Introduction As you will discover in this blog, transhumanism and transhumanist thought have a long history. My first encounter with the subject goes back to the late 1960s. Like many young boys, I read a lot of DC and Marvel comics. But the thing that always troubled me was how
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8 Things You Should Know about Past Life Regression Now
Introduction Past life regression is a therapeutic technique that uses hypnosis to help you explore memories from previous lives. The aim is to learn from these memories to help you deal with issues in you are now experiencing. Okay, there is a massive assumption in that explanation above. The assumption
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This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Introduction This is a review of one of the most famous (and controversial) books on hypnotic regression Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss. As we get older, esoteric thought resonates a little more with us. However, our open minds should be tempered
Continue readingAgeing Is a Disease? 5 Things You Must Know Now
Introduction How would you feel if I told you that senescence, or ageing is a disease? I’m deliberately being controversial. I want to spark a debate. As I write this we are living in a world where ageing is an inevitable part of life, something as certain as death and
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Introduction Imagine it’s the year 2224. It’s 6.00 in the evening and you’re getting ready to go to your granddaughters 80th birthday party! Impossible? Science fiction? No, this is reality if the futurists are right that human life will be extended. Human beings have always been fascinated by the thought
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Image by Alexa from Pixabay Introduction It sounds appealing doesn’t it? I mean, who’d say no to radical life extension? You wouldn’t, would you? As the Psalm says: three score years and ten is our allotted time, but if we’re lucky we might get four score. But imagine a world
Continue readingWhat You Need to Know: How VR Simulates Dementia
Introduction The question of other minds has kept legions of philosophers awake at night for centuries. Virtual Reality (VR) has given philosophers an added challenge with the ethical conundrum of how VR simulates dementia. The other minds debate has struggled to explain how you can know that others are conscious
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Introduction Have you seen the Film Limitless? The film is about cognition enhancing drugs, or one particular cognition enhancing drug, the mysterious NZT-48. In the film, Eddie Mora, played by Bradley Cooper, is a struggling who takes the drug and gets an amazing boost to his mental abilities. So here’s
Continue readingThe Profound Connection: A Bridge Across Time
Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Introduction We hear a great deal about AI (artificial intelligence) these days. Some see it as a blessing; some as a threat. Where do you stand on this? How would you feel if you could create an interactive, digital record of a loved one?
Continue readingThe Right to Forget: Ethical Dilemmas in Dementia Care
Image by Alexa from Pixabay Introduction It seems almost perverse to argue that those living with dementia have a right to forget. But, we are touching on a dilemma that raises all sorts of ethical questions. A unique characteristic of human beings is our sense of self. Although other animals
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