Abstract Taking a cue from Teilhard de Chardin's Christologically inflected speculation, the key question in this issue is whether project of transhumanism compatible with Christianity and Incarnation Christ. Two articles focus on theological anthropology limits, if any, human perfection light Christ's perfection. Another article examines ontological claims about nature its incompatibility Chri...

Perfection is the enemy of the good. Most backoff schemes wait until a single contending candidate survives. But it is “the last mile,” getting contention down from few to one, which is usually the most costly: backoff systems which wait on some fixed k > 1 perform better than those that require perfection, i.e. k = 1. This paper asks what tasks are read-write solvable “k-concurrently ” i.e. ta...

We present a method to obtain a perceptual quality scale, relating the number of basis images used in the imagebased relighting of scenes containing glossy surfaces to their perceived quality. Our method is based on advanced psychological experiments, requiring observers to make judgments on different relit images. These relit images are constructed with cumulative subsets of basis images. From...

This paper discusses the merits and demerits of crisp logic and fuzzy logic with respect to their applicability in intelligent response generation by a human being and by a robot. Intelligent systems must have the capability of taking decisions that are “wise” and handle situations intelligently. A direct relationship exists between the level of perfection in handling a situation and the level ...

matter is still one which has not been satisfactorily solved. The qualities to be sought in an anthelmintic are (1) safety for the patient; (2) effectiveness in expelling worms; (3) simplicity of administration on a large scale; (4) lack of unpleasantness in taking or in after effects; and (5) cheapness. No anthelmintic can be expected to reach perfection in any one of these attributes; the pro...

We define the universal 1-adic thickening of the field of real numbers. This construction is performed in three steps which parallel the universal perfection, the Witt construction and a completion process. We show that the transposition of the perfection process at the real archimedean place is identical to the “dequantization” process and yields Viro’s tropical real hyperfield T R. Then we pr...

Technological methods for navigation have achieved a high level of perfection, currently. However, this perfection is mostly achieved at the cost of additional artificial equipment which is extraneous to a freely-navigating agent such as an autonomous robot. Cognitive, biological navigation is based on functionality which is intrinsic to the cognitive system and thus more flexible and autonomou...

The single crystals of the NLO material, L-Alaninium maleate were grown by using the submerged seed solution method. The identity of the crystal was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystalline perfection was analyzed using high resolution X-ray diffraction and it was found that the crystalline perfection is quite good. The values of the laser damage threshold and the Vicker’s...

The amount of institutional intervention necessary to secure efficiency-enhancing cooperation in markets and organizations, in circumstances where interactions take place among essentially strangers, depends critically on the amount of information informal reputation mechanisms need transmit. Models based on subgame perfection find that the information necessary to support cooperation is recurs...

The refinements of the Nash equilibrium concept surveyed in this section are all attempts to extend the spirit of Selten's [1965] definition of subgame perfection to games with imperfect information. To begin, we review the effect of subgame perfection in games of perfect information and the problems that arise with imperfect information. Extensive Form The normal form reveals that both (L,r) a...