I thought about being afraid of numbers,
& realized it’s not the numbers,
it’s others who know numbers better than I.
When springtime in Seattle finally comes out from under its winter blanket of fog and drizzle, its smile is bright and its mood is balmy. That’s the kind of day it is – a Sunday in May, shortly after Easter – when Fred comes out of church and finds himself striding down the hill.
Last January, police in South Carolina released a sketch of a possible murder suspect, drawn by artificial intelligence, based on information from DNA found at the crime scene. No eyewitnesses and no cameras had observed the murderer’s face, yet the computer produced an approximation of it, and the authorities believe it might help them solve the crime. (Pollack, NYT, 2/24/2015)
Intermountain Yearly Meeting, June 7 - 14, 2015; Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM
(Full text at: westernfriend.org/sites/default/files/documents/IMYM-Call-2015.pdf)
Conversations with World War II Conscientious Objectors
