Emergence - IEET News for May 15, 2008
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Technoprogressive? BioConservative? Huh? Quick overview of biopolitical points of view New at IEETRecent CommentsJANUSZ CZOCH on 'Dr. Pinker Lays the Smackdown on Leon Kass' (2008 05 14) Michael Bone on 'Is life a gift?' (2008 05 14) PhotoFan on 'Longevity Dividend Seminar Talks' (2008 05 14) scooter on 'And the Disabled Shall Inherit the Earth' (2008 05 14) scooter on 'Organization and Information at the Bedside (dissertation)' (2008 05 14) IEET Fora"Would it be absurd now to suppose that the improvement of the human race should be regarded as capable of unlimited progress? That a time will come when death would result only from extraordinary accidents or the more and more gradual wearing out of vitality, and that, finally, the duration of the average interval between birth and wearing out has itself no specific limit whatsoever? No doubt man will not become immortal, but cannot the span constantly increase between the moment he begins to live and the time when naturally, without illness or accident, he finds life a burden?" Marquis de Condorcet, A Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind TechEthics News
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