{"id":11,"date":"2026-03-14T08:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moravecism.org\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:36:24","slug":"11-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moravecism.org\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25efdf0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25efdf0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ebe34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20ebe34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"150\">Moravecism, n.<\/strong> after Hans Moravec, author of <em data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"196\">Mind Children<\/em>: the belief that digitizing the contents of the brains of human beings, moving the resulting database to cyberspace, and discarding their bodies is a desirable course of action.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37df0d e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c37df0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19edc5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19edc5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"609\"><span style=\"color: #0f5d8f;\"><strong data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"446\">A radical vision of the human future.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2><p data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"609\">Moravecism describes the idea that human consciousness can be transferred into digital form and that life in cyberspace could replace life in the physical body.<\/p><p data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"779\">It is one of the most extreme expressions of techno-futurist thinking, raising deep questions about identity, humanity, embodiment, and what it truly means to be alive.<\/p><p data-start=\"781\" data-end=\"975\">Whether seen as progress, fantasy, or warning, Moravecism forces us to confront a growing cultural belief that the human body is disposable and that data may one day be treated as the true self.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb9858e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb9858e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/moravecism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Moravecism-683x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15\" alt=\"Moravecism\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moravecism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Moravecism-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/moravecism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Moravecism-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/moravecism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Moravecism-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/moravecism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Moravecism.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6dc229 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b6dc229\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c38653 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1c38653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/authentiverse.net\/flight\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Flight to Authentiverse<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moravecism, n. after Hans Moravec, author of Mind Children: the belief that digitizing the contents of the brains of human beings, moving the resulting database to cyberspace, and discarding their bodies is a desirable course of action. A radical vision of the human future. 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