Top 10 Posts from 10 Years of Blogging
Lincoln Cannon
15 October 2015 (updated 31 August 2024)
Today is the tenth anniversary of my blog! Thank you so much for reading, reasoning, feeling, imagining, commenting, agreeing, disagreeing, and supporting my work over the years. In celebration, below is a list of my top 10 most viewed articles, followed by a list of the top article for each year.
Top 10 Articles from 2005 to 2015
#10 at 1,839 views since 26 July 2015 …
Sabbaths of Burden and Delight
This is a transcript of a talk I gave in my local Mormon congregation today. The leadership asked three of us to speak on the subject of the Sabbath, how we might cultivate positive feelings toward it, and how we severally try to do so in our own homes. When ...
#9 at 1,900 views since 29 July 2015 …
What Is Mormon Transhumanism?
In April 2015, the journal of Theology and Science published my paper on “What Is Mormon Transhumanism?” Access to the version of record requires a fee. However, I am now making the accepted manuscript available for free. Theology and Science journal editor, Ted Peters, and I met at the Religion ...
#8 at 2,153 views since 7 May 2009 …
Shelly Kagan on the Nature of Persons
In this lecture, Shelly Kagan talks about life and death, as well as persons, in black-and-white terms. However, are there degrees of life and death? Are there degrees of consciousness? Are there degrees of identity? He also talks about the death process in linear terms. He seems to suggest that ...
#7 at 2,588 views since 5 December 2012 …
Letter to a Seminary Teacher on Human Evolution
Dear brother, I’m the father of one of your seminary students. He mentioned to me that a student asked about human evolution yesterday, and that you do not have a favorable opinion of it. I’m writing to share with you my thoughts and feelings on the subject, hoping that you’ll ...
#6 at 2,648 views since 7 October 2012 …
100 Thoughts on October 2012 General Conference
This weekend, I watched an online stream of the October 2012 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I enjoyed the conference, and particularly the opportunity to engage in discussion of the ideas with others online. Below are 100 thoughts, from me and others, about the ...
#5 at 3,411 views since 26 March 2010 …
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 for Mormon Philosophy and Theology. Those who are familiar with the argument will recognize that we renamed the Charity Arguments to “the Benevolence Argument” and focused in on one of ...
#4 at 4,529 views since 17 May 2011 …
145 Highlights from FutureMed Singularity University
The Singularity University FutureMed executive program was a fun and fast-paced opportunity to refresh knowledge and connect with some of the best minds in emerging medical technology. The program was held at the NASA Ames research park in California. Topics ranged from exponential technology generally to its specific manifestations in ...
#3 at 6,589 views since 30 June 2012 …
Post-Secularism and the Resurrecting God
God is dead, proclaimed Nietzsche. He was right and wrong. Following their God, traditional forms of religion have been dying, particularly in many technologically advanced, specialized, and prosperous countries. Consequently, many have embraced the secularization hypothesis: religion itself is dying. That hypothesis, however, now embraced less by experts than by ...
#2 at 5,968 views since 6 April 2013 …
Purpose of the Mormon Transhumanist Association
This is a transcript of my opening presentation at the 2013 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association yesterday, 5 April 2013, in the Salt Lake City Public Library. The conference room filled beyond capacity this year with around 80 in-person attendees and more participating online via the live video stream. ...
#1 at 9,215 views since 24 June 2014 …
Sanctimony Desecrates Excommunication
This has been an emotional day for Mormonism. As reported in national headlines, Kate Kelly of Ordain Women has been excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for “conduct contrary to the laws and order of the Church”. While I do not have a strong opinion for ...
Top Article for Each Year
Now, here’s the top post for each calendar year since launching my blog in 2005. From 2009 onward, the top posts also appear in the top 10 list for all time, reflecting the growing audience. Thank you for that!
2005 at 127 views since 16 October 2005 …
God Is Dead ... Again
Remember this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail? MORTICIAN: Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! [clang] Bring out your dead! [clang] Bring out your dead! [clang] Bring out your dead! [clang] Bring out your dead! CUSTOMER: Here’s one – nine pence. DEAD PERSON: I’m not dead! ...
2006 at 170 views since 20 September 2006 …
Does Active Faith in Physical Salvation Matter?
Mormons generally describe salvation as consisting of two parts: physical and spiritual. Simply put, physical salvation is immortality, and spiritual salvation is eternal life with God. A common modern view is that physical salvation is free through the grace of God, whereas spiritual salvation requires a combination of grace and ...
2007 at 271 views since 20 August 2007 …
The Accelerating Exponent of Kurzweil's Law
Kurzweil’s Law (generalizing from Moore’s Law) observes that technology changes exponentially as new technologies contribute toward increasing the rate of change. In addition to being exponential, however, the exponent itself may increase exponentially, such that we may observe accelerating exponential change or meta-exponential change. One of many examples of exponential ...
2008 at 188 views since 5 September 2008 …
When God Remembers Us
The New York Times reports that remembering may be like reliving, from the perspective of the neurons doing the remembering. Remembering neurons appear to behave like they did when first experiencing whatever is being remembered. I wonder, if our brains could quickly store more information in a readily accessible manner, ...
2009 at 2,153 views since 7 May 2009 …
Shelly Kagan on the Nature of Persons
In this lecture, Shelly Kagan talks about life and death, as well as persons, in black-and-white terms. However, are there degrees of life and death? Are there degrees of consciousness? Are there degrees of identity? He also talks about the death process in linear terms. He seems to suggest that ...
2010 at 3,411 views since 26 March 2010 …
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 for Mormon Philosophy and Theology. Those who are familiar with the argument will recognize that we renamed the Charity Arguments to “the Benevolence Argument” and focused in on one of ...
2011 at 4,529 views since 17 May 2011 …
145 Highlights from FutureMed Singularity University
The Singularity University FutureMed executive program was a fun and fast-paced opportunity to refresh knowledge and connect with some of the best minds in emerging medical technology. The program was held at the NASA Ames research park in California. Topics ranged from exponential technology generally to its specific manifestations in ...
2012 at 6,589 views since 30 June 2012 …
Post-Secularism and the Resurrecting God
God is dead, proclaimed Nietzsche. He was right and wrong. Following their God, traditional forms of religion have been dying, particularly in many technologically advanced, specialized, and prosperous countries. Consequently, many have embraced the secularization hypothesis: religion itself is dying. That hypothesis, however, now embraced less by experts than by ...
2013 at 5,968 views since 6 April 2013 …
Purpose of the Mormon Transhumanist Association
This is a transcript of my opening presentation at the 2013 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association yesterday, 5 April 2013, in the Salt Lake City Public Library. The conference room filled beyond capacity this year with around 80 in-person attendees and more participating online via the live video stream. ...
2014 at 9,215 views since 24 June 2014 …
Sanctimony Desecrates Excommunication
This has been an emotional day for Mormonism. As reported in national headlines, Kate Kelly of Ordain Women has been excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for “conduct contrary to the laws and order of the Church”. While I do not have a strong opinion for ...
2015 at 1,900 views since 29 July 2015 …
What Is Mormon Transhumanism?
In April 2015, the journal of Theology and Science published my paper on “What Is Mormon Transhumanism?” Access to the version of record requires a fee. However, I am now making the accepted manuscript available for free. Theology and Science journal editor, Ted Peters, and I met at the Religion ...
