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Conjectures on use of the Universe by its Creator: our Universe serves as a farm or factory producing information; firstly raw structural information, then information processed by cybernetic systems created via evolutionary development, with information-souls of rational beings at the top. In the Anthropocene Epoch, thanks to scientific discoveries and technical progress, human capabilities will be enhanced, augmented intelligence in the form of “global brain” will arise, and Homo coniunctus as a new embodiment of human genus will appear. Aspirations for self-reconstruction can be a common aim of creators. So, the Creator probably goes the same way and uses the information-soul of our universe inhabitants for preparing a substance possible to join Him.
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Or, in other words, a “physical” structure meaning that composed of elements being subjects of interest of physics, such as particles, fields, waves, and so on.
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It is worth noting what Pope Francis has announced in his message on the occasion of the 48th World Communications Day. http://www.news.va/en/news/communication-at-the-service-of-an-authentic-cultu, accessed January 24, 2014: “In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of the unity of the human family which can in turn inspire solidarity and serious efforts to ensure a more dignified life for all. Good communication helps us to grow closer, to know one another better and ultimately, to grow in unity”. Therefore, Pope Francis writes, “The internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.”
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The Global Brain Institute http://globalbraininstitute.org/ founded in 2012 continues the work of the international community of researchers formed in 1996 as the Global Brain Group at the Principia Cybernetica Project.
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The problem of “Singularity” and the term itself (of mathematical provenience, used in physics also) have been introduced by American inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil in his book The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, 2005, Viking.
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A certain concept of “human god” is present in the book “Homo Deus” written by Yuval Noah Harari, the Israeli historian from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Harari, Y.N. [2016]. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. Random House). But Harari is of the opinion that this next stage of evolution giving humanity god-like attributes, being a result of development of “all-knowing, omnipresent data-processing system”, will destroy humanism itself when individual “biochemical subsystems” will be monitored by global networks. The accompanying thesis that this ending is to ensue in the absence of religion prompts us to have a peek at the possible presence of religion in the further evolution of humanity. In the historical perspective, a profile of religion given in the Polish encyclopedia published in 22 volumes by the Gutenberg Publishing House in the 1930s can be taken into consideration. According to this source, religion can be examined in two aspects: subjective-personal of believers and external-objective. In the objective aspect, religion can be defined as a “collection of all laws and commandments given by a religion system for believing” and as a “cult encompassing actions in honor of God” as well as a “social organization (Churches, Hierarchies, Orders)”. Religions with such historical objective characteristics would be bringing the same side effects as at previous stages of humanity’s evolution. Maybe a new memeplex of “future religion” will arise, maybe according to the following Einstein’s expectation: “The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion . It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity” (Albert Einstein: God, Religion & Theology. http://www.spaceandmotion.com/albert-einstein-god-religion-theology.htm).
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Nirvana is to be accessible during life also, as a result of meditation among others. Nirvana attained after death is called parinirvāna.
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Here, a mathematical nuance appears; namely, the Cantor’s argument relates to cardinal numbers—and what about real numbers? And yet in the paper “Cofinality spectrum problems in model theory, set theory and general topology” (Journal of the American Mathematical Society, 29 (2016)), mathematicians Maryanthe Malliaris and Saharon Shelah prove that the two infinities—of cardinal and real numbers—are equal.
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The perspective of self-transformation of humanity is a matter of interest to “transhumanism ”, initiated in the 1950s as an intellectual movement by English biologist Sir Julian Huxley (serving also as the first Director of UNESCO). At present, transhumanism is understood as a philosophy of “continuation and acceleration of the evolution of intelligent life beyond its currently human form and human limitations by means of science and technology” (Max More, 1990, “Transhumanism ”).
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In an interesting essay “How will the universe end, and could anything survive?” presented by Adam Becker on the BBC webpage http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150602-how-will-the-universe-end, accessed March 6, 2015, one can find a piece of news that “Some physicists have proposed a solution that is solidly in mad-scientist territory. To escape the end of the Universe, we should build our own universe in a laboratory, and jump in”.
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In a successful experiment, a wild goat bucardo or Pyrenean ibex has been brought back from extinction. And at a scientific meeting organized by National Geographic Society with the participation of geneticists, wildlife biologists, conservationists, and ethicists, a consensus was emerging: “De-extinction is now within reach”. Zimmer, C. (2013). Bringing Them Back to Life. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/125-species-revival/zimmer-text, accessed on February 21, 2016.
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It isn’t out of the question that the “DNA lifeboat” model can find its application in human species endeavors and auto-evolution in the next millions of years. Maybethe cosmic spreading of humanity connected with trans-galactic travels, lasting just millions of years, will be carried out in just this way. Humans won’t travel “in person” but converted into DNA code and, after arrival at the destination, automatically be “decoded” into their original body and consciousness (the problem of “replicants” , that is, replicated persons can appear!). The consciousness in the form of integrated information can remain original, and it’s imaginable that the body can be automatically modified—adjusted to the local environmental conditions. It’s imaginable also that the transmission will be effected as instantaneous quantum entanglement teleportation.
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“Substance”, here as well as in previous mentions, has been comprehended as “that of which the supernatural Power is made” (maybe a process?).
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But a new embodiment of this danger can appear in the Anthropocene Epoch. Weapons of mass destruction with power capable of annihilating life on the Earth, equipped with easy to use, semi-autonomous operating systems, can become accessible to and sized by an individual human person—a furious ruler or terrorist. Murphy’s Law reads: “anything that can go wrong will go wrong”, so maybe AI-based safety catches will be necessary.
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Kaczmarczyk, A. (2018). Supposition Five on Design. In: Creation Hypothesis in the Anthropocene Epoch. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93879-0_6
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