Before becoming Orthodox I attended Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship in Vancouver.
There a Computer Science Prof- also named Mark (Greenstreet I think?), he was the first to help me out with this (I was taking logic at the time):
he said, he asks his students how small the computer chip could get, still containing ample space for computing memory (or something like that; I forget the exact question).
It was a multiple choice question:
A) Really small and no smaller
B) Infinitely small.
He said his first years always more than half chose (B).
He said, "you see? Modern people believe in Magic!"
ha!
Glad to be here, Father. Grateful evermore for your geekiness!
On the one hand, the geek in me wants to feel superior to those who mistakenly believe in magic. The Orthodox in me, on the other hand, is simultaneously delighted that they DO believe in magic, and mourning that their belief in the supernatural is misplaced and limited to science and tech - and hopefully also sincerely distressed by my own pride manifested in my geeky feelings of superiority.
I also remember vividly that first conversation. And I still love King David. If I can ever find a way to justify shoehorning an arc about him into my Geek
Oh, drat! I accidentally deleted your comment, Mark! I meant to delete mine and repost it because I accidentally posted it before I was done writing it, but then I accidentally selected the wrong note - yours, which was why there was only delete and not edit!
There doesn’t seem to be a way to undelete your comment, but here’s my comment that I wrote in reply:
I also remember vividly that first conversation. And I still love King David. If I can ever find a way to justify shoehorning an arc about him into my Geek Orthodox podcasts, I will!
Question:
do you know how i might edit my "comments" section, to show "replies", without having to click on them?
see comments here, for example:
https://manorthey.substack.com/p/introductions
thanks Father!
Amen!
Before becoming Orthodox I attended Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship in Vancouver.
There a Computer Science Prof- also named Mark (Greenstreet I think?), he was the first to help me out with this (I was taking logic at the time):
he said, he asks his students how small the computer chip could get, still containing ample space for computing memory (or something like that; I forget the exact question).
It was a multiple choice question:
A) Really small and no smaller
B) Infinitely small.
He said his first years always more than half chose (B).
He said, "you see? Modern people believe in Magic!"
ha!
Glad to be here, Father. Grateful evermore for your geekiness!
yours;
-mb
That’s an awesome story! So true.
On the one hand, the geek in me wants to feel superior to those who mistakenly believe in magic. The Orthodox in me, on the other hand, is simultaneously delighted that they DO believe in magic, and mourning that their belief in the supernatural is misplaced and limited to science and tech - and hopefully also sincerely distressed by my own pride manifested in my geeky feelings of superiority.
Such a good story… Thanks for sharing it.
I also remember vividly that first conversation. And I still love King David. If I can ever find a way to justify shoehorning an arc about him into my Geek
I look forward to that day, Father!
It jogs another beloved memory of you: Not so geeky (sorry): but the Father by camp Firelight, telling bible stories to the children...
you got me all inspired to polish up my own familiarity with the great OT stories,
which I now tell both my own children and my students (doing the latter- due to violence- is some of what got me into trouble I think :(
God is good;
-mb
Oh, drat! I accidentally deleted your comment, Mark! I meant to delete mine and repost it because I accidentally posted it before I was done writing it, but then I accidentally selected the wrong note - yours, which was why there was only delete and not edit!
There doesn’t seem to be a way to undelete your comment, but here’s my comment that I wrote in reply:
I also remember vividly that first conversation. And I still love King David. If I can ever find a way to justify shoehorning an arc about him into my Geek Orthodox podcasts, I will!
ah no worries!
A favourite quote from St. Innocent after the fire: "well it would all have burned up in the Apocalypse anyways. "
:)
It was probably God telling me to get back to work on my report cards...