Transhuman Singularity

Well its been a wild ride the last couple of years.   I originally started out trying to write a book called "The Transhuman Singularity".   After about 23,000 words I began to realize the magnitude of the task (my excuse, I'd never written a book before).   I was motivated to write, so I began this blog by nearly the same name minus the "The".

I've now created a new blog called Rocket Virtual, in a new format, and a complete Virtual Science Fiction World in 3D simulation called Viradu which you can actually visit via avatar and build in-world.

Now a little about the multiverse.   I assure you even the scientists are taking it seriously these days . . . the multiverse may be alive, entertaining all possibilities on a parallel universe-level, and hence the implications of this are somewhat profound as we all travel consciously forward through space and time toward our desires and dreams.  In another universe I may have actually finished the book, and in this one I still may.

I believe that the future is a kinder, much less violent place. Whether that is because the human race is extinct, or we have evolved the ability to live peacefully with each other is yet to be determined. As all sane human beings do, I hope it is the later choice.

I would like to point you to some of my favorite posts and please be sure to check out my new blog and virtual space as well (it's fun).

My Favorite Posts:

Hope For Humanity?
Video Mashup #1 - 2009
The Basic Abilities of Transhuman Uploads
Life on Mars? Dead or Alive? Science Fiction?
My Hero, Sing-along-with-Carl-Sagan
Posthuman - A Poem
Science Fiction Ideas For Humanity
Reverse Time Simulation
Selecting Alternative Realities In A Massively Parallel Universe
Virtuality Mind
Faster Than Lightspeed Possible
Free Will An Illusion?

For those who like more mainstream science fiction television, I would recommend watching a series called "Fringe", episodes which can be found on the web, and the New Doctor Who on BBCA.

Just how big is it?

Well this video about the Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D gives us some idea. Makes you wonder doesn't it, what the universe is all about?

Does it have a purpose or meaning? Should it? Or do we just want it to? Because that's how we think, we try to find meaning.

Is other intelligent life thinking the same thing? Are you?

I make the assumption there is other intelligent life in the universe not only because is it highly arrogant of us as a species to think we are the only ones, but its practically preposterous for us not to make that assumption after viewing this video!

In fact, if I were to assign an arbitrary purpose for the human species in the universe, it would be to find other life, other intelligent life. That would truly give us real meaning, at least I think so, maybe you do too?

A little background first. The image above only represents one possible ideal for a Posthuman. Although, I'm not sure that was the artist's original intent, that is how I interpret it. I wrote this poem in an effort to imagine what it would be like to become a Posthuman. I believe I have some what succeeded.

My special thanks to Donato Giancola for use of this © 2008 image. Visit his art website here. Now the poem . . .

Posthuman by Michael Blade © 2010


I am Human becoming
A Transhuman to be
My existence transforms itself through multiple substrates

I am flesh of evolved genetics
Technology cyborg robotic
Digital virtual and neural simulation
Networked information itself

Yet I retain sentience through all my transformations
I travel among the stars at the speed of light and now faster still
I am now immortal but not eternal
Not all powerful for I still make mistakes, always learning, always exploring

Time is only a measurement to me, I control my rate of consciousness
I allow myself to feel happiness, sorrow and compassion
Respect for my origins, my emotions, so human basic they are
But I have become so much more now, my mind merges with others like myself

On multiple levels of being we are
On the verge of becoming we are
Making love with thought . . . Posthuman I have become

Terminator 2 Pinball Machine

The purpose of the site is to entertain around science fiction ideas and stories, speculate on future technologies and their effects on humanity, and to get us all thinking a little out of the box in this tough and challenging time.

Time for another video mashup. Only this one is a little bit more crazy-scary or certainly more out there than the last. This one is about long term human survival and our perception of reality.

First a DISCLAIMER: All these videos speak for themselves. They do not necessarily represent my specific viewpoints or beliefs (those would be videos by me). Nor do they criticize those persons in the video or make any judgment on their viewpoints. I'm not even saying they are true or false, but they are certainly fun to watch and listen to (at least I think so) and that's really my purpose here!

We are all the product of millions, if not billions of years of evolution, so I leave it to you to make up your own mind about what to believe or not . . . and where you want to go. However, please come back here once in a while to read my blog, I'm trying to keep it fresh, entertaining, as well as informative. Not an easy balancing act.

-Michael Blade, March 23, 2010

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Technology Singularity
Transhumanism

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Reality

Parallel Universes (the fictional definition)

Spirituality