Scott Hurd

Dec 20, 2024 | namibian.com.na | Scott Hurd

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Nov 7, 2024 | ncronline.org | Scott Hurd

In Jesus' parable of the , a traveler encounters a man beaten by robbers and left for dead by the roadside. Moved with pity, the traveler stopped to help, unlike others who had passed him by. In Jesus' telling, it's very much a first-century story: The traveler rode a donkey, poured oil and wine on the injured man's wounds, and paid an innkeeper with a handful of coins to look after him. A 21st-century version would have different details. The traveler might be whizzing by on an e-bike.

Sep 3, 2024 | ncronline.org | Scott Hurd

In the fifth Harry Potter book, Professor Dumbledore is alarmed that Voldemort can enter Harry's mind to extract his feelings and memories. To protect him, Dumbledore enlists Snape to instruct Harry in the art of Occlumency, the "magical defense of the mind against external penetration." Given their prickly relationship, the lessons go poorly, and Harry's mind is left vulnerable to one with sinister intentions.

May 10, 2024 | ncronline.org | Scott Hurd |Valentine Benjamin

"We can rebuild him. We have the technology!"Kids in the '70s heard these words opening each episode of "The Six Million Dollar Man": a show about an astronaut named Steve who, through nuclear-powered bionics implanted after a tragic accident, had superhuman strength, speed and vision. He became a secret government agent, and the bad guys always got caught.

Apr 5, 2024 | flipboard.com | Scott Hurd

Hope for an AI doomer: 'Laudato Si' ' responds to today's technology with promiseEditor's note: This is the second of a two-part series on Laudato Si' and artificial intelligence. You can read the first part here. Today's …