A Respectable Gospel

Respectable hypnosis.

Moral Imbecility from a Respectable Family

It seems unfair to take as an example of a moral imbecile one of the type usually selected. The social standing of the parents is important in this regard and also the early environment. Are not most of those ordinarily classed as moral imbeciles such because of environment? A case should be selected where the social standing of the parents is good and the environment cannot be questioned. Then...

Decentralized Polling with Respectable Participants

We consider the polling problem in a social network where participants care about their reputation: they do not want their vote to be disclosed nor their misbehaving, if any, to be publicly exposed. Assuming this reputation concern, we show that a simple secret sharing scheme, combined with verification procedures, can efficiently enable polling without the need for any central authority or hea...

Speaking with the Gospel

A Gospel Portrait of the Pharisees

The Gospels are stories about Jesus which proclaim him to be Son of God. They were written by early believers to record their memories about Jesus and to interpret the meaning of his life for their communities. These narratives now constitute a major segment of Christian Scripture. The blending of history and interpretation within the framework of the stories has given to the Gospels a certain ...