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Imaginary Monsters and Human Beings

Friday, May 5th, 2006

People use their anonymity on the Internet to safely explore who they really are. This helped me to make my homosexuality something manageable to consider long before I had sex for the first time. I am comfortable enough now to no longer need anonymity. I take ownership of who I am, [...]


Critical Thinking Required

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

I find it necessary yet again to mention that my Cybernudism blog, like most blogs, is commentary. In this format I hope to engage in larger debates on the issues facing humanity now and in the future.
Frontier Channel, on the other hand, is a science and technology news site. The separation between cybernudism.com [...]


Pseudoscience and Science: Who Do You Listen To?

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

John Bruce via his “In the Shadow of Mt. Hollywood” blog often critiques transhumanism, cryonics, and the Technological Singularity, among other topics. He suggests that these are quackery and pseudoscience. He is often critical of the writing of Glenn Reynolds, law professor, author, Instapundit blogger, and occasional columnist in newspapers like the New [...]


This Essay Breaks the Law: Michael Crichton pleads for patent reform

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

Next week the Supreme Court will hear arguments in LabCorp versus Metabolite, an interesting case that visits the patent controversy in the United States. Are test result correlations patentable? Michael Crichton provides his opinion.
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“It means that if a real estate agent lists a house for sale, he can be sued because an [...]


The Transhumanist Responsibility

Monday, March 6th, 2006

With transhumanism under fire in Missouri, I recently discussed the issue with family members. I wrote a couple things that summarize the difference between the beliefs of transhumanists and their critics:
“[M]y only respect and support is for life, sentient or not, physically immortal or not, technologically enhanced or not. I have rarely been [...]


Marshall Brain - Why Does God Hate Amputees?

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

Marshall Brain, founder of the website “How Stuff Works” and author of several books and futurist writings (”The Robotic Nation” and “The Day You Discard Your Body”) has launched a new site exploring the paradox of God. If medical miracles really happen, then why have amputees been ignored?
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Thoughtful Blasphemy

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

Marshall Brain used his engineering and computer science experience to help an Internet audience learn How Stuff Works, and then turned his attention to exploring The Robotic Nation. While finding Robotic Nation Evidence everywhere and contemplating on how this may lead to The Day You Discard Your Body, Brain has also written several [...]


Name Change to Cybernudism

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

What is up with the name change? “Leis On Life” did not exactly fit what I am trying to do with this blog. Sure, this is me commenting on life, but it has become a bit more specific than that. I focus mostly on science and technology and how humanity is dealing [...]


It’s Okay

Friday, June 24th, 2005

It’s okay to send a teenager against his will to be cured of his homosexuality. It’s okay to process animals through “rendering plants” if they are “unfit for human consumption.” It’s okay to seize someone’s home against their will if it’s in the public good.
Yes, I use to wish that my homosexuality [...]


Who Are You?

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

Who are you that you can tell me what to do? Who are you to tell me that I cannot pirate my digital content, take drugs, have sex with whomever I choose, dress how I want, color my hair how I want? Who are you to tell me that I cannot experiment with [...]


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