in this issue >>> in this issue >>> Association receives Google Grant Association members participate in Turing Church workshop President Cannon interviews with Hank Pellissier Association finances go public Issue 3 A quarterly review of the Mormon Transhumanist Association Transfigurist Quarterly current topics >>> Lincoln Cannon interviews with IEET Association Presiden ... (More)

Issue in this issue >>> in this issue >>> Upcoming Transhumanism and Religion presentation Association conference updated New appointee to office of general counsel Association blogging 2 A quarterly review of the Mormon Transhumanist Association Transfigurist Quarterly current topics >>> Google Group Discussions Did you know you can join in current online discussion grou ... (More)

Issue in this issue >>> Ray Kurzweil in Utah! (well, sort of) Association conference announced New Association Board members SLC Singularity Institute Summit 1 Ray Kurzweil Finding An Agent That’s Right For You On August 3, 2011, several Association members met at the Draper Cinemax theater to tune into a conversation with Ray Kurzweil about the future. Touching on topics such as the law ... (More)

This document presents the results of the 2010 survey of members of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. The survey asked questions about religion, politics, feedback and demographics. ... (More)

Presented at Transhumanism and Spirituality 2010, held 1 October 2010, 9:00am to 5:00pm MDT at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium. Abstract: Transhumanism - the proposition that human beings should use technology to transcend the limitations of the body and brain - is a product of the Enlightenment humanist tradition. As a consequence most avowed transhuman ... (More)

Presented at Transhumanism and Spirituality 2010, held 1 October 2010, 9:00am to 5:00pm MDT at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium. Abstract: Following the Turing-Church conjecture, minds can be uploaded from biological brains to other computational substrates. Mind uploading research may achieve practical results within decades. Given the technology, humans ... (More)

Presented at Transhumanism and Spirituality 2010, held 1 October 2010, 9:00am to 5:00pm MDT at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium. Abstract: The scientific paradigm embraces the value of cumulative progress: theories are tested, advances are made, and the field moves forward. Religious evolutions, however, seldom follow that trend. There are usually returns ... (More)

Presented at Transhumanism and Spirituality 2010, held 1 October 2010, 9:00am to 5:00pm MDT at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium. Abstract: If we will not go extinct before becoming posthumans then, given assumptions consistent with contemporary science and technological trends, posthumans probably already exist that are more benevolent than us and that cr ... (More)

Presented at Transhumanism and Spirituality 2010, held 1 October 2010, 9:00am to 5:00pm MDT at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium. Abstract: As we move further into the 21st century humanity has within reach the ability to alter the body human to such an extent as to give rise to a new post-human species. What is less clear is whether our ethical, moral and ... (More)

Presented at Transhumanism and Spirituality 2010, held 1 October 2010, 9:00am to 5:00pm MDT at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium. Abstract: Transhumanism has a strongly spiritual aspect to it. That aspect can be obscured by an emphasis on science, technology, and analytical philosophy in many transhumanist discussions. But transhumanism is both transhuman- ... (More)