Indeed, many early kings claimed authority from the gods as justification for ruling. Frahm adds that many Mesopotamian kings even said they were gods but that notion was eventually discarded "perhaps because rulers often appeared all too human in the eyes of their subjects." As to where the ...
While techniques like chain-of-thought prompting can make LLMs more effective at working through complex problems, you'll often have better results if you just give direct prompts that only require one logical operation. That way, there's less opportunity for the AI to hallucinate or go wrong...
Animals is often viewed as the beginning of the dominance of Roger Waters within Pink Floyd — he composed all of the record's lyrics and is credited with most of the music — though Wilson hears something else. "For me, it's [David] Gilmour's part; the guitar work on the album is ...
Holy symbolism and the blurred line between kings and gods are themes Lamar revisits often onMr. Morale & The Big Steppers. He uses lines like "Kendrick made you think about it, but he is not your savior" and songs like "Mirror" to rej...
If one protects one’s home, one should smear 1.800 stalks of lotus flowers with black sesame oil and recite the mantra of the “Mother dhāraṇī,” the secret mantra of the [true] mind, and the mantra of the fierce kings (mahārājas) and perform fire rituals;71 then, one will er...
As Christians, we want to experience God through the Bible… we really do! But our good intentions fall flat when reading the Bible just doesn’t seem to help us experience God in a real way. What should feel dynamic and important and alive often feels confusing and boring and irrelevant....
Almost a year since Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets to their first ever championship, the 2024 NBA playoffs are underway to see who will be crowned the next kings of the court. With LeBron James's LA Lakers dumped by Denver, Giannis Antetokounmpo's Milwaukee Bucks outpaced by Indiana, ...
so researchers acknowledge it's difficult to know how many people bet more than they're able to lose. But surveys have noted a rise in risky gambling behaviors in the three years following 2018, when a Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to legal gambling. That research shows young,...
he passed off after crossing half court and did not touch it again -- or anytime once the shot clock ticked past 18. Westbrook was on the bench. The possessions ended with: a Covington turnover; Kuzma blocking a flailingJeff Greenattempt near the rim; and Green throwing t...
‘package’ of king as a whole; i.e., as king, commander and statesman. All too often this is not the case. There is no question that Alexander was spectacularly successful in the military field, and had Alexander only been a general his epithet may well have been deserved. But he ...