Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science, Technology & Religion
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A couple of links came to my attention this week. Firstly, the Singularity Institute have started a blog to promote ideas about the technological singularity (Greenflame » Pondering the Singularity (Again)), and at the same time I came across the bioethics podcasts from The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. Both have interesting material on…
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Xenotransplantation – in general terms, transplanting non-human organic tissue into human beings – looks likely to become more common in New Zealand in light of the decision to re-open the door to its use in potential diabetes treatment. Pig cell transplants bring new hope for sick Kiwis – 17 Apr 2007 – NZ Herald: New…
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A while back Lindsay over at Random Murmurings pointed me towards the podcast of the ABC’s “All in the Mind” radio programme, and in particular this episode, All in the Mind – The Brain Computer Interface (2 December 2006). The episode looks at how technological developments, particularly in digital implants, might aid those with motor…
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Heidi Campbell points to a new issue of Religious Studies Review focused upon religion and the internet over at: When Religion Meets New Media: Special Issue from Religious Studies Review on Religion & Internet. Some similar articles to issue one in 2005 of the journal Concilium which focused on cybertheology, cyberethics and cyberspace.
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Just erased and reinstalled everything on the iBook to get over the wobbles it was developing at the end of the thesis writing. In the process found these links I’d saved earlier. Ashley X links: WIRED Blogs: Bodyhack – Brain-Damaged Girl Will Stay Young Forever Parents defend decision to keep girl a child – World…
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A while back I was skimming a couple of religion and media books (See Greenflame: Religion and computer-mediated communications), but I never got further than that with them. One of those books was Heidi Campbell’s “Exploring Religious Community Online: We are One in the Network” and now Paul has written a brief review of the…
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Listened to James Hughes’ recent Changersurfer Radio podcast yesterday where he interviews Lee Silver (author of “Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning will Transform the American Family“, and more lately “Challenging Nature: The clash of science and spirituality at the new frontiers of life“.) It’s an interesting interview because both Hughes and Silver sketch…
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The stuff of Darwin Awards. See Good book drives doctor to distraction.
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A conscience vote in the Australian House of Representatives passed legislation opening the door to human embryonic research (particularly therapeutic cloning) in Australia. See Embryo cloning gets the go-ahead – National – smh.com.au. It’ll be interesting to see how that shapes discussion in NZ over the same issue.
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A recent essay by theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher, Stuart Kauffman, on the need for a secular spirituality that goes beyond reductionism. See Edge: BEYOND REDUCTIONISM: REINVENTING THE SACRED By Stuart A. Kauffman. Some interesting points for engagement based on the quick skim I did of it.