Future think: cautiously optimistic about brain augmentation using tissue engineering and machine interface

Zehr, E. Paul

doi:10.3389/fnsys.2015.00072

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“…A number of enhancement approaches based on pharmaceuticals or neurotechnology including BCIs have been described in recent years (Zehr, 2015 ; Cinel et al, 2019 ). Non-clinical aBCMI home applications that seek to make healthy users feel happier or more relaxed can be considered mood enhancement technologies, devices that aim at helping users to get focused and increase their productivity can be seen in the context of cognitive enhancement.…”

Section: Mood Enhancement and Brain Augmentationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Affective Brain-Computer Music Interfaces—Drivers and Implications

Hildt

2021

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Section: Mood Enhancement and Brain Augmentationmentioning

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Affective Brain-Computer Music Interfaces—Drivers and Implications

Hildt

2021

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…Transhumanism is a relatively recent intellectual and cultural movement that promotes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and evaluating potential means for enhancing the human organism, the human race and the human condition (Boström 2004;Fukuyama 2004;Zehr 2015).…”

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What Does it Mean to be Human? Life, Death, Personhood and the Transhumanist Movement

Doyle¹

2018

Anticipation Science

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This dissertation addresses various aspects of the question "What does it mean to be human?", approaching the issue from biological, philosophical and ethical perspectives. The discussion focuses primarily on the philosophical and ethical implications of the transhumanist movement, an intellectual community seeking to favorably transform the human organism via the safe deployment of interventions such as genetic engineering and pharmacologic enhancement. Following a review of bioethical principles, the dissertation begins by examining the notion of "personhood" in philosophical, historical and biological contexts. Next, the possibility that developments in neuropharmacology might ultimately lead to an artificial paradise free of the negative aspects of the human condition (but without the often destructive effects of today's mood altering drugs) is considered. A philosophical difficulty related to the existentialist notion of "authenticity" in such a "mood optimized" synthetic existence is identified. © © U Un ni iv ve er rs si it ty y o of f P Pr re et to or ri ia a iv This discussion is followed by a rather technical exposition on the occasional difficulties of establishing when a person is alive or dead, particularly in the setting of "brain death". A number of philosophical flaws with the notion of brain death as it is used currently are presented. The discussion then considers some of the philosophical issues raised by the possibility of human cryonic suspension. A distinction is made between the information preserved in a person's brain and the substrate used to hold that information. Implications for personhood are also discussed, as well as a number of related ethical issues. Finally, objections raised by "bioconservative" critics of transhumanism are critically examined and found to be for the most part unconvincing, frequently relying on emotion and intuition rather than on evidence, logic and reason.

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“…This book completes the trilogy I began with “Becoming Batman” by considering how much we can now alter our own biology using science and engineering. This book has a much larger philosophical focus, and a major theme is considering what we will accept as a society when it comes to the functional abilities of “normal” humans, a concept I have also written about in several journals ( Zehr, 2015b,c ).…”

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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility—A Personal Philosophy for Communicating Science in Society

Zehr

2016

eNeuro

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Many think that communicating science is a necessary and rewarding activity. Yet finding compelling, relevant, and timely points of linkage between challenging scientific concepts and the experiences and interests of the general public can be difficult. Since science continues to influence more and more aspects of daily life and knowledge, there is a parallel need for communication about science in our society. Here I discuss the “middle-ground hypothesis” using popular culture for science communication and applying the “FUNnel model,” where popular culture is used as a lead-in and wrap-up when discussing science. The scientific knowledge we find in our hands does not belong to us—we just had it first. We can honor that knowledge best by sharing it as widely as possible using the most creative means at our disposal.

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Future think: cautiously optimistic about brain augmentation using tissue engineering and machine interface

Cited by 10 publications

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Affective Brain-Computer Music Interfaces—Drivers and Implications

Affective Brain-Computer Music Interfaces—Drivers and Implications

What Does it Mean to be Human? Life, Death, Personhood and the Transhumanist Movement

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility—A Personal Philosophy for Communicating Science in Society

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