Comment by thin_carapace

things now make more sense, thank you for clarifying. in this new light, thiel's vision of transhumanism can be seen as the inverse of catholicism, where both meet at the concept of the soul from diametrically opposed angles (soul = undiscovered solution for some vs. soul = inherent mystery for all).

i like your ending quote, it is a great reframing of another quote, "beware of unearned wisdom".