by Kevin Bauder | Sep 15, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Technology, What We're Reading, Worship
Christians have always needed an interconnected set of virtues in order to pray well. Virtues refer to character traits, but character traits can be good or bad; we refer to these, respectively, as virtues and vices. . . . [O]ur new technologies tend to promote...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 19, 2017 | Affections, Anthropology, Civility, Conservatism, Culture, Epistemology, Hamartiology, Logic and Argumentation, Philosophy, Science, Secularism, Social Issues, Technology
Richard Weaver was one of the three or four most important founders of modern conservatism. His Ideas Have Consequences is probably the most important work in defining a conservative outlook. His notion of “metaphysical dream” is priceless. The Imaginative...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 4, 2017 | Art and Literature, Culture, Philosophy, Technology
Should the novel be redefined to include serial cable television? Erik P. Hoel addresses the problem of fiction in an age of screens. His essay interacts with the work of several media critics, including David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. This is an important...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 14, 2017 | Documents, Downloads, Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy, Science, Technology
. . . By a scientist. Austin L. Hughes challenges the myth that science explains everything. Download the PDF from The New Atlantis.
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 25, 2016 | General Information, Technology
Every machinist knows that metal has a grain. The reason is because metal has a crystalline structure. You can watch metal crystals forming in a remarkable time-lapse video by Emanuele Fornasier. God certainly made a fascinating world.
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 29, 2016 | Bioethics, Technology
Yup. That’s right. A procedure approved only in the UK. A US team. In Mexico. Brave New World? Read at the New Scientist.
