This Simpsons joke about Catholic v Protestant heaven is welded into my brain, especially because in the narrative of the show Catholic heaven is meant to be undesirable despite Christ himself preferring it
Between the Brewers and the Rays they’re setting an example to everyone else. They’re doing it without money, with fundamentals, defense, pitching and a great manager and pitching coach to lead the guys.
Intelligence must draw on memory. The mind must not simply compile data — as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can — but recall lived experiences, which contain depths of meaning that only the human soul can recognize, and connect more deeply with the goodness of these experiences. Everything that is good begins “with the Spirit” and thus possesses a breath, a dynamism and a sense of communion that, once experienced, are engraved upon the heart. https://t.co/Ij21tkb3qT
Call me woke or whatever but I don’t think children watching baseball should be subjected to boner pill commercial, Sydney Sweeney naked gambling ad, Liberty Bibberty, and even more gambling ads every single commercial break
Hartford Athletic is exploring a renovation of Trinity Health Stadium that could add thousands of seats, expand suites and address what the professional soccer club’s chairman calls a major drag on revenue: rain.
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In an age dominated by technology, in which efficiency and profit often take precedence, it is so important that we continue to cultivate a spirit of contemplation and allow time and space for beauty. Such an attitude will greatly help humanity, especially young people, to discover the ability of art to uplift and reveal the depths of the human spirit and our openness to the divine. Contemplation presents a marvelous opportunity to encounter the God who is Beauty.
Hard to believe we’re debating “when to introduce your kids to AI.” Developing brains don’t need exposure to the machine that writes & thinks for you. They need to experience friction, they need to attempt things and fail. They need to be literate, independent and free.
The fact Anthropic thought it could convince Christian theologians that its programmers could create a machine with a soul is the only story you need to hear to know to avoid the IPO.