Robert J. Marks II quotes

Computers are no more able to create information than iPods are capable of creating music. (Robert J. Marks II)
Saying the Bible is not a book about science is like saying a cookbook is not a book about chemistry. View quote
Robert J. Marks II
[Computer] programs to demonstrate Darwinian evolution are akin to a pinball machine. The steel ball bounces around differently every time but eventually falls down the little hole behind the flippers. View quote
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There is no foundational mathematical or physical reason the relationship between Pythagorean and tempered western music should exist. It just does. The rich flexibility of the tempered scale and the ... bountiful archives of western music are a testimonial to this wonderful coincidence provided by nature. View quote
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Is it wrong to pray for God to make me more successful so that I can be more humble? View quote
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For the record, I don't deserve this. But I have lower back pain and don't deserve that either. (After being listed as one of the twenty most brilliant living Christian Professors. Originally sourced to Jack Benny.) View quote
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Science packages theory, places it on a throne, and honors and protects it much like a queen. Engineers make the queen come down from the throne and scrub the floor. And if she doesn't work, we fire her. View quote
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Actual AI is written with computer code such as Python or C++. "Super-intelligent AI” is written using PowerPoint slides. View quote
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[N]on-algorithmic computing in digital silicon is an oxymoron. View quote
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Given enough time, any algorithm performed on a modern-day computer can be done by the programmer with pencil and paper. View quote
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Can anyone write code to explain to a computer their sensory experience of enjoying hot buttered sweet corn? (Robert J. Marks II)
Engineers actually design things. This is why [many] engineers are interested in the area of intelligent design. View quote
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[S]ome modern [Christian] praise music sung in churches during Sunday worship service is referred to as 7-11 music: seven words repeated eleven times. View quote
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Individual self-sovereignty is a load-bearing pillar on which liberty rests. View quote
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If "knowledge puffs up," then we professors are in ever-present danger of having egos resembling threatened blow fish. View quote
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"Bob Marks is an unbelievably prolific public intellectual." Michael Medved. View quote
Robert J. Marks II