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Theology
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I am Santa Claus. Yes. Whether you believe it or not, and whether you like it or not, I am. Some snort apathetically or with mild amusement. Some insist I'm changing the definitions of words. Most, though, get it. We understand: Santa Claus does Read More
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I recently came across a document by Margaret A Somerville, which presents "The Case Against 'Same-Sex Marriage'". This is, to date, the best argument I've read from opponents of gay marriage. It accounts for the importance of religious perspectives, Read More
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Now we know how the first God created a universe. Thanks to Chris Bradford for directing me to the answer:
http://xkcd.com/505/
Enjoy! :-) Read More
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Observing trends in information technology, some researchers conclude that artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually surpass the brightest human minds and take control of its own evolution. Assuming these researchers are correct, it is in our interest Read More
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Today, I came across a blog post at Mormon Matters, posing the question, "Is the Internet a Urim & Thummim?" This sounds strange to the point of near nonsense, I'm sure, to those of you who are not Mormon. But it does have meaning for Mormons, whose Read More
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I recently received a letter, written neatly by hand and sent through the post (yes, that still happens), from a kind friend with a question regarding the New God Argument. The question and answer are worth sharing here. So, with names removed to protect Read More
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On my way out to a soccer game, my wife anxiously showed me some clips of Dieter F Uchtdorf, second counselor in the first presidency of the LDS Church, speaking to the Relief Society. He expressed some simple powerful ideas that merit regular Read More
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Professionally, I'm a software engineering manager, and the area in which I've done the most work is systems integration, particularly between systems management platforms, which enable network administrators to monitor and control many computers without Read More
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The Faith Position
Abstract: For practical reasons, we should trust that we probably will not go extinct before becoming an advanced civilization.
F1) we probably will not go extinct before becoming an advanced civilization [assumption]
To read a discussion Read More
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The New York Times reports that remembering may be like reliving, from the perspective of the neurons doing the remembering. Remembering neurons appear to behave like they did when first experiencing whatever is being remembered. I wonder, if our brains Read More
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