David Harwood

Retired from academic computer science:
Comp. vision & linguistics, AI, ML, cognitive/neuro-science. GNT Papyrus 75
Married. Follow-ups are not endorsements.

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@pmddomingos I'm waiting for them to do a beam search, with a smart heuristic function.

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@CatholicSOTC B16's interest in Tyconius' ancient commentary on Revelation and on the Great Apostasy is very topical.
Read the article.

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@pmddomingos Are they going to need an AI "proof assistant" to check their proofs after formalizing them? Would this become standard for pre-publication?

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@TeslaAIBot Is Optimus going to be able to leash the dog with a standard leash, then take it for a walk, and clean up after it? Can it handle usual interactions and problems?

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@ShaneSchaetzel But when the Son of Man comes again, will he find any faith? I think the Bishops, many of them, have lost their faith, and have become morally corrupt as well. The two go together.

[Catholic Christendom @shiningsweu]

"Leo XIV Had a “Rigorous and Progressive” Formation

Time magazine has published an article describing the Pope’s formative years at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. It was an educational center strongly tilted toward progressivism, where efforts were made to erase the distinction between professors and students and where the ordination of women was openly defended.

The once-prestigious magazine Time has dedicated an interesting article to the Pope’s formative years. Titled “The Making of an American Pope,” the piece delves into Leo XIV’s life before his election — from his childhood to his cardinalate, including his entry into the Augustinian order, his years of theological and canonical studies, his time in the missions, and his episcopate.

The magazine is not exactly an authority on ecclesiastical matters and often shows that it does not understand them very well, but the article includes a series of interesting facts about the life trajectory of the current Roman Pontiff. Perhaps the most striking part is the one concerning his theological studies, carried out in the 1980s — a time when the post-conciliar upheavals had already completely transformed the formation of religious in much of the world.
After making his perpetual vows in 1981, Robert Prevost was sent to Chicago to pursue his theological studies. Both he and other Augustinian students studied at the Catholic Theological Union, a center known for its radical progressivism.
The Union had been founded by Franciscans, Passionists, and Servites in 1968 and quickly became one of the reference institutions of North American ecclesiastical progressivism. Already in the 1970s, a large part of the professors and students at the Catholic Theological Union showed firm support for the priestly ordination of women. In 1976, a meeting of the Women’s Ordination Conference was held at the center itself. In 1981, the year Prevost began studying there, several students agreed to wear a blue ribbon on the day of their ordination to advocate for women’s ordination. This last event was one of the factors that prompted the Vatican’s investigation of North American universities.
According to Time, at that time the Catholic Theological Union was notable because both religious and laypeople studied there, including women, and “the center had female professors and a rabbi on its faculty.” This “mix of cultures, genders, and religious orders, as well as the absence of hierarchy — professors were called by their first names — made it a fascinating place.”

Sister Dianne Bergant, a specialist in the historical-critical method, feminist exegesis, and interreligious dialogue, was the young Augustinian’s Old Testament professor. The nun retains idyllic memories of the Union, which “in a sense, was the best a religious community can be,” because she does not recall her male colleagues ever “looking down on her for being a woman.” A few months ago, Sister Dianne stated in an interview that “before women are ordained, married men will be ordained,” and that there will be women deacons.

The female influence on the future Pope must have been significant and went beyond the classroom. There was a custom for each student to choose a spiritual director, and Robert Prevost chose a nun, Sister Lyn Osiek. She describes him as “quiet and serene,” since “nothing seemed to disturb him. He was a person who was truly at peace with himself.” Sister Lyn is known in the United States for her feminist interpretation of Scripture and Church history, based on the idea that women’s religious activity (including their ordained ministry) has been systematically silenced by men.

The future Pope’s male professors also appear to have been markedly progressive. For example, according to Time, there were two currents of Christology: one taught by a disciple of Karl Rahner and another by a disciple of Edward Schillebeeckx (whom Time calls a “respected theologian,” while noting that
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[The Woolshire @thewoolshire]

When we first started many didn’t believe it could be done. An all American made organic pillow with real American wool. We were told American wool was a dying industry and that we weren’t big enough to meet order minimums for American grown organic cotton. We were told that bootstrapping (literally building everything from scratch without any real funds) wasn’t going to be possible.

I thank God for our stubbornness and our belief that you can do whatever you put your mind to. We put our heads down and have busted our asses to get to where we are.

We now have our very own wool mill (1960s American made machinery to vertically integrate) and our own property with a sew shop and a space for wool processing.

This is just the beginning and you can expect big things from The Woolshire going forward. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your love, prayers, and support.

Happy 3 year birthday, Woolshire.

[Trad West @trad_west_]

"Anyone who really wants the truth, ends up at Jesus."

- Johnny Cash

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