In my last post, I expressed some surprise at the fact that I am still a Christian, and that was genuine. But at the same time, I also find it perfectly reasonable and rational to be a Christian. Which, as you can probably imagine, is pretty important to someone who is scientifically inclined. And so I thought it was worth exploring a bit more of why it is that I am a Christian and how that fits in with my methodical approach to, well, just about everything (as my long-suffering wife can attest). An important … [Read more...] about Why I’m (Still) A Christian – Part I
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If that’s where you want to end up, I wouldn’t start here
The poets talk about life as a journey. But that just makes me wonder - in what space are we traveling? What metric can we use to assess distances? What sort of path-finding algorithm should we use? Will there be a giant ball of metaphorical twine along the way? When I was asked to write a bit about my journey, I figured it would be easy; I'm the world's leading expert after all. However, after several attempts, I could never get it to fit into any sort of particularly compelling narrative. It felt like a just-so … [Read more...] about If that’s where you want to end up, I wouldn’t start here