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Science in Review: A Droid in Every Garage

June 6, 2018 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

Droid L3-37 from Solo: A Star Wars Story

This week's discussion covers some specific, spoiler-y details from Solo: A Star Wars Story. Proceed accordingly. Last week we took a look at how Solo: A Star Wars Story interrogates the role of spaceships and interstellar travel in the Galactic Empire. The abstract concept of transportation (as opposed to specific transportation technology) is not an obvious theme for science fiction, but artificially intelligent robots are. What it does with ships, Solo also does for droids, taking a ubiquitous feature of the … [Read more...] about Science in Review: A Droid in Every Garage

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: film, free will, movies, Robots, science, science in review, star wars

Science in Review: Just Gotta Get Right Outta Here

May 30, 2018 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

Photo of Han Solo and Chewbacca in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon from Solo: A Star Wars Story

This reflection on the themes of Solo: A Star Wars Story tries to avoid spoilers, but as always feel free to wait until you've seen the movie if you want to know nothing about it when watching. "Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?" "It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs." With those lines, Han Solo and ultimately George Lucas stirred up a controversy still brewing 40 years later. Han's boast sounds impressive, but when you find out a parsec is a unit of distance, not … [Read more...] about Science in Review: Just Gotta Get Right Outta Here

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: film, movies, science, science fiction, science in review, star wars

Science in Review: Thor, Thanos and Theology

May 2, 2018 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

Photo of Thor from Avengers: Infinity War

The following is a reflection on superhero storytelling inspired by Avengers: Infinity War. I have done my best to avoid spoilers, but if you know nothing about the film's story and want to keep it that way until you see it, you may wish to save this for later. What does it look like to have a theology but not a religion? The answer may now be showing at a theater near you. Avengers: Infinity War, the 19th and latest installment in Marvel's ambitious serial storytelling project, advances the metaphysical aspirations … [Read more...] about Science in Review: Thor, Thanos and Theology

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: Avengers: Infinity War, comics, film, movies, science, science in review, storytelling, superheroes

Science in Review: Dig the Future of Natural History

January 31, 2018 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

A crab on the beach

"This isn't science!" Apparently that was a common refrain at the science bowl my son participated in last week. The event is normally held at the Carnegie Science Center, a typical modern hands-on institution heavy on technology like robotics and interactive computer exhibits and also physics demonstrations and experiments. This year the science bowl was at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the kind of scientific institution built a century ago to study and display fossils, field specimens of living organisms, … [Read more...] about Science in Review: Dig the Future of Natural History

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: biodiversity, biogeography, citizen science, conservation, science, science in review

Science in Review: Decision-Making A Long Time Ago and in a Future Not Far Away

December 20, 2017 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

I introduced my reflections on the AI and Christianity essay series by J. Nathan Matias et al with a quote from Star Wars, so it is fitting (if thoroughly unplanned) to return to a galaxy far, far away to conclude my thoughts on the topic. The following will have some spoilers for The Last Jedi, but after I saw it I realized its themes were too relevant to pass up. While there is no AI per se in the film, the story is all about decisions, who gets to make them, and how they get made. In that sense, it overlaps strongly … [Read more...] about Science in Review: Decision-Making A Long Time Ago and in a Future Not Far Away

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: AI and Christianity series, artificial intelligence, decision making, science, science in review, star wars

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