Category: God
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Do you believe in God? (yes, it matters for everything)
People like to believe that their beliefs regarding metaphysical or philosophical problems is something that matters only for after midnight discussions with friends over wine. But they are wrong. From discussing politics, to analyzing the brain. From creating math, to pondering on philosophy. From watching the stars, to exploring in the deepest cave. It all…
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A mind anticipating everything… A human mind… God’s mind.
Scientists have shown how the brain anticipates all of the new situations that it may encounter in a lifetime by creating a special kind of neural network that is ‘pre-adapted’ to face any eventuality. A study shows that a seemingly miraculous pre-adaptation comes from connections between neurons that form recurrent loops where inputs can rebound…
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Give me an office with a view! [The lust for the infinite in everyday terms]
We all like to work in an office with a view! We all like staring at the ocean! We all like watching the stars! It seems obvious and yet it is difficult to explain. Why do we lust for a good view? Why do we seek the openness of the sea instead seeing a nice……
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Believing in God. Losing. Being true. (no, He will NOT save you! And that is a good thing!)
People believe in God because they believe He will save them. Because they believe He will make their lives better. But God does not do that. His own son died and suffered. God simply exists. And loves us. Death is here. Misery is here. We just have to understand what “here” is… Losing and suffering…
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Bayesian statistics and the role of God in Science.
Statistics may not sound like the most heroic of pursuits. But if not for statisticians, a Long Island fisherman might have died in the Atlantic Ocean after falling off his boat early one morning last summer. The man owes his life to a once obscure field known as Bayesian statistics — a set of mathematical…
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