Category Archives: Ethics

Schedule for the November meeting, “Fifty years of science/faith interaction: A Tribute to Bob Newman”

Posted on October 5, 2021 by David Snoke 15 Comments

To register for this event, go to this link. Friday night, November 5. Dinner for full and contributing members. Contact the organizers for details. Saturday, November 6. Venue: Trinity Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville, Virginia. (For directions see this page.) The event … Continue reading →

Astrophysics, Biblical Interpretation, Ethics, Events

Book Review: An engineering approach to fiction?

Posted on August 31, 2015 by David Snoke Leave a comment

Diary of a Robot, by Lewis Jenkins, (available at Lulu)  clearly bears the stamp that its author has a long history doing engineering in high-tech firms. The book revolves around the question: what is a “good” robot? If I am an engineer and … Continue reading →

AI, Ethics, Mind and Brain, Reviews

Thomas Jefferson’s Creator

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Forrest Mims Leave a comment

Jon Meacham’s “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” (Random House, 2012) is a biography well worth reading. While I would have liked to have read more about Jefferson’s astonishing knowledge and practice of meteorology, archaeology, astronomy, paleontology, architecture, surveying, botany, … Continue reading →

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