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The O'Hara Principle: AI and Artificial Certainty
It was a sad day when we heard Catherine O'Hara had passed away. But AI told me not to worry.
2 days ago8 min read
Five surprising things I’m actually not trying to do or say here at all!
Yes, I know it looks like what I'm doing here is creating a website. After all, I'm creating a website. But don't misunderstand me. The website isn't really the point.
Sep 174 min read
I thought I was visiting an author's website, but — whoosh — suddenly I was in dark room talking to the cleaner who told me he was the Keyholder, and he didn't know much more…
What in the world…? The Stage Door was only the beginning. There's an unfolding rabbit warren of possibilities by the look of it. According to the Keyholder, he doesn't know, and you'll need to see the Architect. But no one's seen the Architect.
Sep 111 min read
Beyond the Stage Door…
Where you wander and are held
Six months from now, on a dull day, when someone stumbles through the Stage Door into Chapter Seventeen, thinking — Where am I?
16 hours ago3 min read
The plan so far: Chapter Seventeen
I'm thinking aloud about Chapter Seventeen, but you're welcome to listen or read, climb in or create, write or study, collaborate or unplug — and carry on doing all the same things in the real world…
Sep 268 min read
Five surprising things I’m actually not trying to do or say here at all!
Yes, I know it looks like what I'm doing here is creating a website. After all, I'm creating a website. But don't misunderstand me. The website isn't really the point.
Sep 174 min read
Thinking Aloud…
Gordon, the Sofa
It’s amazing how you can look at an ordinary sofa and automatically find yourself thinking of three sitcoms and the Muppet Show.
1 day ago2 min read
Notes on Artificial Certainty: AI, Faith, and What We Think We Know - But Was It Only Hearsay?
Just notes on certainty and hearsay, as I thnk aloud about how artificial intelligence shows us more than we wanted to see about what we're full of.
1 day ago5 min read
SpicyGingerBiscuits, Pilot Lights, and Router Theology
When I got a new mobile router, I was staring at Spicy Ginger Biscuits. The whole thing got me started on memories of 1980s Olympic-style evangelism. That's technology for you.
1 day ago2 min read
Bible and theology-related…
Notes on Artificial Certainty: AI, Faith, and What We Think We Know - But Was It Only Hearsay?
Just notes on certainty and hearsay, as I thnk aloud about how artificial intelligence shows us more than we wanted to see about what we're full of.
1 day ago5 min read
Notes on AI, theology, imagination, and the origins that might make the difference
You get knocked over by a wave. It was 5ft. No, sorry, 50ft. No, sorry, 50,000ft… or like Job. At what point is the hurt such that the scale isn't the point. Oh, and AI.
Sep 244 min read
Four more metaphorical mechanisms for the shelf in the shed: Hezekiah
The way I think about things like this — like Hezekiah's story — is like walking around a shed filled with metaphorical mechanisms. But then, my grandfather was a toolmaker.
Sep 185 min read
Breaking the Fourth Wall…
SpicyGingerBiscuits, Pilot Lights, and Router Theology
When I got a new mobile router, I was staring at Spicy Ginger Biscuits. The whole thing got me started on memories of 1980s Olympic-style evangelism. That's technology for you.
1 day ago2 min read
The plan so far: Chapter Seventeen
I'm thinking aloud about Chapter Seventeen, but you're welcome to listen or read, climb in or create, write or study, collaborate or unplug — and carry on doing all the same things in the real world…
Sep 268 min read
Five surprising things I’m actually not trying to do or say here at all!
Yes, I know it looks like what I'm doing here is creating a website. After all, I'm creating a website. But don't misunderstand me. The website isn't really the point.
Sep 174 min read
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