are we going to wake up one morning and not recognize what makes us human anymore? what distinguishes us from animals or intelligent machines, and are we playing god when we manipulate genes, cloning and artificial intelligence?
2006-07-10 07:40:51 · 5 answers · asked by inDmood 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes, perhaps we are indeed playing God. With all the amazing technological advances we have made, and all the "power" it has given us, we have not yet developed the maturity to weild that power with the responsibility & respect it deserves.
However, I do think that we are heading for some sort of "awakening"... either gracefully, or disgracefully...
I believe we're in what I call The Age of the Phoenix. The lengend of the Phoenix (a Chinese bird of myth) is this: A very ornate & very beautiful bird would seek a sacred fire on holy ground, fly into it to be burned &destroyed, only to rise again, renewed, purified and transformed.
Our awakening will be that fire, and we're getting close...
Have faith - the human spirit is compassionate, resilient, & eternal. We'll find our way back to our TRUE selves & our natures eventually. Something has to happen for us to remember who we truly are, and it usually involves some sort of "death" to the old self, and consequently, a re-birth. Only then do I believe we will develop the wisdom needed to treat our "gifts" with reverence, and the humility to surrender to a power greater than our egos.
I do believe this is happening on some level of collective consciousness, but I also believe that things are going to get much HOTTER before they transform.
Perhaps this will not be in our life times, but it will be... and everything is exactly the way that it's supposed to be right now...
2006-07-10 08:20:43 · answer #1 · answered by rdsukh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with your description of the current Age. We are living in a decadent time, a shameless time, when people are acting as god in medicine - cloning creatures, and seeking to harvest embryos for no reason other than medical advancement. Life has become cheapened - a mere stepping stone to knowledge. We seem to possess no ethics or principles whatsoever. And people are becoming roboticized, wearing speakers on their ears - just in case some one calls. How ridiculous. Next there will be brain chips for healthy people. They already insert them in people with paralysis. It really is spooky what all of this says about our society as a whole.
2006-07-10 08:47:07 · answer #2 · answered by rlw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Victorian age has the market cornered on superficiality.
The Nazi war machine already got the top spot for dehumanization.
2006-07-10 07:45:23 · answer #3 · answered by Danny42378 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If we could make it through Nazi-ism and still retain a sense of humor as human beings, we can get through most anything. That was definitely the most de-humanizing culture humanity has invented so far.
2006-07-10 07:43:14 · answer #4 · answered by PuterPrsn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AI will be more human than human.
unless you're convinced by fairytales like the Matrix.
This is definitely an ironic age.
And I wonder what is to come from out of this deadpan...
2006-07-10 08:19:17 · answer #5 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋