Lifetime and world-time in accelerated medicine. An essay on the consolation of synchronisation

The essay examines how prominent scientists, politicians, and managers respond to the condition of human existence that a human being is only a short time in the long time of the world. In connection with the accelerated medicine and its predicted progress, they segment the future and imagine themselves at a new stage of humanity. They strive for a. privileged relationship to the world by claiming to conclude humanity's prehistory in the foreseeable future, if possible, in their own lifetime. They are trying to synchronise their lifetime with the world-time. In this way they hope for consolation, draw on old religious motifs and attribute religious elements to medicine.

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Medicine Health Care and Philosophy
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2025-11-21
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-025-10309-z
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Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
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Lifetime and world-time in accelerated medicine. An essay on the consolation of synchronisation

Urban Wiesing
Medicine Health Care and Philosophy
Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
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Lifetime and world-time in accelerated medicine. An essay on the consolation of synchronisation

Urban Wiesing
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Abstract

The essay examines how prominent scientists, politicians, and managers respond to the condition of human existence that a human being is only a short time in the long time of the world. In connection with the accelerated medicine and its predicted progress, they segment the future and imagine themselves at a new stage of humanity. They strive for a. privileged relationship to the world by claiming to conclude humanity's prehistory in the foreseeable future, if possible, in their own lifetime. They are trying to synchronise their lifetime with the world-time. In this way they hope for consolation, draw on old religious motifs and attribute religious elements to medicine.

Medicine Health Care and PhilosophyVol. 29(1)
University of Tübingen (DE)
Openalex Percentile: Top 59%
Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
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