles that Lincoln has published since 2005 is also available. You may also search for articles and other content that's available on any of Lincoln's websites, including social media.
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Brief Comparison of Cosmism and Transfigurism
Anarchist, atheist, buddhist, extropian, libertarian, mormon, singularitarian, technoprogressive … and cosmist are among the many self-identifications that sometimes accompany transhumanist ...
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Information Hazards of the Gods
Information hazards are reasons to withhold knowledge, such as how to build an atomic weapon, the genetic makeup of deadly ...
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Technology Beyond Mere Technology
Technology is certainly an important aspect of transhumanism. Although some (too many so long as there’s one, so far as ...
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Inject the Scientific Esthetic with a Divine Symphony
Some of us perceive science as dry, boring, aloof, impersonal, elite, callous and perhaps disturbing, confusing or even stifling. This ...
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Why the internet will fail (from 1995)
“No online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no ...
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The Role of Human Culture In Natural Selection
“For the last 20,000 years or so, people have inadvertently been shaping their own evolution. The force is human culture, ...
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Complex Life Found Under 600 Feet of Antarctic Ice
“In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists found a shrimplike creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath ...
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New God Argument (Version 2.0)
Below is the revised summary of the New God Argument, as presented today at the annual meeting of the Society ...
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Theological Implications of the New God Argument
Below is a transcript of my presentation of the New God Argument today at the annual meeting of the Society ...
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MTA Affiliation and Unaffiliation with Humanity+
Today, the Mormon Transhumanist Association announced that Humanity+ (formerly the World Transhumanist Association) terminated its affiliation program. This ended Humanity+ ...
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Thank God for Negated Negative Prophecies
This question comes from a post about transhumanism at Brad Carmack’s blog: “If the prophecy of the last days paints ...
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First Response to a Mormon Transhumanist Response
This morning, I found that someone, using the pseudonym “Vblogger”, has set up a blog entitled “Mormon Transhumanist Association Response”, ...
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Second Response to a Mormon Transhumanist Response
This post continues my response to Vblogger’s assessment of Mormon Transhumanism, as found in the “Doctrinal and Logical Response” section ...
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Third Response to a Mormon Transhumanist Response
The post continues my response to Vblogger’s “Doctrinal and Logical Response” on her blog, Mormon Transhumanist Association Response. My first ...
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Fourth Response to a Mormon Transhumanist Response
The post concludes my response to Vblogger’s “Doctrinal and Logical Response” on her blog, Mormon Transhumanist Association Response. My first ...
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Should we talk to aliens?
As widely reported, physicist Stephen Hawking has warned us not to talk to aliens. His concern arises from an analogy ...
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Perspective on the Benevolence Argument
On the Mormon Transhumanist Association Response blog, Vblogger has commented on the New God Argument. Below are my thoughts in ...
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Resurrection is the Natural Consequence of Genealogy
Will universal resurrection of the dead be the natural consequence of increasingly detailed genealogical work? Do the thought experiment: Historian ...
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The God of Love Is the God of Critical Thinking
If sincere questions or disagreements detract from your spiritual experiences then you might ask yourself whether your inspiration is coming ...
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Consolation for Jesus with Science and Technology
Expressing concern about the status of Jesus and emotion, Vblogger has written some additional thoughts about Mormon Transhumanism. I welcome ...
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Will posthumans all doubt their own existence?
Today, Philippe Verdoux of the IEET asked, “Will posthumans all be atheists?.” My first reaction was: “This is ridiculous, like ...
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Do rituals save us?
Do rituals save us? Are ordinances required for salvation or exaltation? Put differently, for those with less familiarity with religious ...
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The Real Religious Hubris Is Not Theosis
Transhumanists have been charged with hubris: the arrogance of playing God. As the argument goes, our aspirations are beyond moral ...
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Problems with Americans' Expectations of Life in 2050
Today, I was browsing the results of the Pew Research Center survey of Americans’ expectations of life in 2050. There ...
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Inspired by Richard Dawkins and The God Delusion
In 2007, I read Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. At the time, the New Atheists appeared newer than they now ...
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Pope Benedict and Immortalists
Michael Anissimov and Aubrey de Grey call our attention to Pope Benedict’s Holy Saturday address from 3 April of this ...
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6 Reasons You Might Upload Yourself Into a Computer
Dvice lists “6 reasons why you’ll never upload your mind to a computer”. There are some problems with Dvice’s reasoning. ...
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Reasons for Technological Interpretation of Mormonism
Below is a transcript of my presentation at Sunstone 2010 yesterday at the Sheraton Hotel in Salt Lake City. I ...
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Posthuman Evolution Recapped Human Growth?
A Wired article recently explained “Human Evolution Recapped in Kids’ Brain Growth”. Basically, the idea is that 25 million years’ ...
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Journey through Disillusionment to Active Enchantment
Recently, a friend wrote me a letter requesting my thoughts on some of the challenges, particularly historical and political, facing ...
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The Big Bang from Posthuman Computers in Black Holes?
A friend asked for my opinion on what came before the big bang. I’m not a physicist or cosmologist, but ...
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Further Inspiration on Designer Universes
A friend (Jeremy Owen Turner) called my attention to an article published today in the Telegraph, which asks, “Are we ...
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Open Letter to Christians on the Future of Humanity
On 14 September, Thomas Horn of Raiders News Network wrote an “open letter to Christian leaders on biotechnology and the ...
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Trust in Posthumanity and the New God Argument
Here is a transcript of my speech on the New God Argument at the Transhumanism and Spirituality Conference 2010. If ...
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Transfigurism
Transfigurism is exemplified by a syncretization of Mormonism and Transhumanism. Together, they illustrate the compatibility of religion, science, spirituality and ...
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Homosexuality: A Straight BYU Student's Perspective
My friend, Brad Carmack, would like to share with you a draft of his book, “Homosexuality: A Straight BYU Student’s ...
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A Missionary's Practical Faith in Resurrection
Today, while looking through old journal entries, I came across the following passage, written when I was a missionary for ...
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Ontological Matrices
These matrices help me visualize categories, or relations between key concepts, as I understand and use them in my writing. ...
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Can non-benevolent super-intelligence persist?
Recently, Joshua Fox gave an insightful presentation on why “super-intelligence does not imply benevolence.” Thanks to Michael Anissimov for bringing ...
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Enforcing Cloud Security at Merit Medical
Yesterday, I presented a case study on cloud computing security at the Cloud Security Alliance Congress 2010 in Orlando, Florida. ...
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Responding to the Rise of Techno-Gods
Carl Teichrib, editor of the “Forcing Change” journal, drove for two days to attend the recent Transhumanism and Spirituality conference ...
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Demonizing Transhumanism on Worldview Weekend Radio
Fundamentalist Christians are demonizing Transhumanism. It’s not new, of course. But it has become increasingly frequent and hostile. “Evil” “Hitler” ...
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Ethical Progress Is Not Babel
The Bible story of the tower of Babel is commonly considered a warning against hubris and is often used to ...
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Our Story after Belief, Consent and Disillusionment
We believed. That’s what they told us, and we trusted. Their stories were awesome and awful, situating us in meaning ...
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You may not need a brain, but you want one
Bob (the blue blob from Monsters Inc) claimed that you don’t need a brain. Although all vertebrate and most invertebrate ...