The Templeton Research Lectures on “Facing the Challenges of Transhumanism: Religion, Science, and Technology” hosted by The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University have produced a podcast of the audio of the lectures and there’s links to other material on their web site.

Talks include:

  * John Tooby: Can Beauty Build Adapted Minds
  * Ashok Gangadean: A Missing Global Blueprint for Integral Life and Culture
  * James Hughes: Happiness, Virtue, and Transcendance in a Neurotechological Future
  * John Tooby: Reconciling Universal Human Nature and Genetic Uniqueness
  * Pascal Boyer: The Blind Spot of Humanism and Transhumanism
  * Sander van der Leeuw: Could Transhumans be Humans After All?
  * William Grassie: Transhumanism at the Crossroads of Science and Religion
  * Leda Cosmides: Are We Already Transhuman?: Evolutionary Psychology and Human Nature

DOWNLOAD/LISTEN/VIEW:

http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/FeedEnclosure/asu.edu.1330419792.01330419803.1330970986/enclosure.mp3