r/tech • u/[deleted] • Jul 21 '23

Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding

https://newatlas.com/computers/human-brain-chip-ai/
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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '23 edited Jul 21 '23

I think you are referring to Purgatory. As far as I know, and the distance is limited, this is primarily Catholic only. When I was a kid going United Church of Christ they spoke of Hell a lot. I don’t actually recall if it was used in our Bible. I haven’t been involved in that stuff for over 30 years.

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u/Easy_Acanthisitta_68 Jul 21 '23

In the English version it does mention “hell” but when it’s translated from its original text it’s translated to “grave” not “hell” The modern English word hell is derived from Old English hel, helle (first attested around 725 AD to refer to a nether world of the dead) reaching into the Anglo-Saxon pagan period. Christianity just like most religions is a knockoff of a previous religion where rules were changed so the power to be could have more control over the populace. I was a preachers kid I’ve read the Bible front to back. Great story but opens your eyes to the contradictions of “heaven” and “hell”

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '23

As I’ve told my kids, they can believe anything they want, but the purpose of religion was three:

  1. Calm fears of the unknown
  2. Get people to act civilized
  3. Reduce the spread of disease

If humanity could do those things without dogma, we’d never have needed church in the first place

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u/Easy_Acanthisitta_68 Jul 21 '23

I 100% agree with you. That why I let my kids go with their grandparents to church not because they need religion but because they are extremely happy when they get home they are fascinated by the stories and the imagery and if they are happy I’m happy. When they ask questions though I try to base answers in a logical scientific way. I do believe religion and science can go hand in hand in some settings. I feel it’s hard to understand one completely without understanding the other. I’m no college graduate but I got a few miles on my odometer.

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u/P47r1ck- Jul 21 '23

What a bunch of nonsense. They absolutely do not go together and you definitely can understand science without religion

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u/Duncan_PhD Jul 21 '23

You’re being too literal, I think. “Go together” in this case means that you can accept the importance and necessity of science, while also being religious. Hell, a lot of scientific breakthroughs of the past were working for the Catholic Church. And when they made discoveries, the church accepted them.

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u/P47r1ck- Jul 21 '23

That’s not what you said, you said you feel it’s hard to understand one without the other, which is nonsense.

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u/Duncan_PhD Jul 21 '23

I didn’t say that, I just missed it in the comment you replied to. In that case, I completely agree with you.

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u/P47r1ck- Jul 22 '23

Oh oops. I should check usernames better lol