Pope Leo XIV says scientific progress must not be a privilege for millionaires seeking immortality
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Today Pope Leo XIV said on X that the promises of transhumanism and posthumanism are multiplying, and that these are ideological currents according to which, sooner or later, technology will eliminate all disease and pain, as well as aging and even death itself. Precisely because scientific progress is a supreme achievement of human intelligence, he said, it must not be confused with a privilege reserved for millionaires seeking immortality, while entire peoples suffer from poverty and oppression. In the face of this mirage, which promotes the illusion of human beings perfected by cybernetics and biotechnology, he said Christian anthropology reminds us that a limitation is not a manufacturing defect, but rather the very condition of human grandeur. [1]
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- @pontifex (X): Today, the promises of transhumanism and posthumanism are multiplying.
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