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Searching - Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science

Homepage Question: Yes

How do complex human experiences like falling in love emerge from the material brain?

If we judge an advanced computer “conscious,” what moral and ethical responsibility would we have to such a being?

Do the advances of modern science make us feel BIGGER, or SMALLER?

What does it mean to be human in a world of increasing science and technology?

Why do we humans long so for permanence against all evidence presented to us by Nature?

If we succeed in creating life from scratch in the lab, or consciousness in a computer, how will that change our of view of ourselves and the world?

What aspects of humanity should we try to preserve as Homo Sapiens transforms into Homo Techno?

Where do we humans fit in the grand scheme of things?

Would you push a button to be given an answer to the biggest questions in science, like the origin of the universe or the origin of life, or the nature of consciousness?

Will computers achieve consciousness?

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