Mitch Trachtenberg

1 week ago | medium.com | Mitch Trachtenberg |Ben Ulansey

Or, how do we know what is conscious? You’ve probably heard of Alan Turing’s “imitation game,” often called the Turing test. Turing is the British mathematician who led World War 2 codebreaking efforts that contributed substantially to the Allied victory. He was also homosexual, for which he was prosecuted and chemically castrated by his government in 1952, leading to his possible suicide in 1954. But I digress.

2 months ago | medium.com | Mitch Trachtenberg |Ben Ulansey

Member-only storyAnd the LORD said … see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. (Exodus 4:21 KJV)Mitch Trachtenberg·FollowPublished inThought Thinkers·3 min read·--Death of the Firstborn, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1872 (public domain)Since well before the time of Jesus, Jews have celebrated their liberation from Egypt by retelling the Passover story presented in the Old Testament.