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Urging them to "seek to bring the faithful into the one family of God... with Christ and the Holy Sp irit to God the Fadier," Archbishop William J. Levada ordained one man a priest of die Archdiocese and another a Conventaal Franciscan priest June 10 at St. Mary's Cathedral. At top, die now Father Brian Costello (foreground) and Franciscan Father Arthur Gamboa prostrate themselves during the ordination rite's Litany of the Saints. At left , Archbishop Levada lays hands on Father Gamboa in the ancient gesture signifying invocation of die Holy Sp irit. At right , Fathers Gamboa and Costello kneel in anticipation of the laying on of hands by die concelebrating priests. See story on page 9 .
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Expe rt callsf o rspf ntual 'revolution* to saveplanet Earth The "gray goo scenario" describes what would happen if someone instructed a "nano-assembler" (a "sewing machine" using atoms for thread) to reproduce itself ad infinitum using compounds found in its surroundings. Within a few days, the expanding mass could deplete all of existence, resulting in what is referred to as "gray goo."
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M virtual reality frontiersman has called for a "revoAÂť\ lution " in spiritual understanding to counteract a -JL JLfast-approaching world in which "everyone will have the power to create a global Holocaust. "
The "only way to survive, " Pesce maintained , is for global citizens to live strictly by "the Golden Rule " which he said is "common to all monotheistic religions." Teaching children they must not harm anyone will become "essential to human survival, " Pesce said. He recalled an oft-
generally supported by several other experts in computer technology and artificial intelligence , who all underlined an urgent need for spiritual development during His comments
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a June 8 conference in San Jose. The conference was part of an ongoing study called Science and the Sp iritual Quest II , sponsored by the Berkeley-based Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. The event sought
to exp lore how spiritual values should guide development of new technologies, and how computing breakthroughs can impact spirituality and the view of the human person . While two speakers privately suggested halting some aspects of current technological study, others hoped their scientific advances, such as an "empathy-evoking" robot and an "interactive virtual reality" art experience, might address problems facing the human race. Mark Pesce, chair of the University of Southern California 's Interactive Media Program , called for a "revolution " in spiritu-
Can advances in robotics enhance social relations between humans? asks Anne Foerst , creator of "Kismet" (above). al understanding to prevent individuals from exercising what he predicted will become a widespread ability to bring about mass destruction with relative ease and little cost. The virtual reality (computer simulations) frontiersman said nano-technology provides the ability to create a "gray goo" virus and "is about to become democratized. " Nanotechnology is the ability to manipulate the building blocks of matter, even at the sub element level.
cited p hrase from Cold War days: Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. Pesce maintained the current generation of children will by default become "techno-pagans ," entirely accustomed to a world of objects that inhabit a "third category between the quick and the dead. " He pointed out a computerized toy called "Furby " and upcoming "smart" Legos as examp les . Children
will understand the natural world as "plastic and snapped together," he said. Speakers Donald E. Knuth , professor emeritus of computer programming at Stanford University, and Mitch Marcus, professor of artificial intelligence at University of SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION , page 10