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Alcibiades M-Nelson

@Alci_Malapi

#Philosophy PhD, college prof. Research: Philo of #science, science & #religion, #bioethics, #AI, #emerging technologies, #transhumanism, classical #cybernetics

 Toronto
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Joined March 2012
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My latest book, co-edited with Georg Theiner, collects essays on the intersection of #transhumanism and human #flourishing (including #virtueethics and #Christianity) from the best minds on this subject. link.springer.com/book/10.10…
Technologies of the Future Self

Technologies of the Future Self

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Being a #philosophy professor, at a #college, not #university, is the best job in the world. – at Vaughan, Ontario
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This #Pope, while still a Bishop, has been, alone, in areas of South American mountains where #Hegseth would never have been without an escort of what he likes as 'tough guys'.
Scott Detrow (@scottdetrow) profile pictureScott Detrow@scottdetrowNov 1
Pope Leo XIV models a very different version of "toughness" than the one touted by the MAGA movement.
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Scott Detrow@scottdetrowNov 1
Pope Leo XIV models a very different version of "toughness" than the one touted by the MAGA movement.
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Or fear that those ideas are 'stolen' or 'appropriated' without the corresponding references -- which would show them to be, in their minds, not scholarly but unoriginal.
Steve Fuller (@ProfSteveFuller) profile pictureSteve Fuller@ProfSteveFullerNov 2
My main reason for being lenient with students is that I routinely see what so-called professionals try to pass off as publishable material. Students may suffer from a lack of citations, but professionals suffer from a lack of ideas.
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After this scene, now replayed endlessly by #transhumanists and #AIers, the female Admiral says that this is the job of philosophers. Well, Captain #Picard is seen in a couple of previous episodes reading German #philosophy from a stashed, hidden hard-cover book -- at a time when paper books are already banned (24th century), but #Latin is being taught at the @starfleetac Academy.
Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) profile pictureMatthew Yglesias
@mattyglesiasOct 30
Replying to @mattyglesias
Also a guy with correct takes about AI consciousness.
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And that's how evolution can't explain the emergence of modern science -- and even less of technology, if Heidegger is right in that it's even more primal than science. The normative might be the feature that, once we find traces of, we can say we are dealing with humanity -- regardless of species. i.e., Neanderthals.
Steve Fuller (@ProfSteveFuller) profile pictureSteve Fuller@ProfSteveFullerOct 31
You don't do experiments unless you have normative intent. After all, we normally live in the world as it is and how we are expected to be.
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The irony, since that threat is the non-negotiable defense of humanity's survival (whatever it takes)
Steve Fuller (@ProfSteveFuller) profile pictureSteve Fuller@ProfSteveFullerOct 31
Transhumanism is so threatening mainly because it reveals the normative inadequacies of naturalism.
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#Gerontology seems to agree. It's the #psychosomatic beginning of the end.
Steve Fuller (@ProfSteveFuller) profile pictureSteve Fuller@ProfSteveFullerNov 1
Retirement is managed death.
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(#computOrs ≈ #computErs) = (analytic philosophers ≈ LLMs) 🤓😁
Steve Fuller (@ProfSteveFuller) profile pictureSteve Fuller@ProfSteveFullerOct 30
Are there researchers studying how/whether AI translates chunks of ordinary prose into formal logic or even mathematical equations? This could be a growth area for analytic philosophy in its declining years.
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Pace #Foucault's elaborate rants against it.
Steve Fuller (@ProfSteveFuller) profile pictureSteve Fuller@ProfSteveFullerOct 30
When Descartes said, 'Cogito ergo sum', he meant that God has gifted me free will and thinking is its credit line.
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But strictly timed. That's what chronographs are for 😎
Steve Fuller (@ProfSteveFuller) profile pictureSteve Fuller@ProfSteveFullerOct 30
Romantic love is so appealing because by finding that special other person, you will either re-enact or anticipate the wholeness of the world that seems to missing in your immediate experience. I recommend it, regardless of the outcome. It's mind-expanding.
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Morale: Do not hasten to judge all MAGA event attendees 🤣😂😅😎🙈
FactPost (@factpostnews) profile pictureFactPost
@factpostnewsOct 29
Fox: Why are you here this morning? Trump rally attendee: Well, in the late 70s, I was a little too young to go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.
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The #curse under which many #philosophers fall.
Scott (@Havenlust) profile pictureScott
@HavenlustOct 28
“Solitude is dangerous. It is addictive. Once you realize how much peace it brings, you no longer want to deal with people.” — Carl Gustav Jung
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Even the #Nordic bishops join forces with @Pontifex in their defence of the dignity of migrants: coramfratribus.com/life-illu…
Migration - Coram Fratribus

Migration - Coram Fratribus

To foster love of one’s nation, to value its traditions and heritage, is a good thing. Narrow-minded nationalism, however, must be abhorrent to Catholics and to all people of good will.

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#Toronto, the most #cosmopolitan city on the planet, has *many* instances of this.
Where Peter Is (@Where_Peter_is) profile pictureWhere Peter Is@Where_Peter_isOct 27
In the Latin Church, priestly celibacy is a discipline, not a dogma. In many Eastern Catholic Churches, married men may be ordained priests while bishops remain celibate, and even in the Latin Church some married former Anglican clergy have been ordained. Link below 👇
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Which ended up, appropriately, in the #ReignOfTerror
Steve Fuller (@ProfSteveFuller) profile pictureSteve Fuller@ProfSteveFullerOct 28
The first freedom fighters weren't the poor and oppressed, but the rich and privileged who refused to do what was expected of them.
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Here's an interview regarding a recent book I co-edited with an Austrian colleague, George #Theiner, on #transhumanism, #VirtueEthics, and #Christianity (more info in the comments). It includes a chapter of mine where I challenge the default #utilitarian ethics that is usually applied to #transhumanist proposals. Big thanks go to @adamriggio for the interview itself, and to @ProfSteveFuller for agreeing to publish in our volume. youtube.com/watch?v=QDxPzYSm…
What Kind of Morality Could Make Transhumanism Work Best?

What Kind of Morality Could Make Transhumanism Work Best?

When you look at some of the most influential transhumanist thinker...

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link.springer.com/book/10.10…
Technologies of the Future Self

Technologies of the Future Self

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Only on weekends and special #Church feasts 😇😎
Ojike Uzoma (@Xtopher_Uzo) profile pictureOjike Uzoma
@Xtopher_UzoOct 27
Evangelicals: Alcohol is sinful Catholics:
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