Almost 20 years after IBM's Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in chess, Google's AlphaGo has proven superior at the game of Go. If you are unfamiliar with the relative complexity of the two games, know that each achievement employed cutting edge artificial intelligence research. Now consider how far computers have come in two decades in general; for reference, Google was still over a year away from being founded when the chess match took place. The primary challenge with Go is the astronomical number of possibilities; … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Go with God
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Fifth Sunday of Lent (Prayer)
On Sundays during Lent and Easter, the Emerging Scholars Network will share collects from The Book of Common Prayer and prayer requests from Emerging Scholars*. Scholar's Compass will continue, but will appear on weekdays instead of Sundays. … [Read more...] about Fifth Sunday of Lent (Prayer)
The Passion and the Punctuated Day
We are again privileged to have a guest post from Kevin Birth, an anthropology professor at Queens College with expertise on the history of time. His other contributions to the ESN blog can be found here and a series on his book "Objects of Time" can be found here. His previous 2016 post on Lent and time is here. Open up a datebook and day planner, and look at the empty boxes just waiting to be filled. They are all the same size, the same shape, and they convey a sense of time as being made up of containers to be … [Read more...] about The Passion and the Punctuated Day
Fourth Sunday of Lent (Prayer)
As Lent continues, ESN will share collects from The Book of Common Prayer and prayer requests. Scholar's Compass will continue, but will appear on weekdays instead of Sundays. Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Book of Common Prayer Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which giveth life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. … [Read more...] about Fourth Sunday of Lent (Prayer)
Third Sunday of Lent (Prayer)
As Lent continues, ESN will share collects from The Book of Common Prayer and prayer requests. Scholar's Compass will continue, but will appear on weekdays instead of Sundays. … [Read more...] about Third Sunday of Lent (Prayer)