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• SETI and the human craving for uplift

  I just finished reading a rather weak and unconvincing critique of SETI by Peter Schenkel over at the Skeptical Inquiry site. It contains the usual errors: an over emphasis on the Rare Earth Hypothesis , far too many sociological considerations that couldn’t Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 5:35 PM by George / 1 Comments

  Tags: SETI, life on other planets, cultural uplift, animal uplift, science fiction

• All Together Now: Animal uplift paper complete and published

  I've finally completed my paper on animal uplift: All Together Now: Developmental and ethical considerations for biologically uplifting nonhuman animals . It's been published at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies site under the Read More...
  Posted Sunday, July 30, 2006 10:02 PM by George / 20 Comments

  Tags: Transhumanism, Bioethics, animal rights, futurism, distributive justice, future of life, cultural uplift, animal uplift, personhood