{"id":11773,"date":"2025-09-21T08:08:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=11773"},"modified":"2025-10-12T17:27:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T00:27:38","slug":"we-must-learn-to-fly-without-getting-close-to-the-sun-transhumanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2025\/09\/21\/we-must-learn-to-fly-without-getting-close-to-the-sun-transhumanism\/","title":{"rendered":"We must learn to fly, without getting close to the sun. Transhumanism."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black Mirrors San Junipero observes a future where human consciousness can be compiled, and uploaded, into a virtual reality. Aimed at the elderly, it is a chance to be born again, digitally, at the end of your physical life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode explores the morality of these decisions. And can make you question what defines &#8220;living&#8221;. More to the point, if this technology was available to you (free), would you take the opportunity? And when is there ever a stopping point to our pursuit of ever-better technology?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt4538072\/\">https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt4538072\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some think this is plausible and a worth while pursuit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/can-you-upload-a-human-mind-into-a-computer-a-neuroscientist-ponders-whats-possible-250764\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/can-you-upload-a-human-mind-into-a-computer-a-neuroscientist-ponders-whats-possible-250764<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, reality check, human consciousness is complex beyond our understanding. And even our current models of consciousness cannot directly support an &#8220;upload theory&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iai.tv\/articles\/consciousness-cant-be-uploaded-auid-3352\">https:\/\/iai.tv\/articles\/consciousness-cant-be-uploaded-auid-3352<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, it&#8217;s still &#8216;magical&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Mirrors San Junipero observes a future where human consciousness can be compiled, and uploaded, into a virtual reality. Aimed at the elderly, it is&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2025\/09\/21\/we-must-learn-to-fly-without-getting-close-to-the-sun-transhumanism\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">We must learn to fly, without getting close to the sun. Transhumanism.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":96481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11,12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knowledgemill","category-mobileculture","category-mobileeducation","category-mobiletechnologies","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11773"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11782,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11773\/revisions\/11782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}