H+: SENS Declaration, Endorsed by 15 Prestigious Biomedical Experts
Aging is inarguably the most prevalent medically relevant phenomenon in the modern world and the primary ultimate target of biomedical research.
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H+: Transhumanism: Threat or Menace? A Response to Andrew Pickering
By accident or design, transhumanism has often been depicted as a villain without redeeming qualities. Rather than considering transhumanism on its own terms, we are often given a false choice: threat or menace?
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Engaging Transhumanism: The Meaning of Being Human
Bioengineering and genetic enhancement will bring the posthuman age in which humans live longer, possess new physical and cognitive abilities, and are liberated from suffering due to aging and disease. Moreover, humans will attain “cognitive immortality.”
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Leeches on the Road to Enlightenment
I have long claimed to practice Buddhist mindfulness, but for me that means filling my mind full with as much as possible. Buddhist meditation always struck me as more about mindlessness, a process of clearing away all desires, all sensations, and all thoughts.
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A Fabulous Evolutionary Defense of Dualism
Can it be true that the laws of physics hold, and that God acts in the world? I think so. And I think evolutionary biology (with a dash of physics) can help us see how.
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Excerpt of God and the New Atheism
The new atheism is simply unchallenging theologically. Its engagement with theology lies at about the same level of reflection on faith that one can find in contemporary creationist and fundamentalist literature.
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Science and Religion in Schools: A German and Worldwide Perspective
A new project for “Science and Religion in Schools” must start from the position of existing curricula and the way in which issues on science and religion are now taught in the context of religious education and other subjects.
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The Development of the Science and Religion in Schools Project and the Importance of IT
We hope the UK project will encourage others around the world to embark on their own project, inspired by ours.
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Planning For a New Course in Philosophy of Religion for 16-17 Year Olds in the UK
It is clear that the Science and Religion unit will provide an interesting set of challenges for both those teaching it and those to whom it is taught.
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Science and Religion in Schools: The Importance of a South African Project
South Africa is experiencing a multitude of problems caused by the coming together of the dominant global scientific secular culture and the traditional religious culture.