12Jul 2022 by Post

Hyping Artificial Intelligence with Seductive Optics and the Frankenstein Complex

Artificial Intelligence, Boris Karloff, Buddhist monks, Diane Ackerman, eye contact, Frankenstein, Frankenstein Complex, Goddess of Mercy, Kannon, Mary Shelley, Mindar, Neuroscience & Mind, News Media, packaging, regression curve, robots, seductive optics, seductive semantics, Sophia the Robot, Technology, Thomas Edison, uncanny valley, Victor Frankenstein, YouTube videos
Some of the panicky AI-will-take-over-the-world talk grows out of seductive optics — that is, the AI packaging. Source
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11Jul 2022 by Post

Sea Turtles Display Elegant Design Solutions; They’re Also Really Cute

baby sea turtles, biofluorescence, biology, bioluminescence, Captain Dave Anderson, Colombia, convergent evolution, Creatures of Light, Daniel Goldman, endangered species, Evolution, Florida Atlantic University, fossils, Georgia Institute of Technology, Honduras, humpback whale, Intelligent Design, littering, Live Science, Living Waters, National Geographic, plastic, plastic straws, Science (journal), sea turtles, sex chromosomes, Stephen Dunbar, University of Queensland
Apart from their being adorable, what many may not realize is that their motion on the sand is also amazingly efficient. Source
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11Jul 2022 by Post

Is the Law of First Mention a Proper Biblical Hermeneutic?

Apologetics, Bellator Christi, Bible interpretation, Brian Chilton, Christianity, Gospel, Hermeneutic, theology, Theology and Christian Apologetics
By Brian Chilton Recently, Curtis Evelo (Bellator Christi Podcast co-host) told me about a conversation he had with an individual about biblical interpretation. Apparently, the individual held that the wine that Jesus miraculously brought forth out of water in John 4 was merely unfermented grape juice. When asked why he held this view, he contended that to hold that the wine held fermented content was to argue that Jesus was a sinner because wine is said to be a mocker in Proverbs 20:1. Curtis asked him what this had to do with Jesus’s miraculous transformation of water into wine. The unnamed individual then said that he used the law of first mention. According to the law of first mention, the interpreter first examines the initial place where the term or…
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08Jul 2022 by Post

How to Answer Arguments for Abortion | with Frank Turek

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS Have you ever found yourself at a loss for words when confronted by a zealous pro-choice advocate? Or maybe when a friend or co-worker started sharing their thoughts and opinions on abortion you couldn’t think of the right thing to say, so instead of speaking up you just kept silent? Now more than ever we need to effectively make the case for life, but sometimes the task is difficult because abortion is not intellectually complex–it is emotionally complex. Last week, Frank talked about the historic overturning of Roe vs. Wade. This week, he takes the discussion one step further and answers the most common abortion arguments, such as: Theocracy…
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08Jul 2022 by Post

¿Por qué los cristianos deben preocuparse por la lógica?

Andrew Cabrera, Apologética, Cristianismo, Dudas de Dios, Español, Evidencia de Dios, Leyes de logica, Logica para el cristianismo
Por Andrew Cabrera Hace unos años estaba en una fiesta de Navidad y alguien se acercó a mí y empezó a hablarme de mis creencias sobre Dios. En un momento de la conversación hizo la vieja pregunta: “¿Puede Dios hacer una piedra tan pesada que él mismo no pueda levantarla?”. Entre otras cosas, mencioné que la omnipotencia no significa que Dios pueda hacer lo que es lógicamente imposible. Entonces la conversación terminó abruptamente cuando dijo: “No se puede usar la lógica para hablar de Dios. Dios no se rige por la lógica del hombre!”. Luego asintió con la cabeza e inclinó su ala de pollo hacia mí como si dijera “¡Te atrapé!” y se alejó triunfante antes de que yo tuviera la oportunidad de decir una palabra. ¿Tenía razón? ¿Se…
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07Jul 2022 by Post

Where the Abortion Debate Goes from Here

abortion, Americans United for Life, Australia, Catherine Glenn Foster, Center for Human Exceptionalism, Constitution, Culture & Ethics, Discovery Institute, Dobbs v. Jackson, Europe, federal courts, human rights, Humanize, media, Medicine, North America, pro-life movement, public policy, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, United States, Wesley Smith
On a new podcast, host Wesley Smith and guest Catherine Glenn Foster discuss the Dobbs decision. Source
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06Jul 2022 by Post

Marks: Non-Computable You Won’t Achieve Immortality Through an AI Machine

Alan Turing, algorithms, Baylor University, Church-Turing Thesis, computation, computer science, computers, consciousness, Creativity, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, emotion, faith, Faith & Science, future, human exceptionalism, humans, immortality, Intelligent Design, machines, mathematicians, Neuroscience & Mind, Non-Computable You, qualia, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks, sentience, Singularity, speed, spirituality, Turing Machine, understanding, William Dembski
Dreams of achieving immortality by having your consciousness uploaded, merging man and computer in the predicted 2045 “Singularity,” are just that — dreams. Source
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06Jul 2022 by Post

Daniel Prophesied the Timing Of The Messiah

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By Erik Manning How did Jesus see himself? As we learn about Jesus’ Jewish context in the first century, we find that he made some staggering claims. First of all, Jesus spoke constantly about God’s kingdom. The phrase kingdom of God or kingdom of heaven appears more than 100 times in the Gospels. Jesus begins his ministry in Mark by saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is near.” (Mark 1:15) Okay, so what’s the big deal about that? And what does Jesus mean when he says the kingdom of God is “near”? Jesus was assuming that his audience would pick up on the ideas he was laying down. When a first century Jew heard the phrase “the kingdom of God,” their minds likely turned to a…
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