The Question of God

I think this would be interesting to read.

This book undertakes the task of examining the biographies of C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud, to see if the lives they actually led strengthen or weaken their arguments for and against the existence of God.

Thinking Machine Chess

The artwork is an artificial intelligence program, ready to play chess with the viewer. If the viewer confronts the program, the computer's thought process is sketched on screen as it plays. A map is created from the traces of literally thousands of possible futures as the program tries to decide its best move. Those traces become a key to the invisible lines of force in the game as well as a window into the spirit of a thinking machine.

Until now, the thinking of the computer was hidden from the player's view. I remember some game that featured a fast-moving display of what move the computer was thinking out spelled out in chess notation (e.g. d2-d4 d7-d5) so unless you could keep up with the display you couldn't tell what the computer was thinking.

More Time Taken Off for Ill Pets Than Ill Relatives

As the number children decrease, pets take on a new role- that of child. It just goes to show that we all want someone to need us.

"If you have pets, most people would agree they are part of the family and therefore you should do for them what you would do for your children. Harry is like my second child.

"People should only get a pet if they work for animal- friendly employers who are willing to allow time off to care for the animal when it is ill,"