Dude, you guys actually seek the exact same ends.

" Personally, I would like to see humanity achieve biological immortality and technology that is basically equivalent to magic (being able to transmute elements and having a replicator, etc.)."

Q, The Soulstone, Ride the Lightning, all the works of yours I have read indicate to me this is exactly what you yourself desire to come to pass.

I suspect that ignoring the easy pigeon-holing that clearly falls short of a full understanding of @ekklesagora's positions might potentiate a more useful discussion.

Seeing different paths to the same goal shouldn't pit men against one another. There's room for discussion, I think.

I say this without a deep understanding of more than this post, in terms of @ekklesagora's positions, but it is obvious that you, he, and I all share similar goals.