Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: Ken Schenck, on "Going to Heaven." Schenck says that, in spite of popular Christian belief, the dominant New Testament view is that what should be
emphasized is becoming part of the Kingdom, not getting to heaven, and that heaven will be on
earth. (A re-booted earth!)
Computing: Wired reports
that Google has been working with giant neural networks, and that
artificial intelligence is a lot closer to really understanding some
things (whatever understanding means!).
Health: National Public Radio reports
on a robot therapist (well, not exactly a robot, but automated, and not
exactly a therapist) being developed to help diagnose potential
suicides in the military.
Humor: (Not exactly, but I don't have a category for this one!) Wired has kindly posted a video of what a grizzly's mouth looks like as it eats something, in this case, a camera.
Politics: In spite of thousands killed by leaks or explosions of various kinds of chemical plants, and billions of dollars of damages paid by the
industry, little has been done to protect the public, or the employees, reports
National Public Radio. The report includes this quote: "Chemical
plants are really pre-positioned weapons of mass destruction . . ."
Image
source (public domain)
Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
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The posts in this blog are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You can copy and use this material, as long as you aren't making money from it. If you give me credit, thanks. If not, OK.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Sunspots 419
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