Heavens on Earth

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A scientific exploration into humanity s obsession with the afterlife and quest for immortality from the bestselling author and skeptic Michael ShermerIn his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific attempts to achieve immortality along with utopian attempts to create heaven on earth.For millennia, religions have concocted numerous manifestations of heaven and the afterlife, and though no one has ever returned from such a place to report what it is really like or that it even exists today science and technology are being used to try to make it happen in our lifetime From radical life extension to cryonic suspension to mind uploading, Shermer considers how realistic these attempts are from a proper skeptical perspective Heavens on Earth concludes with an uplifting paean to purpose and progress and how we can live well in the here and now, whether or not there is a hereafter. New Download Heavens on Earth [ By ] Michael Shermer [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The good news You re alive well, I HOPE that s a good thing for you The bad news You re going to die Sorry, but that s just the way it is For millennia, humans have been trying to evade death by creating afterlives Sure, we can t stop our physical bodies from dying but we certainly can imagine that they ll either be resurrected or we have some immortal soul that will live on outside of our bodies We know that religions promise some sort of immortality, but what does science tell us In The good news You re alive well, I HOPE that s a good thing for you The bad news You re going to die Sorry, but that s just the way it is For millennia, humans have been trying to evade death by creating afterlives Sure, we can t stop our physical bodies from dying but we certainly can imagine that they ll either be resurrected or we have some immortal soul that will live on outside of our bodies We know that religions promise some sort of immortality, but what does sci...In this short book Shermer tackles the human mortality and beliefs about the afterlife with pertinent side forays into transhumanism, religion, and utopian ideologies we substitute for immortality and meaning For such a short book a lot of ideas are touched upon from the starting point of human mortality we explore what happens physically at death, We move into traditional conceptions of the afterlife from antiquity and in the Abrahamic religions We also cover briefly the afterlife possibiliti In this short book Shermer tackles the human mortality and beliefs about the afterlife with pertinent side forays into transhumanism, religion, and utopian ideologies we substitute for immortality and meaning For such a short book a lot of ideas are touched upon from the sta...Heavens on Earth The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia by Michael Shermer Heavens on Earth is an intellectually provocative yet accessible book that explores the afterlife Dr Michael Shermer is a well known skeptic, professor and accomplished author of many books This enlightening 303 page book includes twelve chapters broken out into the following four parts I Varieties of Mortal Experiences and Immortal Quests, II The Scientific Search for Immortality, III Heavens on Earth The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia by Michael Shermer Heavens on Earth is an intellectually provocative yet accessible book that explores the afterlife Dr Michael Shermer is a well known skeptic, professor and accomplished author of many books This enlightening 303 page book includes twelve chapters broken out into the following four parts I Varieties of Mortal Experiences and Immortal Quests, II The Scientific Search for Immortality, III All Our Yesterdays...Michael Shermer is simply an indispensable writer and his latest volume is one of his very best This is a complete survey and analysis of the various notions of the afterlife and immortality divided mainly between 1 How these claims have been scientifically tested and evaluated 2 How such notions have been depicted throughout humanity s history in works of art, philosophy, and literature.3 How we have attempted to transcend our mortal limi...Finished reading Michael Shermer s new book Heavens on Earth The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia I found it a timely read, given my interest in future related topics I have had my fair share of arguments with both religious zealots and pseudo scientific transhumanist believers, but even I needed a dose of high quality skepticism not to get too excited after reading authors like Kevin Kelly or listening to another podcast about the promise of CRISPR and life extens Finished reading Michael Shermer s new book Heavens on Earth The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia I found it a timely read, given my interest in future related topics I have had my fair share of arguments with both religious zealots and pseudo scientific transhumanist believers, but even I needed a dose of high quality skepticism not to get too excited after reading authors like Kevin Kelly or listening to another podcast about the promise of CRISPR and life extension science Shermer, the founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor in chief of its magazine Skeptic, is a perfect choice to bring anyone back to reality But realism is not equal to existential pessimism No, far from that I had already recommended his extraordinary book Moral Arch as a supplementary reading to Steven Pinker s Better Angels of Our Nature These two books can give you hope in humanity So let s se...When I got my 30 book home and began to read I had to wonder if the supplier had slipped the wrong book into the jacket But, indeed this was the correct book Heavens on Earth, The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia accolades including brilliant, filled with profundity, startling facts, and mind expanding ideas In chapter one on page one, within seven words, something does not meet with the authors deductive standards His words are, Come again For the read When I got my 30 boo...First two parts ugh last two parts worth the read.If you re already a skeptic there is not much in this book that s surprising, but Shermer is always enjoyable The end of the book was the most fun for me as he outlined all the things that provide meaning for life without the use of religion.We re obsessed with what happens after we die We can t seem to help it This is an engaging synthesis of different views on the matter, with a New Atheist tilt It finishes with a what s the point of life section much ...I selected this book because Seth MacFarlane mentioned it twice on his Twitter Instagram feeds I ended up needing to check it out twice from two different libraries The first checkout the introduction intrigued me as I have a BS in Computer Science and an MDiv I am highly intellectual and enjoy data while also looking at all topics from multiple perspectives But, the format for that checkout was not easy for highlighting or note taking I waited for a hold and was able to get a Kindle vers I selected this book because Seth MacFarlane mentioned it twice on his Twitter Instagram feeds I ended up needing to check it out twice from two different libraries The first checkout the introduction intrigued me as I have a BS in Computer Scienc...

Heavens on Earth
  • 19 August 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 1627798579
  • Michael Shermer
  • Heavens on Earth