I recently did a book review of Phil Torres’ important new book The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Apocalypse
Monthly Archives: April 2016
More Reflections on the Meaningful Life
The End of the World, by John Martin
Comments from a colleague solicited a recent blog post “Do We Make Our Lives Meaningful By How We Live Them?” In that post I reached this tentative conclusion Continue reading More Reflections on the Meaningful Life
Is The Singularity A Religious Doctrine?
A colleague forwarded John Horgan‘s recent Scientific American article, “The Singularity and the Neural Code.” Horgan argues that the intelligence augmentation and mind uploading that would lead to a technological singularity depend upon cracking the neural code. Continue reading Is The Singularity A Religious Doctrine?
Meaning in Life as Being Part of Cosmic Evolution
Walt Whitman
Below is an excerpt of comments from an astute reader of my book, The Meaning of Life: Religious, Philosophical, Transhumanist, and Scientific Perspectives:
The scope of the universe is too large for one human life to have an impactful upon it Continue reading Meaning in Life as Being Part of Cosmic Evolution
The Meaning of Life: Does It Make Sense To Talk About It?
Bryan Magee
I recently received this query from a thoughtful reader:
can doubts about our ability to know–really know–anything be a legitimate source of life’s meaninglessness? Continue reading The Meaning of Life: Does It Make Sense To Talk About It?