Editor’s note: New contributor Nupur Munshi proposes an inspiring compilation of texts and songs from the works of Indian polymath and spiritual master Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, in support of our Cosmist beliefs.
Virtual reality a new frontier for religions
In “Virtual reality a new frontier for religions,” published yesterday on Hypergrid Business, I argue that massively popular virtual churches, place of worship and spiritual communities in Virtual Reality (VR) will be developed with next-generation VR systems.
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Religion in the time of superintelligence
The Gizmodo article “When Superintelligent AI Arrives, Will Religions Try to Convert It?” by my good friend Zoltan Istvan has gone viral and created a wave of articles about religion in the time of superintelligence.
You Am Us
My article “You Am Us” has been published on The Transfigurist, the new blog of the Mormon Transhumanist Association launched on January 1.
Open Forum – 2015
Here you can discuss whatever you like. Just don’t spam or troll. Reply to the thread to add a new topic, or reply to an existing topic.
Virtual Turing Church – Brainstorm
This is a brainstorm session on how to design and launch a Virtual Turing Church. As usual I am sending this post to several mailing lists, Facebook pages and discussion groups, but I would appreciate it of you could comment on the Turing Church website (commenting is much easier now) to have all inputs in the same place.
The Guardian: Science Fiction Is a 21st-Century Religion
Writing on The Guardian, Damien Walter says that science fiction has evolved into a religion for modern times. His interesting and thoughtful article covers much of the same ground explored in my essay “Religion Fiction Inspires Real Religion.”
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Three Turing Church projects
So these are my Turing Church projects. Feel free to start yours.
New Disqus comment system
Disqus is more or less a standard comment system these days, so I installed it to replace the old comment system. You can comment using any of your social media identities, or create a new one. All existing comments have been imported to Disqus. Please test!
Religion Fiction Inspires Real Religion
My article “Religion Fiction Inspires Real Religion” has been published on The Transfigurist, the new blog of the Mormon Transhumanist Association launched on January 1.
Cosmism summarized in ‘Transcendence – The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism and the Singularity’
Legendary cyberculture icon (and iconoclast) R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell have written a delicious funcyclopedia of the Singularity, transhumanism, and radical futurism, just published on January 1. The book includes a short chapter dedicated to my favorite interpretation of these things – Cosmism – with a short and accurate high-level summary.
The Turing Church and Open Source Religion: Ben Goertzel Interviews Giulio Prisco
This conversation between Ben Goertzel and myself was first published by H+ Magazine, then republished by the IEET. It’s the most detailed explanation of my thoughts on how to launch and promote The Turing Church.
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