Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Research
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Nice piece here on a guy with a cochlear implant, Michael Chorost, and the positives of being cyborg. See: eastbayexpress.com | Culture | Hi, I’m Bionic | 2005-06-29 “When you become a cyborg, you’re no less human than you were before,” he says. “You’re differently human.” He’s written a book, Rebuilt : How Becoming Part…
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Paul said (grumped?) that he’d been looking for the D’Aquili and Newberg book but couldn’t find it on sale. So to make his day happier here’s a link to Metanexus’ collection of articles by Andrew Newberg. Andrew Newburg mini-bio here.
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Science and Theology news has a good selection of links this week covering stem cells, cloning, artificial consciousness and a great article about Sister William Julie Hurley. See: Science & Theology News : The Daily Dose: June 17, 2005
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Submitted two revised journal articles in the last week and now, before the final wave of theology essays arrives, I’m going to spend some time shaping the thesis into something that bears a passable representation to its final form. As part of that process I’m making a mini-thesis – like one of the Grove Booklets.…
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Matt and Maggi link through to some interesting stuff about using Augmented Reality (AR) out of the HITL project (NZ / US) for children’s books. I’ve also wondered about the possibilities for shared ritual experiences – that go beyond things like the primitive “CyberSamhain” described here in Erik Davis’ “Techno-pagans” article. Beyond Tomorrow News story…
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Democratic transhumanist James Hughes interviews Lutheran theologian Ted Peters (Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary & Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences) about theology, genetics and humans as created co-creators. Podcast at : Changesurfer Radio: Co-Creator Theology (2005-02-12).
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That’s all I seem to be doing. Taking pieces of my writing apart. Putting it back together again. And again, and again. Really hard not to be too critical of my stuff but rather to continue to see its merits amongst the flaws. Plus, those I’m critiquing start to look more plausible over time. Must…
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Article on “embryo adoption” (“or “embryo donation” in some circles), the practice of couples (often conservative Christians) adopting frozen embryos left over from fertility treatments. See: Stem cell opponents enter fertility crusade – Health & Science – International Herald Tribune.
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Metanexus Institute – Visual Explorations : Earth’s City Lights. This image of Earth’s city lights was created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS). Originally designed to view clouds by moonlight, the OLS is also used to map the locations of permanent lights on the Earth’s surface.
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Science & Theology News : NASA developing human-like robots. The goal of the Ames Research Center is to create a robot that acts, responds and interacts naturally with humans. In order for this to occur, robots must possess traits such as self-awareness and human-awareness.