On God and Creation
I have some logical points to make about God's creation of the world.
First off, let's get the initial formalities out of the way: the existence of God. Recently, Ar Tonelico 2 was announced for a December 2008 release stateside. This alone is sufficient proof of a very benevolent supreme being. But that's not really what I'm getting at, I'm here today to talk about creation.
No, not about whether or not it happened, I'm talking about how it happened. Specifically, the question raised in the webcomic XKCD: What language did God code the universe in?
To ansewer this question, I will be quoting from the King James version of the Bible.
To start:
This is a little ambiguous, but at least its clear that in the very beginning there was a sort of word. In most languages, this would indicate the presence of libraries. Whether these libraries were actually a part of the divine Programmer is a matter for varying translations.
Moving on, the book of Genesis states:
What can we glean from this? Well, ifwe take into account that a good portion of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew Poetry, we can figure out that "Let there be light" is a poetic way of depicting the following command:
Additionally, we note that there was light immediately after Godimported the library. Clearly, he was typing into an interpreter of sorts which would execute the program as he was writing it: this rules out languages like C++. This is repeated throughout the chapter; the term "and it was so" is repeated after each command God inputs: the program is being interpreted, compiled, and executed as it is being written.
But what is the nature of this interpreter? We have to infer this, but it becomes clear from a later passage in Genesis:
Here Eve speaks to a serpent. It is clear from the passage that Eve understood the serpent perfectly. As parceltongue is not real and humans cannot normally understand serpents and snakes, obviously there was something making the snake intelligible. And I contend that, given the context, this is our missing link. Eve could speak to the snake through the very same python interpreter that God had used to code the universe.
Therefore, given the evidence, it becomes overwhelmingly clear that the universe was written in Python.
I've always said it was an angelic language.
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First off, let's get the initial formalities out of the way: the existence of God. Recently, Ar Tonelico 2 was announced for a December 2008 release stateside. This alone is sufficient proof of a very benevolent supreme being. But that's not really what I'm getting at, I'm here today to talk about creation.
No, not about whether or not it happened, I'm talking about how it happened. Specifically, the question raised in the webcomic XKCD: What language did God code the universe in?
To ansewer this question, I will be quoting from the King James version of the Bible.
To start:
| John 1 wrote: |
| 1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
This is a little ambiguous, but at least its clear that in the very beginning there was a sort of word. In most languages, this would indicate the presence of libraries. Whether these libraries were actually a part of the divine Programmer is a matter for varying translations.
Moving on, the book of Genesis states:
| Genesis 1 wrote: |
| 3: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. |
What can we glean from this? Well, ifwe take into account that a good portion of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew Poetry, we can figure out that "Let there be light" is a poetic way of depicting the following command:
| Code: |
| import light |
Additionally, we note that there was light immediately after Godimported the library. Clearly, he was typing into an interpreter of sorts which would execute the program as he was writing it: this rules out languages like C++. This is repeated throughout the chapter; the term "and it was so" is repeated after each command God inputs: the program is being interpreted, compiled, and executed as it is being written.
But what is the nature of this interpreter? We have to infer this, but it becomes clear from a later passage in Genesis:
| Genesis 3 wrote: |
| 1: Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2: And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. |
Here Eve speaks to a serpent. It is clear from the passage that Eve understood the serpent perfectly. As parceltongue is not real and humans cannot normally understand serpents and snakes, obviously there was something making the snake intelligible. And I contend that, given the context, this is our missing link. Eve could speak to the snake through the very same python interpreter that God had used to code the universe.
Therefore, given the evidence, it becomes overwhelmingly clear that the universe was written in Python.
I've always said it was an angelic language.
______________________________________________________
Boring Stuff: Seriously, AR TONELICO 2!
I installed Ubuntu, and am now happily dual-booting my system. Linux is a nice, powerful operating system, but it's in no way user-friendly. I've started using it pretty much constantly while I learn to program, and I'm having a lot of fun learning the numerous ins and outs. Still, it's not at all something I would reccommend to anyone who's not at least an intermediate-level computer user. Without the omnipresent aid of Google, I'd be totally and completely sunk.
I now have clear experience with every major modern OS, and my ideas remain unchanged: in terms of stability, support, customizability, usability, and interface, Windows Vista is the clear victor.
My brother moved back home after getting his Computer Science Degree from UCSD. and he's been using his vast technical knowledge to make life better for everyone in the house. By "using his vast technical knowledge" I mean "suggesting we use two routers to unify our network, then play Mario Kart while I engineer the methods and iron out the problems."I love my brother, and I'm certainly not complaining, but he's the official computer engineer around here, so why am I the one doing all the technical work? I've barely got through my first year of Electrical Engineering...
I'm trying to get back into anime. If you, kind reader, have paid attention to my ramblingls for this long, I thank you. I am loathe to ask a favor at this point, but could you please leave some reccommendations for anime in the comments? Specifically, pretty clean stuff. I don't care about the genre. Thank you!
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