Archive for the ‘god’ Category

"…scriptural violence sanctioned by God can incr…

March 2, 2007

“…scriptural violence sanctioned by God can increase agression, especially in believers.”

Bushman, B. J., Ridge, R. D., Das, E., Key, C. W., & Busath, G. M. (in press). When God sanctions killing; Effect of scriptural violence on aggression. Psychological Science

Edge: THE PANCAKE PEOPLE, OR, "THE GODS ARE POUNDI…

November 17, 2006

Edge: THE PANCAKE PEOPLE, OR, “THE GODS ARE POUNDING MY HEAD”

Lewis Fry Richardson’s answer to the question of creative thinking by machines is a circuit diagram, drawn in the late 1920s and published in 1930, illustrating a self-excited, non-deterministic circuit with two semi-stable states, captioned “Electrical Model illustrating a Mind having a Will but capable of only Two Ideas.”


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