Tag: transcendence

A post-apocalyptic New York City with empty roads and bleak atmosphere. Generative AI

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Peter Biles
Date
July 1, 2024

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
Arts and Culture, Beauty, Dystopian, Prayer, religion, transcendence}

A Quiet Place: Two Moments That Stick Out

_{Characters in the dystopian thriller find solace in the transcendent} _{Peter Biles
July 1, 2024

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Arts & Culture}

Those who can connect with a source of meaning beyond the material pain of the world are the ones who will stay alive in body and spirit.

Student, anxiety and woman in busy college campus with depression, sad and mental health problems. Burnout, stress and tired girl thinking about exam, assignment or project deadline at university

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Peter Biles
Date
March 22, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience

Tagged
education, IQ, mind, Neuroscience, transcendence}

Thinking of the “Bigger Picture”

_{New study on how transcendent thinking enhances and improves the brain in adolescents} _{Peter Biles
March 22, 2024

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Neuroscience}

Going beyond worksheets and standardized tests to grapple with “the bigger picture” looks to be the sort of education we all need the most.

Technology, chemistry and science banner design template. Molecule and communication pattern. Connected lines with dots.

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Peter Biles
Date
February 16, 2024

Categorized
Mathematics

Tagged
Afterlife, Einstein, god, Kurt Gödel, Kurt Gödel (belief in God), Mathematics, Oppenheimer, science, transcendence}

Kurt Gödel’s “Incompleteness Theorem”

_{For Kurt Gödel, mathematics pointed to a remarkable world of transcendent order and meaning} _{Peter Biles
February 16, 2024

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Mathematics}

Gödel saw the beauty of numbers and associated them with a transcendent order.

Silhouettes of people observing stars in night sky. Astronomy concept.

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Peter Biles
Date
September 16, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence (AI), C.S. Lewis, Computers, Eric Hedin, god, religion, transcendence}

Another Non-Computable Trait: Spiritual Longing

_{You can't program spiritual longing into a computer, not matter how savvy the algorithm.} _{Peter Biles
September 16, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Why do we feel the drive to make some overarching sense of our lives? You can’t program spiritual longing into a computer, not matter how savvy the algorithm.