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Sorin Adam Matei

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Tag: Catholic Church

Information as a core concept for explaining order and evolution

Cesar Hidalgo’s book, “Why information grows” is trying to untangle a very big issue by looking at a very simple problem (at least in appearance). How do small things (cities, economies, groups) get complex when most other things in nature tend to decay…

Habemus Papam: White Smoke Emerges from the Sistine Chapel Chimney, Announcing the Election of a New Pope Francis I in 2013

According to Voice of America: “After only two days of voting, Roman Catholic cardinals elected Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new pope to lead the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. He has chosen the name Francis and is the first pope from…

Dramatic changes in American religious practices

  The latest Pew Poll on religious life in America announces that religious affiliation in America has become a choice, not a consequence of birth circumstances. According to the report “roughly 44% of Americans now profess a religious affiliation that is different…