Super Brain

I've been digging through the Principia Cybernetica Web some more.. and found this interesting article about the emergence of the "Global Brain".


They describe recent tech revolution

"has produced a global communication network, which can be seen as a nervous system for this planetary being. As the computer network becomes more intelligent it starts to look more like a global brain or super-brain, with capabilities far surpassing those of individual people ...

 A remaining question is whether this transition will lead to the integration of the whole of humanity, producing a human "super-being", or merely enhance the capabilities of individuals, thus producing a multitude of "meta-beings".

This reminds me of the enemy in Orson Scott Cards Sci Fi novel - Ender's Game.  As of now, we're still functioning largely as individuals, as far as I can tell, but the tools available to put the web to enhance our own capabilities really are developing quickly.  If you haven't had the chance yet, make sure to check out Stephen Wolfram's new "Alpha"
Here's som more info on it.

and here's a video from Wolfram:

The Kurzweil Gospel

Ray Kurzweil, inventor and futurist has two new movies coming out about him and or by him.

The first played at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and is called Transcendent Man:
Here's the trailer:

The second is called "The Singularity is Near - The Movie"  featuring Tony Robbins, Alan Dershowitz and Marvin Minsky, amongst others.  Maybe these films will be the next "What the Bleeps"?! hopefully without all of the secret ploys to get us to join some weird religion.

Believing in G-d and Science

Believing in G-d and Science is an interesting article about the point of view that finds a happy ground between science and faith... "I am a scientist and a believer, and I find no conflict between those world views."

If one can prove the inexsistance of G-d it is just as plausible to prove the opposite. Dawkins tries to say that with that logic it is just as plausible to claim that a flying spagehti monster exists...well yes and no.... it is two very different things to assert that G-d exists .. and then to assert that you know what form G-d takes and what he expects from the universe.... the details of G-d is where the flying spagheti monster becomes usefull. in simply proving or disproving that there is a design to the universe is much more open to debate and study.. and study is where science comes in .. because science helps us understand and interpret the unknown.. and what is G-d ... the unknown.