Time for another collection of articles and other links related to the intersection of technology, ethics, and religion.
I suppose the recent Tesla crash and whether any human was driving is the place to start.
Free article from Giulia Evolvi: “Religion, New Media, and Digital Culture”
Katharine Hayhoe on Evangelicals and climate change
Pure mathematics and writing come out of the same creative space
https://luthscitech.org/covalence-for-april-pseudoscience-is-not-new-but-it-is-still-making-news/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/22/in-our-hurry-to-conquer-nature-and-death-we-have-made-a-new-religion-of-science/
Microsoft’s recent military contract
French military uses robot dog
New York Police Department Deploys Robot Dog, then Decommissions Robot Dog After Backlash
What Skynet? People Trust Computers More Than Humans
https://www.thetechedvocate.org/ai-makes-room-for-innovation-by-automating-it-tasks/
David Brin on how AI will be used in the next decade
Scientists implant and then reverse false memories
Science: Neither a Big Box of Facts Nor a Big Cloud of Hot Air
Can AI help slow future pandemics?
Using humor rather than scorn to fight science-denial
Drone delivery: early reports of customer satisfaction
Will the crucible of virtual ministry transform the church or be put aside?
NASA’s search for life beyond Earth
Real-life planetary defense gamified
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/03/29/can-anyone-explain-this-pandemic-fueled-christian-propaganda-film-to-me/
https://www.thetechedvocate.org/immersive-learning-takes-students-out-of-the-classroom/
https://www.episcopalcafe.com/a-call-to-prayer/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-call-to-prayer
Why MRNA vaccines can’t change your genome
Human-animal chimeras were in the news recently.
I’m not worried about what to do if students start a Discord server for my class. I’m wondering why more faculty aren’t starting these themselves!
Open Access: The case for not hiding our scientific and other research behind a paywall
https://claireclivaz.hypotheses.org/2323
https://sciblogs.co.nz/bioblog/2021/04/14/evidence-vs-spin/
What monkeys can teach humans about resilience after disaster
On the risk of dumbing down science in seeking to convey its key conclusions to a wider audience
New NASA visualization probes the light-bending dance of binary black holes
NASA Webb Telescope to study young exoplanets
Discovering Eurybates’ Satellite
Futureproof and the impact of technology on academia
On the need of academics to share their insights on social media
Ashley Lytle, Stevens Institute of Technology – In-Shoe Sensors and Robot Companions
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