Volume 6, Issue 5, January 1997

The Human Mind Is Not Replaced

The great mistake of computer enthusiasts is to assume that because these machines have such amazing capabilities they are able to do anything. What they cannot do was pointed out by I.B. Scott, chairperson of CP Rail when he said computers do not have brainwaves. "They never sit up nights wondering 'how come?' or 'what if?' They never have hunches. Despite some progress in our search for artificial intelligence, only the human mind has the power to prove or disprove rules by trying to break them. And only the human mind has the instinct to try."

Though our power to communicate is frequently abused, it can nonetheless be mobilized in the cause of promoting understanding across borders, oceans, and the psychological barriers of differing religions and ideologies. The global village needs its citizens to use their language and communication tools to their best advantage. The object must be to make it a peaceful and successful place, not a world of confusion, trivia and division.

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"Religion NOW" is published in limited edition by the Rev. Ross E. Readhead, B.A., B.D., Certificate of Corrections, McMaster University, in the interest of furthering knowledge and participation in religion. Dialogue is invited and welcomed.