'Singularity' Movement Seeks Human Immortality

Via SalemNews

During the first decade of the 21st Century the drive to achieve human immortality has picked up steam.

Some see the achievement of immortality by 2050 at the latest. A number of ideas now exist concerning bridging the gap between a finite lifespan and one with a trajectory that never ends.

Various age researchers believe the key is in DNA and its markers. Others are concentrating their research efforts in techniques that will regenerate human cells forever without loss of critical biological information.

Still others see silicon and steel as the way to never die…uploading the brain into a virtual world where human thought and personality survives forever.

A few have a twist on the latter idea: they want to
upload the mind and then download it again in a new body, either human or android.

TIME magazine recently featured a cover story that shook many people up, "2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal."

Now the formal recognition of a movement towards immortality has arrived. The movement has been in existence for decades, but has never had a name. TIME staff and editors have christened the proponents of life everlasting as the "Singularitists."

TIME's definition of singularity is: “The moment when technological change becomes so rapid and profound, it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history.”
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One of the current outspoken spokesmen of the Singularity Movement is Raymond Kurzweil. TIME's article centered around him.

The grand vision encompasses a complete, irreversible transformation of humans. When the transition occurs, he proclaims, it will herald the end of the human race as we know it.

Lev Grossman, who wrote the article for TIME writes about the transition period:

"When that [the achievement of super-powered artificial intelligence] happens, humanity—our bodies, our minds, our civilization—will be completely and irreversibly transformed. He [Raymond Kurzweil] believes that this moment is not only inevitable but imminent. According to his calculations, the end of human civilization as we know it is about 35 years away."

Sounds impressive, but what does that really mean for the future of Mankind, its revered institutions, politics, cultures, and economics?

The Singularity Movement has been gaining more popularity and exposure in the press, perhaps this is as it should be as they are a movement devoted to realizing the future of humanity now and as a race we are quickly approaching a realm of trans-reality where the line between science fiction and reality becomes blurred.

As a new generation approaches old age, the limits of technology are being challenged to wring out a few more years in ways never before dreamed of. Will our consciousness be transplanted into an indestructible form that only requires fresh memory chips, oil and a bit of polish or will we radically change the chemical makeup of our bodies, becoming something more than human?

Will future generations inherit access to infinity?

There are whispered rumors and hints throughout literature and even historical documents that state others have been successful in achieving this end. One such example is the urban legend of Sam Bailey. A small but devoted group of filmmakers has been developing a movie that will expose the truth behind the legend.

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