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Batman, Superman, and Philosophy

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    Traveling on the transhumanist road won’t be an easy one, but we’re already on it and Batman is no place to stop
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    Superheroes appear to do morally good actions—but how can we know why they do what they do? Superheroes could tell us what they’re thinking, but how could we be sure we’re even talking the same language? These are crucial questions to ask because superheroes represent our future
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    A traditional problem of philosophy is the problem of other minds.
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    By the end of the movie (spoiler alert) Doctor Manhattan becomes completely uninterested in the human race
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    Cognition means the ability to think and process experiences
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    Transhumanism is different from eugenics because it doesn’t focus on any alleged sub-group of people. It’s focused on the whole of humanity and improving conditions for everyone
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    The point is that we’re going to stand in a similar position to the people of the distant future, unable to quite comprehend what humanity will be capable of. One day, humanity might be altogether transcended
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    try to better themselves?

    Maybe we should all be a bit more like Batman and instead of counting on someone else to save us, spend a bit more time trying to save someone else
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    But we don’t. Like Luthor and the Joker, we use our superheroes to serve our own ends
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    He didn’t think there was a God at all. He thought, instead, that God was no longer the best explanation for the world.
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