The Posthuman University

passing human knowledge

Zenet - ancient game of Passing

Steve Nichols formulated Median Vision Theory MVT (alt Primal Eye) in late 1979 and has designed some practical applications including MVT-based sentient computers. Locus for Posthuman Buddhism, Posthuman Psychology and the Posthuman Movement (since 1988). PAPER Posthuman goddesses & gods

non-hierarchical free-thinking

Primal Eye 1979

Text of original 1979/1980 Phantom Eye Theory Dissertation Surrey University - Prof Steve Nichols, MSc Neural Nets, MA Philosophy

My contention was 1979 and is now 2022 that ‘abstract thought’ or ‘self-referential consciousness’ evolved in direct inverse proportion to the regression and disappearance of the pineal eye. Another way to phrase this is to say that the brain of living vertebrates was intrinsically geared to receiving information from the primitive eye via the stalk attached pineal gland, and although it stopped receiving direct physical stimulus and input from the pineal sense‑organ, it was still able to regulate body‑decisions, and enable the organism to behave in an appropriate way in response to its surrounding environment. In short, abstract modelling or reflective thinking had arrived on the evolutionary scene.

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This is a posthuman project/protest/education site. THE POSTHUMAN UNIVERSITY is not an establishment accredited Degree-granting institution, in fact we object to rip-off fees and unnecessary accomodation costs charged to pliable young students to obtain paper degrees. Higher Education can be at the expense of employment world experience.

With the advent of AI, essay writing and the ability to remember obscure facts only useful for regurgitation in an exam, have both become low-value skills. If a machine can do them for free in a blink of an eye, what is the point paying exorbitant fees and accomodation costs to extend your career as a school child? Starting out on your work career with $60,000 plus debt seems completely monstrous, the last thing I would want.

Traditional 3 year courses seem obsolete. Education can be delivered better by screens than with books in classrooms. Much information and knowledge peddled by conventional educationalists is out of date, available for free online, or is pure nonsense e.g. supernaturalist qualifications taught in University seminaries training priests to perpetuate superstitions and ignorance.

Academic Philosophers haven't advanced much since Frege and Russell, and have become more obscurantist and irrelevant. Only by prolonging so called philosophical 'problems' can Dons justify keeping themselves in tenure, the last thing they want is for profitable bugbears to be solved. We are all Professors now, we are all enhanced by AI.

LEVELLING UP HIGHER EDUCATION - WE ARE ALL PROFESSORS AT THE POSTHUMAN UNIVERSITY! It has been a tradition amongst the (radical futurist original wave of postumans, not Marxist academic pseudo posthumans) to address each other as Professor or Prof for 25 years or so past. Critical Theory is a philosophical and social theory that originated in the Frankfurt School in the early 20th century. It is concerned with analyzing power relations and social structures that maintain inequality, oppression, and injustice in society. Critical Theory arose within the context of higher education precisely because universities are sites of power and hierarchy. The critical theorists sought to uncover and challenge the underlying assumptions and power structures that shape the ways in which knowledge is produced, disseminated, and used within these institutions. Critical Theory is a neo-Marxist viewpoint that discredits much of establishment academia who advocate it.

Some criticisms of Critical Theory suggest that it is too abstract and theoretical, leading to a lack of practical solutions to social issues. Additionally, some argue that Critical Theory may focus too much on identity politics and individual experiences, and not enough on the broader social and economic systems.

It is undeniably true that legacy universities can be seen as perpetuating power structures and hierarchies, with professors holding authority over their students and the university administration holding authority over both. This is partly a reflection of the broader social and political structures in which universities are situated, and financial oversight by State or Religious authorities that often pollute intellectual arguments.

As for how a posthuman university could level up higher education using the latest AI and promoting all students and teachers to professors, it is an intriguing idea. I want to create a more decentralized and self-organizing system, where students and teachers collaborate on research projects and contribute to the production of knowledge in a more democratic and participatory way. AI could be used to facilitate this process, providing tools for data analysis, communication, and collaboration.

Such a system could also be designed to promote lifelong learning and continuous self-improvement, with students and teachers working together to develop new skills and expertise. Rather than a hierarchical model of education, where knowledge is transmitted from those in authority to those below them, a posthuman university could be a more fluid and dynamic system that encourages the sharing and co-creation of knowledge across different levels and domains of expertise. LEGACY UNIVERSITIES are highly challenged by Critical Theory. Furthermore they represent poor value on the whole for many students.