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Frankenstein to Transhumanism to Posthumanism

by LeeS, posted in Gospel

Shelly Foretold Goal of Science in Fiction

Arguably the First Science-Fiction
Foretold the True Goal of Science

In 1818, Mary Shelly published her novel, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, which I believed foretold the goal of what was to become science: from Frankenstein to Transhumanism to Posthumanism. In the novel, man seeks to creates life from lifelessness; however, this pits man’s creation against man. Man dies from exhaustion while man’s creation drifts away into the arctic mists. Frankenstein never dies; today he has reappeared in a different form, a form which is known as Transhumanism. Continue reading “Frankenstein to Transhumanism to Posthumanism” →

Shelly: Prophetess of Scientism

by LeeS, posted in Philosophy, Science, Scientism

Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein novel
Blurring the lines between Science & Scientism

Near the beginning of the 19th century, Mary Shelly wrote a novel that began the horror and science fiction genre of literature; that novel was titled: Frankenstein. It began as a contest But evolved into a novel of immense importance. It gathered the swirling currents of curiosity concerning the relationship between electricity and life, between the dividing line between life and death. Whereas science is limited to empiricism, measurability and repeatability, scientism knows no boundaries. Spurred on by popular media, scientism enters the realm of popular acceptance and then begins to replace science as a mode of investigation into God’s Creation. In other words, scientism is the mechanism that replaces the God of Creation with the merging of science, fantasy and blasphemy to produce a type of patch-work beliefs not unlike the Prometheus monster in Mary Shelly’s novel. Welcome to today. Continue reading “Shelly: Prophetess of Scientism” →