Google as God
From the American Atheist zine comes an interesting article “Google As God: A Theology of Information Technology” (in PDF). The world’s most famous Internet company has never claimed to be god. Unlike the classically understood ‘uncreated creator,’ Google’s giant brain is hosted on an estimated half-million servers, is invented by humans, and remains contingent upon us. … Its stated higher purpose is to “organize the world’s information and...
Read MoreStudy shows Iran is more peaceful than Israel
Via Haaretz: A study of the world’s most peaceful countries released yesterday ranks Israel as fourth to last among the 144 countries ranked. According to the Global Peace Index, an annual ranking of the world’s nations on the basis of how peaceful they are, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq are the only countries more dangerous than Israel. This year the index was expanded to 144 countries. It now includes almost 99% of the world’s population. The index is constructed from 23...
Read MoreThe Battle for Jerusalem
[Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, burn a garbage dumpster on the 6th of June in 2009 during a protest against a Jerusalem municipality decision to open a parking lot on Shabbat.] These images are beautifully striking. Though, there are surely many orthodox Jews in Israel, its also strangely has a higher percentage of those who consider themselves nonbelievers, than one might naturally...
Read MoreStem Cell Contact Lenses Cure Blindness in Less Than a Month
Stem cells rock! Three Australians have had their sight restored thanks to their own stem cells and ordinary contact lenses. Although the novel technique was used to reverse blinding corneal disease, it promises to be a quick, painless and cheap treatment for other visual disorders. It may even be useful for repairing damaged skin, the researchers reported today in the journal Transplantation. The team leader, UNSW stem cell scientist Nick Di Girolamo said: “We’re quietly excited. We...
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