Freedom

I read this article on sparrowrose's journal and felt like sharing it...

-ken-

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Transhumanism? Isn't that like some weird religion?:

Some of the axioms of transhumanism include:

* The physical universe operates according to physical laws which are consistent; omnipotent (meaning that everything in the universe is subject to physical laws); and operate the same way everywhere;
* These laws can be measured, tested, observed, quantified, and verified empirically;
* These laws are comprehensible--that is, they can be understood;
* Within the context of these laws, organized systems are possible, and such systems can over time increase in organizational complexity and in their ability to quantify and manipulate information;
* A system of sufficient organizational complexity can become self-aware, and can develop the ability to anticipate the consequences of its actions.

Visual Thinking:

When high intelligence is coupled with an auditory sequential processing weakness, they tend to cancel each other out so that neither the giftedness nor the weakness is readily apparent. In a school situation, gifted people use their intelligence to compensate for their auditory-sequential weakness. This compensation requires constant effort which drains them of energy and is a source of stress. When they are tired, stressed, anxious or ill, their ability to compensate disappears, leaving them without a reliable mechanism for learning.