Benjamin Franklin is quoted discussing his regret at being born too early to witness the scientific advances of future centuries. He envisions a time when humanity could deprive masses of their gravity, cure all diseases, and extend lives beyond biblical ages. However, he laments that moral science has not similarly improved, and humanity still behaves as wolves to one another rather than with compassion. The author then poses questions about whether the "Big Crunch" theory applies only to Earth or the entire universe, whether the mind is a projection of the soul or vice versa, and whether advanced computers that become transhuman will require a concept like the human soul.

3. Many people keep on questioning the headlines of the
news media. As an underpinning (or medium to further
reflection) of Andres Agostini’s (Andy’s) own Sketch—
see before—, I will quote hugely beloved Benjamin
Franklin (1706-90): “The rapid progress TRUE SCIENCE
now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I

4. was born too soon. It is impossible to imagine the
height to which might be carried, in a thousand years,
the power of man over matter (Something that occupies
space and can be perceived by one or more senses; a
physical body, a physical substance, or the universe as
a whole.). We may, perhaps, deprive large masses of
their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for the sake
of easy transport. Agriculture may diminish its labor
and double its produce: all disease may be sure means
be prevented or cured (not excepting even that of the
old age), and our lives lengthened at pleasure, even
beyond the antediluvian standard. Oh that moral

5. science in as fair a way of improvement, that men would
cease to be wolves to one another, AND THAT HUMAN
BEINGS WOULD AT LENGTH LEARN WHAT THEY NOW
IMPROPERLY CALL HUMANITY.”
Round brackets and their content by Andy
(www.AgostiniWorks.blogspot.com).

6. As I was drawing my own sketch, I came
up with some questions that I will
therein share. I’ll get to think on them
later. Who knows? Ensuing:
1.- Is the ‘Big Crunch’ only
applicable to Earth or even to the

7. totality of the ‘known’ (so-called)
Universe?
2.- Is the mind primarily a projection
of the soul—that is, Is the mind a
function of the soul?

8. 3.- Or, Is the soul primarily a
projection of the mind—that is, Is
the soul a function of the mind?
4.- When computers become
transhumans, Will they need, at all,
to have a replacement for the old-
fashioned soul?

9. Andy (Andres Agostini) at
www.AgostiniWorks.blogspot.com