Welcome back to our Sci-Fi Film Festival. This week, I continue my conversation with Mike Beidler about The Matrix as we chat about vocation and Christ figures. You can find the first half of the conversation here, including details about Mike's own red pill awakening on matters of science and his thoughts on using storytelling as an invitation to deeper reflection. … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Talking The Matrix with Mike Beidler (Pt 2)
The Matrix
Science Corner: Talking The Matrix with Mike Beidler (Pt 1)
Welcome back to the Emerging Scholars Network Sci-Fi Film Festival! We took a little hiatus, but we're back to our conversations on various classic and current science fiction movies. Feel free to watch along and join the conversation. This week's film is another 20-year-old classic from 1999: The Matrix. I'm joined once again by retired U.S. Navy commander (thanks for your service) and American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) & BioLogos affiliate Mike Beidler. Mike previously joined us to discuss The Phantom Menace, a … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Talking The Matrix with Mike Beidler (Pt 1)
Is Reality Secular? Part 2
What is real? . . . If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain (43) Material Naturalism With the above quote from The Matrix (1999), Mary Poplin introduces Part 2 of Is Reality Secular? What is the nature of reality? (Post on part 1). Morpheus' words and the exploration of Material Naturalism bring back memories not only of a decade of conversation at Carnegie Mellon University as an InterVarsity Campus … [Read more...] about Is Reality Secular? Part 2
Science in Review – October 2012
As you may or may not have noticed (and if you haven't, just play along; it'll make me feel better), I've been posting a science link of the week every Wednesday over on the ESN Facebook wall. Facebook seems like a good place for some empirical experimentation; it provides a Wall against which to throw things to see if they stick. By its nature, it's a bit ephemeral. That's great if something doesn't work; before too long it drifts down the screen out of sight, and thus out of mind. But if something was … [Read more...] about Science in Review – October 2012