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Toward The Future
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Men and Women that do the Future. Science, Technology, Robotics, Genetics and Nanotechnology
- Author: lizayub
- Listed in: Science Technology
- Tags: Robotics Universe nanotechnology futurist transhumanism superhumanism
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ROGER PENROSE
Quantum ConsciousnessSir Roger Penrose, OM, FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. He h...
Natasha Vita-More
What is transhumanism? And, by extension, what is extropy?Natasha Vita-More (born 1950 as Nance Clark, New York) is a media artist and theorist known for designing "Primo Posthuman. This future human prototype incorporates biotechnology, robotics, in...
NICK BOSTROM
Are You Living In a Computer Simulation?Nick Bostrom (born Niklas Boström in 1973) is a Swedish philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk and the Anthropic principle. He holds a PhD from the London School of Econ...
DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER
GÖDEL, ESCHER, BACHGödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (commonly GEB) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Hofstadter, described as "a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll”. On its surface, GEB e...
Henry Markram
BLUE BRAIN PROJECT Henry Markram, Project Director of the Blue Brain Project, Director of the Center for Neuroscience & Technology and co-Director of EPFL's Brain Mind Institute, obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) from Cape Town University, South Afric...
Hans Moravec
SUPERHUMANISM Hans Moravec (born November 30, 1948 in Austria) is an adjunct faculty member at the Robotics Institute (Carnegie Mellon) of Carnegie Mellon University. He is known for his work on robotics, artificial intelligence, and writings on the ...
