God and Gamesmanship

Norbert Wiener has recently pointed out that the relation between God and man, according to orthodox Jewish and Christian theology, is analogous to the relation between men and ‘intelligent' machines. God is supposed to have created man just as man has created (or ‘manufactured') machines....

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Main Author: Struckmeyer, Frederick R. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1971]
In: Religious studies
Year: 1971, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 233-243
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