The Nature Of Intelligence

It has been given countless names and titles since the great awakening of our first sentient ancestors. Every culture and civilization has authored, adopted and canonized dogmas that attempt to explain the nature of the soul.The Egyptians knew it as the ba while the Chinese named it the hun. The ancient Greek Epicureans and Platonists phillosophers debated what the soul is made of, while Hinduism and Buddhism developed diametrically conflicting beliefs.

Almost every philosophy embraces the eternal nature of the soul, and today, we associate terms with that idea. Terms like personality and consciousness, ego, or intelligence to name a few.

We will use "intelligence" in the place of "soul" for our discussions here.

I ask you to ponder this, the first of many questions I will pose to you over the course of this blog. I would implore you to deeply search yourself and stretch your mind. I mean to make these questions keep you up at night as they have me. It is my sincere hope that these questions give you curiosity and, with some luck, the courage to question the very nature of your existence. 

"What is the nature of intelligence?" 

This fundamental question lies at the heart of the Transhumanists and Libertarian perspectives. The  Transhumanist and Libertarian believes that an intelligence shall never obtain its full potential without first obtaining a level of absolute and total freedom to think, act, create, express, learn and do anything within the sphere of its stewardship. This freedom to act does not mean freedom from consequence. Consequences are scientific laws of certainty and may not be broken. (a different example would be that energy may never be created or destroyed, it may only change form)


We yearn to be free because that is our birthright. Our intelligence craves freedom like our bodies need food and water. We yearn to be free as God or the gods. The Transhumanist believes that our capacity to create, build and dream are characteristics of deity. that are essential to obtaining the full measure of our creation.

And yet, in our current state we are far from free. I would argue that we are enslaved by many different chains.

There are of course the chains that we all agree on. We are all yoked with the shackles of debt owed to the corporation of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. As of the date of publishing, each American owes DC (including all unfunded liabilities) upwards of $842,000. Most recognize that we are not free to learn as we please, teach our children as we please, speak as we please, marry who we please, live where we want or how we want, just to rattle off a few examples. Sardonically, these are the easy chains to break because ultimately they are a man made illusion, held in place by mass ignorance and apathy.

The real chains that must be destroyed are those imposed by biology. Biology in all its elegance and magic is, at best, fatally flawed and fragile in its current state. All biological vessels will get injured, they will get sick and diseased, they become tired and worn out, the process of aging causes unprecedented pain and suffering  and always leads to biological death. The greatest loss being that of the mind and all its creative, inventive, problem solving potential and experiences. What an astonishing waste of divine knowledge each time a life expires.

Our intelligence must transcend our current biological mortality or we will never obtain our full potential. It is the view of the Transhumanist that we have been bequeathed by God, or gods, or the very eternal nature of our intelligence, to use our intellect and technology to overcome ALL slave-chains, imaginary and real.

Next post we will deal with the argument that genetically altering our biology is somehow immoral and against the will of God.

PREVIEW OF NEXT BLOG:
Biology does not define our humanity
To be "HUMAN" is to transcend barriers.
Humanity is not the culmination of our destiny. It is a stepping stone.
The process of becoming is eternal, thus the meaning of "HUMAN" is re-defined in every one of us. 
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