*Please distribute to others who may be interested...* You are hereby invited to the next weekly seminar in our interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition<http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108>(ECCO) and theGlobal Brain Institute<http://www.globalbraininstitute.org/>(GBI).
*Time*:* Friday, April 13th, *14:00-16:00 p.m *Place*: *Room 3B217 * (building B, level 3, From the elevator take the long corridor to the right, to its end), on the VUB Campus Etterbeek (Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels), Free entrance: everybody welcome! * * ------------------------------ The Global Brain Facilitates Human Biological Immortality Marios Kyriazis<http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=59182278&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=Xbbj&locale=en_US&srchid=3080b882-3e2d-4373-afcd-d96b2b790b6e-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=1&goback=.fps_PBCK_marios+kyriazis_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&pvs=ps&trk=pp_profile_name_link>(British Longevity Society) * Abstract:* The Global Brain represents the highest order of self-organized intelligent complexity hitherto achieved by nature. This has enormous consequences for the biological evolution of humans whose lifespan is, at present, extremely limited by constrains defined by Darwinian forces. I will argue that those who purposefully engage in an active manner with the physical and virtual structures of the Global Brain will *inevitably* experience a progressive increase in their lifespan, reaching a situation whereby their rate of mortality as a function of age will tend to zero. This situation is Human Biological Immortality. Our intelligent presence within the Global Brain is demarcated by a new evolutionary replicator, the noeme. Those who purposefully reinforce it, will be subjected to positive natural influences that promote its survival. In addition, those who significantly engage with an enriched digital environment, increase their exposure to cognitive challenges, which act via hormesis and biological amplification in order to influence basic biological processes that afford increased longevity. *Background information:* 1. http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/03/04/indefinite-lifespans-a-natural-consequence-of-the-global-brain 2. http://biologicalimmortality.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html 3. https://acrobat.com/#d=MAgyT1rkdwono-lQL6thBQ *Speaker’s website*: www.elpistheory.info ------------------------------ * Forthcoming ECCO/GBI seminars * *April 20 (ECCO/GBI) *Synthetron wisdom of crowds via evolutionary (propagated) consensus in online discussions: experiences and challenges. **Joanne Celens <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joanne-celens/0/552/9b3> ( Synthetron <http://www.synthetron.com/>) * April 27 (ECCO/GBI) *Evaluation of a self-organizing ambient intelligence based traffic system Hermann de Meer<http://www.fim.uni-passau.de/en/fim/faculty/chairs/computer-networks-and-communications/people/team/prof-de-meer.html>( University of Passau ) *May 4 (ECCO/GBI) *Graph Databases Pierre De Wilde<http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=97393972&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=IqbN&locale=en_US&srchid=5e83ed35-d536-4d1c-a1ba-c1609716d5ac-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=4&goback=.fps_PBCK_*1_Pierre_De+wilde_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&pvs=ps&trk=pp_profile_name_link>( Tinkerpop, Memotive) * May 11 (ECCO/GBI) *An introduction to Living Labs Pieter Ballon<http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=447789&authType=name&authToken=cZl8&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore>(IBBT-SMIT, VUB) * May 18 (ECCO) *How speech-acts are conquering the world Luk van Langenhove <http://www.lukvanlangenhove.be/> (CRIS, United Nations University) * May 25 (ECCO/GBI) *'The Interrelatedness of Many Things': Toward a McLuhanist Philosophy of Technology Yoni Van Den Eede <http://nl-nl.facebook.com/yonivandeneede> ( Faculty of Philosophy, VUB) * June 1 (ECCO/GBI) *The social dynamics of ontological commitment Christophe Debruyne <http://www.linkedin.com/in/christophedebruyne>(STARlab, VUB) * June 8 (ECCO) *Who needs a worldview ? S.N. Balagangadhara <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._N._Balagangadhara> (aka Balu) (Center for Comparative Science of Cultures, University of Ghent) * June 15 (ECCO)* The ACTION of making DISTINCTIONS Petter Braathen <http://memetor.com/petter-braathen/> (Memetor) * June 22 (ECCO/GBI)* Chemical Organizations Theory Tomas Veloz (CLEA, VUB) More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 -- David R. Weinbaum (Weaver) ECCO/GBI Seminar Coordinator Email: [email protected] http://clea.academia.edu/DavidWeinbaum
