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Reconstructing the Star Knowledge of Aboriginal Tasmanians [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
The canopy of stars is a central presence in the daily and spiritual lives of Aboriginal Tasmanians. With the arrival of European colonists, Tasmanian astronomical knowledge and traditions were interrupted and dispersed. Fragments can be found scattered in the ethnographic and historical record throughout the nineteenth century.
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Sabbath Day Home Automation: "It's Like Mixing Technology and Religion" [PDF]

arXiv, 2007
We present a qualitative study of 20 American Orthodox Jewish families' use of home automation for religious purposes. These lead users offer insight into real-life, long-term experience with home automation technologies. We discuss how automation was seen by participants to contribute to spiritual experience and how participants oriented to the use of
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Paradox in physics, the consistency of inconsistency [PDF]

arXiv, 2008
Paradoxes are a very frequent phenomenon in processes of thought which strive towards the intelectual and cognitive shifts. They occur in all areas of human spiritual activites. What we are interested here in, are the paradoxes in physics. We will try to give the answers to the questions such as: What are the reasons for developing the paradox in ...
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An ethnoarithmetic excursion into the Javanese calendar [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
A perpetual calendar, a calendar designed to find out the day of the week for a given date, employs a rich arithmetical calculation using congruence. Zeller's congruence is a well-known algorithm to calculate the day of the week for any Julian or Gregorian calendar date. Another rather infamous perpetual calendar has been used for nearly four centuries
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GRAVITAS: Portraits of a Universe in Motion [PDF]

arXiv, 2008
GRAVITAS is a self-published DVD that presents a visual and musical celebration of the beauty in a dynamic universe driven by gravity. Animations from supercomputer simulations of forming galaxies, star clusters, galaxy clusters, and galaxy interactions are presented as moving portraits of cosmic evolution.
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Measuring Spiritual Values and Bias of Large Language Models [PDF]

arXiv
Large language models (LLMs) have become integral tool for users from various backgrounds. LLMs, trained on vast corpora, reflect the linguistic and cultural nuances embedded in their pre-training data. However, the values and perspectives inherent in this data can influence the behavior of LLMs, leading to potential biases.
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Starships and Spinoza [PDF]

arXiv, 2010
We discuss a proposal to make small artificial black holes (ABH's) using a huge laser. Because of Hawking radiation, they would be extremely powerful energy sources. We investigate the technical problems of using them to make power plants and starships. The first suggestion is due to Hawking.
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Spiritus: An AI-Assisted Tool for Creating 2D Characters and Animations [PDF]

arXiv
This research presents Spiritus, an AI-assisted creation tool designed to streamline 2D character animation creation while enhancing creative flexibility. By integrating natural language processing and diffusion models, users can efficiently transform natural language descriptions into personalized 2D characters and animations.
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SCIENCE AND RELIGION: Scientific Understanding and Mathematical Modeling of Emotions of the Spiritually Sublime [PDF]

arXiv, 2010
Science strives for a detailed understanding of reality even if this differentiation threatens individual synthesis, or the wholeness of psyche. Religion strives to maintain the wholeness of psyche, even if at the expense of a detailed understanding of the world and Self. This paper analyzes the cognitive forces driving us to achieve both.
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Spiritual Intelligence's Role in Reducing Technostress through Ethical Work Climates [PDF]

arXiv
This study explores the impact of spiritual intelligence (SI) on technostress, with a focus on the mediating role of the ethical environment. In an era where technological advancements continually reshape our work and personal lives, understanding the interplay between human intelligence, well-being, and ethics within organizations is increasingly ...
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