A Better Life Through Information Technology? The Techno-Theological Eschatology of Posthuman Speculative Science
Abstract. The depiction of human identity in the pop-science futurology of engineer/inventor Ray Kurzweil, the speculative robotics of Carnegie Mellon roboticist Hans Moravec, and the physics of Tulane University mathematics professor Frank Tipler elevate technology, especially information technolog...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2006
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Zygon
Year: 2006, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 267-288 |
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Ray Kurzweil
B Myth B Artificial Intelligence B life extension B cyborgs B Norbert Wiener B techno-theology B Robotics B Cybernetics B Science Fiction B Hans Moravec B speculative science B Frank Tipler B Technology B Imagination B Symbols B Futurology B cybernetic totalism B Posthumanism B Information Technology |
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