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insomniasexx  ·  4026 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can We Live Forever?

Excellent job!

    I know the neuroscientist Sam Harris has even gone so far as to call the singularity “science enabled religion”

This is an interesting way of looking at it. This reminds me of a phenomenon I have been seeing on the internet lately. There are all these online groups of educated people who identify as atheist but they become so headstrong in their atheism that it has almost turned into a religion itself. There are now conferences and meetups in which these groups of people are coming together in real life to share their views. More and more you see them trying to educate non-non-believers and assert these views on others as well. Sound familiar? In this case it is broadening the traditional definition of religion (a belief in a higher power or superhuman figure) but the group of people coming together to talk, listen, discuss and share their beliefs remains. Even if that belief is that they don't believe.

That said, the idea that singularity can be viewed as a religion doesn't seem nearly as farfetched. There are certainly obvious differences and I have yet to see a bunch of singularity preachers on the street corners but, technically, it is the belief in a superhuman figure. That figure is the future rather than the past and the believers are scientists who also hypothesize and research but...yeah. Interesting. I don't know if I personally agree with the idea that but I think that point of view has some validity and is interesting to think about.

Anyways. Great job on the video. I can't wait to see more!