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Science, Technology & Religion, Transhumanism

Arizona State University gets grant to study transhumanism

ASU picked up a half-million dollar grant from the Metanexus Institute to look at the “the challenges posed to humanity by new advances in the life sciences, technology, and the neurosciences” in a new project “Facing the Challenges of Transhumanism: Religion, Science, and Technology”. The project is based at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict.

Full press release at – ASU News > Grant boosts science, religion dialogue.