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June, 1973
Shreveport
Times
Institute Moderator Says-
Science May Provide
Salvation Man Needs
By DELORIS ALLUM
Journal Staff Writer
Although science has had a
s o m e w h a t lethel effect on
mankind in the past, it may
now be the salvation we need,
according to Dr. Everett Clin-chy,
moderator of the Man
and Science Institute of the
National Council of Christians
and Jews held this week at
Centenary College.
Dr. Clinchy and local and
area resource experts have
discussed during the week the
interplay between man and
science in the past, and
present, along with projec-tions,
what is to come.
WITH DR. RUFUS Walker,
head of the computer science
program and professor of
physology and biophysics at
LSU Shreveport School of
Medicine, as resource speak-er,
the morning's seminar
dealt with the use of electron-ics
and cybernetic tools, or
aids.
Stating that the "future is
not out there— it's here," Dr.
Walker cited the international
telephone system and even
home thermostats as exam-ples
of the wide scoop comput-ers
and switching systems
play in the lives of the
American society today.
Just as the satisfactions
from science, automobiles,
planes and televisions, caused
man to wonder what is
happening to the quality of
and purpose of human life, so
is the science of cybernetics,
said Dr. Walker.
THE SCIENCE of cybernet-ics,
or mechanical brains, is
only about 25 years old —
maximum, he said. A problem
of technology is that is so new
we don't understand them
(brains).
Some systems failures, he
said, can be atributed to the
fact that "we overload peo-ple"
with the results of work
done by computers.
Trying to "dispel the com-puter
mystic," Dr. Walker
stated, "computers started
out doing arithmetic for peo-ple.
Now, they handle im-mense
amounts of general
information and do things
previously impossible."
"WE HAVE THE potential
of solving our problems of we
don't get fascinated with the
means of the solution."
The basic idea, he conclud-ed,
is to encourage the use of
electronic advices, but with a
healthy skepticism.
Object Description
| Title | Science May Provide Salvation Man Needs |
| Creator | Allum, Deloris |
| Subject |
Walker, Rufus Science Man and Science Institute of the National Council of Christians and Jews Centenary College (Shreveport, La.) |
| Publisher |
Shreveport Journal |
| Date | 1973-06 |
| Identifier | See reference URL on the navigation bar. |
| Source | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport Medical Library (http://lib.sh.lsuhsc.edu) |
| Language | en |
| Relation | http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_LSUHSCS_NPC.php?CISOROOT=/LSUHSCS_NPC |
| Coverage-Spatial | Shreveport (Caddo, La.) |
| Rights | Physical rights are retained by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. |
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