About A Computer Scientist’s Perspective on Chaos and Mystery | Pandemonium Tremendum: Chaos and Mystery in the Life of God [Book Review]
| Authors | Kurtz, Stuart A.; Huchingson, James E. |
|---|---|
| Date | 2002 |
| Publication | Zygon |
| Vol / Pages | Vol. 37 No. 2 pp. 415-420 |
| DOI | 10.1111/0591-2385.00436 |
| URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/0591-2385.00436 |
| Language | en |
Type: Journal Article
Tags: computers, finitude, God, infinity, Metaphysics, order, Thermodynamics
Abstract
Draws on a surprisingly fruitful analogy between metaphysics and thermodynamics, with the latter motivated through the more accessible language of communication theory. In Huchingson's model, God nurtures creation by the selective communication of bits of order that arise spontaneously in chaos. [A]