By Robert Pepperell
This paintings demanding situations a few of the humanist assumptions of Western philosophy, technology and paintings. It proposes a view of the human situation development at the findings of quantum concept, chaos conception, disaster idea, cybernetics, cyberpunk and "New Ageism", taking into consideration present medical and technological advancements. the writer asserts that as we input the publish Human period, a lot of our ideals are redundant, most manifestly the idea within the man or woman. traditionally, the social evolution from the rural period to the commercial period used to be observed via a cultural shift from theism to humanism. the present shift from the commercial period to the Technological period brings with it radical alterations in cultural values and the effect of excessive know-how and lengthening automation is altering the way in which we expect approximately ourselves and our surroundings.
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Disclaimer I do not claim that anything stated in this book is the truth. I only claim that the ideas which I put forward could be useful. 1 Page 1 No finite division can be drawn between the environment, the body and the brain. The human is identifiable - but not definable. Page 2 1. Consciousness, Human Existence and Philosophy For centuries we have struggled to understand our own existence. We have tried to make sense of what we are and how we relate to the world around us. In early human history it seemed that forces of nature, controlled by gods, determined human existence.
However, whilst a bullet might cause severe problems to my continued viability as a conscious being, it would not negate the fact that my body has no fixed boundaries. It would simply mean that those indefinite boundaries had undergone a transformation, probably increasing the surface area over which I am distributed, making the job of fixing my boundaries even less precise. An Alternative Model of the Mind, Body, Reality Problem The traditionally accepted models of human existence are now starting to seem inadequate.
Drexler p. 14 Some of the applications of nanotechnology seem fantastical yet, according to Drexler, are based on proven scientific principles spacesuits like living skin, as strong as steel, that are programmed to adapt to your body as you move around so that you hardly feel them. The skin, whilst protecting you, also passes on the sensory data you need to feel your way around with your hands and feet. We could produce molecular engines to be inserted into the blood to seek out and kill malignant cells and viruses, or mend damaged DNA.
