"Transhumanity"+applikasi tak beretika = kiamat?!

"Transhumanity" nie.. sedap makan dengan sambal tempoyak ker?

Assalamualaikum one and all..

Would you believe it.. I've just uploaded Google Earth and have been playing around with it, and I believe I've gotten hooked! So much so that I've forgotten to update this blog for one and all!

Other than that.. my wife's away to visit her parents and I can't come with because of this new job. I'm only complaining because being the Sagittarean that I am, I can't really sit still in one place. She'll be coming home tonight though, so I get to sleep warm tonight. Alhamdulillah to that..

Alright, let's get this party started. In Allah's Name.. The Most Beneficient, The Most Merciful.

Seperti yang kita sudah sedia maklum, pergerakan "transhumanism" ini memang ada kebaikannya. Memetik contoh yang saya utarakan sebelum ini.. seorang budak Tingkatan Lima tidak perlu lagi menelaah buku hingga ke 3 pagi, ataupun menghafal formula sehingga separuh gila untuk bersedia menghadapi peperiksaan SPM. Dia mungkin cuma perlu memuat-turun modul pelajaran Matematik Tambahan serta modul2 latih-tubi (untuk tujuan pemantauan pihak Kementerian Pendidikan) melalui sambungan wireless Streamyx dalam masa menunggu siapnya Maggi  supnya. Senario ini sememangnya menjadi contoh terutama pihak "transhumanist" dalam mendakyahkan pergerakan mereka.

Bukan itu sahaja, satu lagi contoh yang sering mereka gunakan ialah faedah percantuman manusia dan mesin (man-machine interface) dalam menangani dan mengatasi masalah kecacatan fizikal atau mental seseorang. Bayangkan, jika seorang tokoh ilmu fiziks seperti Stephen Hawkings boleh berfungsi pada tahap setara dengan Albert Einstein, dengan hanya dapat menggerakkan bibir, lidah serta 3 batang jarinya.. apakah yang mampu dicapai beliau jika diberi tubuh robotik (cyborg body) ala Robocop atau Terminator? Ataupun, lebih menarik lagi.. jika minda beliau dapat "dimuat-naik total" terus ke dalam Internet? Dan jika teknologi sebegini dapat dikembangkan ke serata umat manusia, dapatkah anda bayangkan kehidupan berjuta-juta manusia yang ketika ini merana akibat hilang anggota badan (tak kira dari lahir atau akibat kemalangan atau menjadi mangsa peperangan) berubah menjadi gembira kerana akhirnya dapat menjadi sempurna dan tak perlu lagi menghadapi rungutan dan cemuhan dari mereka yang tidak bersyukur?

Ada juga antara "transhumanists" ini yang berazam untuk mencipta artificial super-intelligence ataupun "sistem bukan semulajadi yang super-pintar". Mereka percaya bahawa dengan "lahirnya" sistem sebegini (yang berkemungkinan amat besar akan berasaskan komputer), umat manusia akan akhirnya dapat dibebaskan dari belenggu2 yang sekian lama mengekangnya.. contohnya, tenaga yang hampir tak berkesudahan daripada pelakuran atom terkawal (controlled atomic fusion), kemampuan untuk "hidup selamanya" (di mana minda seseorang akan dimuat-naik ke dalam Internet ataupun cyborg body sebaik sesudah jasadnya mati), serta penakhlukan angkasa lepas secara mutlak, melalui penggunaan minda artificial super-intelligence ataupun manusia sebagai "alat kawalan pintar" untuk kapal angkasa yang mampu terbang mencecah kelajuan cahaya selama beratus atau beribu tahun untuk mencapai sistem cakerawala yang mengelilingi bintang2 lain.

Jika anda rasa terkilan apabila habis membaca perenggan di atas, ingatlah.. saya hanya menulis apa yang saya lihat. Saya bukan ingin menyebar ajaran sesat ataupun kuffar. Ini adalah sebahagian dari rancangan ("niat suci") mereka. Dan jika anda bersabar, teruskan membaca blog ini... kerana selepas ini saya akan kupas secara mendalam buruk padahnya rancangan mereka ini bagi manusia sejagat. Sekian.. wassalam.

Kebendanyer "transhumanity" nie?

Assalamualaikum everyone..

In case you're wondering, I've been spending about a year now going around the Internet. Yeah, I've gotten into looking things up and thinking on them.. kinda like what I did in the days of reformasi. And yeah, from the conclusions I am drawing, I might end up doing exactly what I did back in the day (i.e. piss people off by saying my piece).

So let me go on record by saying this. I am NOT here to be sensational nor am I here to piss you off. Please remember that line. Rather, I am here saying this as a reminder to everyone, as is the duty of every civil-minded person to everyone else out there. And here's the other thing.. since transhumanity is covered almost to death in English, I feel it better that my pieces be in Malay, with some English sprinkled in to keep you others interested. This is of course to help others here in Malaysia see what I've seen, and probably understand what all this fuss is about.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.. dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah dan Maha Mengasihani.

Apakah pendapat anda semua jika di satu hari nanti, anda akan membaca dalam suratkhabar atau melihat dalam berita televisyen berita sebegini?

Teknologi "muat turun minda" diperkenalkan di sekolah rendah

"Internet Explorer 10.0 with MindJack Tech" dilancarkan

3,000 masuk hospital akibat "MindVIRUS 12.3b"

Adakah anda akan tertanya, "Apa yang kamu melalut nie?" Sebenarnya, walaupun berita seperti yang diatas hanyalah merupakan fantasi pada kebanyakan umat manusia sekarang ini, ianya sebenarnya boleh menjadi realiti di masa terdekat. Jika anda pergi melayari Internet dan mencari risalah dengan kata kunci "transhumanism", inilah sebahagian yang mereka ingin capai dan akibatnya jika impian mereka tercapai untuk kita semua dalam masa terdekat ini.

Jadi apakah itu "transhumanity"? Definasi yang saya berikan ini adalah dari apa yang saya fahami dan rumuskan dari pembacaan saya; ianya (transhumanity) merupakan satu pergerakan dan fahaman yang bertujuan untuk mengubah sifat dan sikap manusia dengan menggunakan sains dan teknologi, serta mencari jalan untuk mengurangkan faktor2 yang boleh mencacat-celakan kualiti hidup umat manusia. Dalam erti kata lain, mereka ingin "memperbetulkan"  dan "menaik-taraf" apa yang mereka rasa adalah "kesilapan" dalam setiap manusia.

Seperti contoh berita hangat yang saya berikan di atas, satu aspek yang mereka rasa boleh "dipulihkan" adalah konsep pembelajaran. Secara asasnya, umat manusia sejak sekian lama belajar melalui pengalaman sendiri, lisan, amali serta membaca.. tidak lama lagi, anda boleh menambah konsep "pembelajaran secara terus" kepada senarai ini.

Maksud saya? Tidak lama lagi, anda akan dibekalkan dengan satu pil yang anda akan telan bersama air yang dibekalkan oleh klinik berdekatan dengan anda pada suatu usia muda (contohnya pada umur 4 tahun, apabila otak manusia sudahpun 80% sempurna pembentukan dari segi neural). Pil ini, yang mengandungi berbilion robot berdasarkan nanoteknologi akan menggunakan kandungan dalam air yang anda telan (yang mengandungi unsur2 logam tertentu) untuk menyulam satu "jaringan neural" di sekeliling otak anda yang bukan sahaja boleh membaca gelombang otak dan corak pengaktifan sel2 neuron otak, malahan boleh merangsangkan sel2 tersebut dengan signal dari luaran (dengan cara yang sama seperti bagaimana otak anda dirangsang dengan cahaya yang diterima oleh mata anda, seterusnya diproses menjadi imej dunia luar yang anda alami). "Jaringan neural" ini akan kemudiannya disambung kepada satu cip sebesar 10 titik noktah yang "direka-cipta" oleh robot2 nano yang anda telan tadi dan akan terletak di ruang antara tengkorak dan leher anda. Kemudian, apabila proses tersebut selesai dan ujian keberkesanan interaksi "jaringan neural" itu dengan otak anda berjaya, anda akan dibedah dan dibekalkan dengan satu alat pemancar/penerima yang akan tersembul sedikit dari belakang leher anda. Apabila anda sembuh, satu lagi ujian akan dijalankan dan anda akan disahkan berjaya dan sembuh sepenuhnya.. bila anda dapat melayari Internet, "log on" di www.yahoo.com dan membaca email tahniah dan manual pengguna dari pihak Kementerian Kesihatan dan Kementerian Pelajaran Cibernetik, dengan hanya menggunakan alatan yang telah "ditanam" dalam kepala anda. Dan seterusnya dapat "memuat-turun" segala syllabus pelajaran Matematik Tambahan Tingkatan 5 terus dari Internet dalam masa 0.05 saat sahaja dengan menggunakan sambungan wireless 512 Tbs (terabit sesaat, yang beratus-ribu kali lebih laju dari Streamyx sekarang).

Jadi, apakah pandangan anda? Senario ini hanyalah khayalan yang saya utarakan untuk tatapan dan santapan fikiran anda, tapi percayalah cakap saya apabila saya katakan ada kelompok manusia yang inginkan itu semua untuk masa depan mereka. Seterusnya.. faedah dan padah! Apa yang baik, ada buruknya jika tidak diguna tanpa usul-periksa dan pemikiran semasak-masaknya!

Insya-Allah saya akan sambung dalam masa terdekat.. tiba masa saya tidur dan siap-sedia untuk kerja pagi esok. Wassalam dan selamat malam pada semua.

Part 3: The end.. and a new beginning.

Assalamualaikum one and all..

Well, I certainly took my time updating.. it seems that I've gathered a fan base of sorts now. I don't know whether that's good or not, what with my obsession being a nobody in the background. Anyhoo, to those looking in at this.. here's a few updates.

1) I am happily married to.. Azatul Iryani Umardin on 26th January 2008 (17th Muharram 1429 if you keep tabs in Hijrah years). Everything went well.. even stammered her name during the ijab kabul (solemnization vow). It's because I've gotten used to calling her 'honey' and it damn near came out in front of the qadi.. I did it in a single breath though, and I am beholden to that oath ("Aku terima nikahnya hon.. Azatul Iryani Umardin dengan maskahwin seratus satu Ringgit tunai") for as long as I hold breath in my body. She's cooking right now, and as soon as she's done, I'm gonna take her.. just to show how much my heart swells when I see her in the same house I'm in..

2) I begin a new job at Datacom Inc. in a few days.. Watson's is officially a part of my past life. And what have I learned? I have got to start my on business! Why should I work my head off for literally one percent of what my store makes minus cost.. when I can stick my name on that store and make all that money mine?

3) The trip to Thailand basically ends at my last blog entry.. but not because we took off for home that night. We basically packed things up (and try doing that while hiding a few items illegal by Malaysian Law! But then when you're about to be married to diplomatic immunity..) and returned by Air Asia the afternoon after. Conclusion? Thailand.. good place to shop, good place to experience a culture way different than Malaysia's, good place populated by nice people with their own unique heritage and culture.. and my wife's heading back there soon!

4) Watch this space soon.. I promised you people a piece on transhumanity and Islam, and I'm close to delivering a verdict. It'll be.. entertaining at least. See you around and wassalam.

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Part 2.. hotties, massages.. and shops galore!

Assalamualaikum and hello all..

Yes, I know.. I'm supposed to not take too long to update this blog. But a thousand things popped up between then and now. But enough excuses..

The morning of the second day, we decided to take a leisurely breakfast (thanks again to our gracious hosts), then decided to get our bodies tuned-up.. Thai massage style! But as with things in my life, why take the direct approach when you can take a detour?

We took a walk into an alley.. smack into a morning market! Centered on a stupa (with a no-kidding jinn sitting there all fat and pretty from the offerings and incense smoke! ) and consisting of a few streets' worth of wet and dry stalls, it reminded me of the old Chow Kit hawker complex that got cleaned up in the mid-1980's.. we bought some mangoes and sweet sticky rice (pulut daa!) for breakfast..

One thing I've heard about Thai massages.. they're really thorough, covering every square inch of skin and as many cubic inches of flesh as can be squeezed or pinched by fingers (and I'll bet that they'd go deeper if they could stick their hands inside!). And yes, there are lots of places there where you can ask for the extra service . Of course, I didn't dream of asking for that (and not just because I had Azatul and Auntie Faridah close by either!) but I did get everything else.. basically it's a trip from pain to pleasure starting back to front, top to bottom to top again (and yes they did touch that area, and no they only adjusted the ligaments and nerve channels down there. Honest!)

Result : a renewed me! Not only did I regain 5 years' worth of flexibility, I also got my blood flow going again.. fast and hard! The massage is definitely on my list for next time I swing back! 

Early evening saw us over at Yao Rat.. Bangkok's Chinatown. You gotta have one of those to put your city on the world map, and this place was no exception. What was exceptional though was the profusion of wares you could buy, starting from baby stuff (yes, I got some more for Adam Daniel) to wedding door gifts (hey, I can't just feed you guys for free.. I gotta give you something to remember the occasion by!) to Thai silks (ooh honey, remind me to marry you in those..) to guns?! Lucky them those stores are closed.. else I'll be in there going oooh and aaahh over weaponry that's illegal to stare at in Malaysia! And yes.. go watery-eyed over the memory of a certain .30-06 rifle and Leupold scope..

Then, after a short trip to dump the merchandise, we went to eat at this Pakistani shop. Weird it is to say, but the food.. was delicious! We gorged up to our gills then waded through the crowd (they were mostly Arabs watching soccer on big screens and ogling the locals).. through brass work stores showing off their wares, including these hot, life-size busts of naked women (it's not so much the nakedness that got to me, but the "skin" tone.. I'll bet any hot-blooded guy would go gaga over skin like that, and no surprise that Azatul - honey that she is - tried to blind me while I was drooling over them!  

Patpong Street.. is nothing like I've ever seen anywhere in my travels so far. Imagine two miles of explicit sex acts and wares, mixed in with about 10,000 stalls' worth of every item you could possibly want to buy (and quiet a few you wish you could if you'd only keep your mate in the hotel room!) My eyes went , my mouth went , and for a second I thought "I'm in heaven", with the doors to every bar thrown wide-open, and the bouncers and door-guards letting you stare past them for about 10 seconds (to someone like me, that's an eternity of bouncing body parts and gyrations on sticky poles accompanied to raunchy music). But only a second.. all that explicit sex jars you into thinking, "What a Hell this place must be.." The side streets reeked with piss and beer, the crowds were oppressive and so horny even Azatul got a few stares, and the wares so numbingly abundant I kept my wallet closed.. glad to see Watson's of Patpong Street were going on full blast though.

Part 3 is next. I'll skip the conclusions, and go straight to a topic no one's ever heard of.. the future (read: technological and societal singularity, trans- and post-humanism) and Islam.. and how this all fits. Wassalam..