Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Shishir Mehrotra - WinFS beta 1 team meeting
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Scientists Speak Up on Mix of God and Science - New York Times
Could a good scientist believe in God
My answer is YES.... why not?
Do you believe in your mother when she says everything is going to be OK, even though you know it might not be? Of course you do, because there is faith in that being that gave you life.
God is inherently the creator of life, the father of all things, and the universe around us, the way those things work and how do they interact with is each other is how science interprets them.
The behavior of things is simply a close explanation or an approximate answer to the WHY? For instance, Why do this electron bounced differently than this electron at the same speed? Could it be that there is a probabilistic pattern or a distribution of bouncing effects? Of course, we pick an approximate equation e^-x let's say, and then we run with it. A different scientis with find later that temperature is algo a factor so maybe K*e^-xT should be the equation to be used, not the previous one. Closer to reality, still an approximation. Some of those approximations are incredible accurate, but we know as scientists that there are +/- levels of accuracy and uncertainty in our calculations.
God on the other hand, does not need an explanation, God does not need an approximate equation. If you belive in him, God is just there, as God. Why is he there? We think it's because He loves us? That's a question I am going to ask the day I die.... until then, I will try to answer the questions I can answer with facts and reality.
I am totally against people preaching one extreme or the other, the Bible is the book of books, but it cannot explain evolution, relativity, quantum mechanics. The Bible does not have engineering or scientific answers to many questions. The Bible and religion in general, can give you answers for your own personal Life, for your spiritual growth.
I don't think Theologians should be telling science how things work and why? Do I try to answer my tribulations reading any of Knuth's works? Probably not... I may make some analogies but I don't think they quite fit in my daily life.
My answer is YES.... why not?
Do you believe in your mother when she says everything is going to be OK, even though you know it might not be? Of course you do, because there is faith in that being that gave you life.
God is inherently the creator of life, the father of all things, and the universe around us, the way those things work and how do they interact with is each other is how science interprets them.
The behavior of things is simply a close explanation or an approximate answer to the WHY? For instance, Why do this electron bounced differently than this electron at the same speed? Could it be that there is a probabilistic pattern or a distribution of bouncing effects? Of course, we pick an approximate equation e^-x let's say, and then we run with it. A different scientis with find later that temperature is algo a factor so maybe K*e^-xT should be the equation to be used, not the previous one. Closer to reality, still an approximation. Some of those approximations are incredible accurate, but we know as scientists that there are +/- levels of accuracy and uncertainty in our calculations.
God on the other hand, does not need an explanation, God does not need an approximate equation. If you belive in him, God is just there, as God. Why is he there? We think it's because He loves us? That's a question I am going to ask the day I die.... until then, I will try to answer the questions I can answer with facts and reality.
I am totally against people preaching one extreme or the other, the Bible is the book of books, but it cannot explain evolution, relativity, quantum mechanics. The Bible does not have engineering or scientific answers to many questions. The Bible and religion in general, can give you answers for your own personal Life, for your spiritual growth.
I don't think Theologians should be telling science how things work and why? Do I try to answer my tribulations reading any of Knuth's works? Probably not... I may make some analogies but I don't think they quite fit in my daily life.
Politics and Church
I just can't understand why the Christian church in the US is politicized to "Take out" to "Blow up" to do all kinds of non-Christian things. Just because they think a goverment is not what they want.
Check this out: Pat Robertson Calling for Chavez Assasination.... yes Kill him, in the name of God... Jesus said: "Love thy neighbor as you love yourself. " Besides, I bet Pat Robertson does not know anything about the reality of Venezuela and why Chavez is there. I may not agree with Chavez political views, but the democratic process and the people of Venezuela in a great majority have supported this guy in 3 or 4 elections already, and 1 coup-de-etat. I don't think it's Christian to request to kill someone, or push a rebelion or even worst, try to incite an invasion to other country without being a citizen of that country.
What a bunch of BS protesting for abortion and calling "sinners" those who get involved while "KILLING" --- those evil doers--- seems to be no longer a sin.
On a different note, Honduras Catholic Church is preaching for plurality and democracy. Iglesia Catolica y Elecciones en Honduras (spanish).
What then? If the someone that Mr Robertson doesn't like wins the election in Honduras, is Pat Robertson going to incite a "take out" as well?
Check this out: Pat Robertson Calling for Chavez Assasination.... yes Kill him, in the name of God... Jesus said: "Love thy neighbor as you love yourself. " Besides, I bet Pat Robertson does not know anything about the reality of Venezuela and why Chavez is there. I may not agree with Chavez political views, but the democratic process and the people of Venezuela in a great majority have supported this guy in 3 or 4 elections already, and 1 coup-de-etat. I don't think it's Christian to request to kill someone, or push a rebelion or even worst, try to incite an invasion to other country without being a citizen of that country.
What a bunch of BS protesting for abortion and calling "sinners" those who get involved while "KILLING" --- those evil doers--- seems to be no longer a sin.
On a different note, Honduras Catholic Church is preaching for plurality and democracy. Iglesia Catolica y Elecciones en Honduras (spanish).
What then? If the someone that Mr Robertson doesn't like wins the election in Honduras, is Pat Robertson going to incite a "take out" as well?
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Paper accepted.
I got a paper Accepted to "IEEE International Workshop on Performance and Management of Wireless and Mobile Networks" which I think it's in Sidney, Australia. Not bad eh..
I have to wait for CCNC and finish three I have in the back burner....
I have to wait for CCNC and finish three I have in the back burner....
