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At the Creation Evidence Museum an entire section is dedicated to displays featuring the \u201cCreativity of Man.\u201d It begins with the construction<\/span><\/em><\/strong> of the 25-foot Replica by Dale Muska and his assistants; it continues with the creativity displayed in the engineering<\/span><\/em><\/strong> of the 1904 Oldsmobile, the artistry<\/span><\/em><\/strong> in the clay statue of coach Tom Landry by artist Robert Summers, the speech<\/span><\/em><\/strong> employed by Chief American Horse (featuring the actual attire he wore while negotiating peace between the Red Man and the White Man after the Battle of Little Big Horn), and the design<\/span><\/em><\/strong> in the space exploration instruments constructed by aerospace engineer Robert Helfinstine and his associates. These displays are<\/em><\/strong> actually in place at the museum<\/em><\/strong>. We should also mention the invention<\/span><\/em> <\/strong>of the Gutenberg Press with movable type. The first book to be printed was the Gutenberg Bible!<\/em><\/strong> (The premier replicator of the Gutenberg Press is currently building a full-scale replica for our museum)<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the heart of the creativity of man is his awesome mind, designed to reflect the image of the Creator Himself. The human brain\u2019s three pounds represent a mere two percent of the body weight\u2026the quartful of brain is so metabolically active that it uses twenty percent of the oxygen we take in through our lungs\u2026A third of our genes code for one or another aspect of the brain.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The brain allows the finger to feel vibrations of 8\/1000 of an inch\u2026Allows the eye to see 10 million different colors<\/em><\/strong>.[2]<\/a> [T]he brain\u2019s complexity is beyond anything [we had] imagined<\/em><\/strong>\u2026the total number of synapses<\/em><\/strong> in a brain roughly equal the number of stars in 1,500 Milky<\/em><\/strong> Way<\/em><\/strong> galaxies<\/em><\/strong>![3]<\/a> At the subconscious level \u201cpeople can actually reason, anticipate consequences, and devise plans \u2013 all without knowing they are doing so.\u201d[4]<\/a> This introduces us to the power of the human mind and its amazing creativity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Scientific American<\/em><\/strong> reports: \u201c [M]ounting evidence indicates<\/em><\/strong> that\u2026a large mental gap separates us from our<\/em><\/strong> fellow creatures<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d[5]<\/a> \u201c[O]ur species alone<\/em><\/strong> creates souffl\u00e9s, computers, guns, make-up, plays, operas, sculptures, equations, laws and religion. Not only have bees and baboons never made a souffl\u00e9, they have never even contemplated the possibility.\u201d[6]<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The author lists various intriguing feats that animals accomplish<\/em><\/strong> and explains that \u201canimal thoughts are largely anchored in sensory and perceptual experiences<\/em><\/strong>\u2026We alone<\/em><\/strong> ponder the likes of unicorns, and aliens, nouns and verbs, infinity and God.\u201d[7]<\/a> The same article lists four unique ingredients of the human mind. (1) Generative<\/em><\/strong> computation<\/em><\/strong> enables humans to create a virtually limitless variety of words, concepts and things. (2) Promiscuous combination<\/em><\/strong> of ideas<\/em><\/strong> allows the mingling of different domains of knowledge \u2013 such as art,\u2026space, causality and friendship \u2013 thereby generating new laws, social relationships and technologies. (3) Mental symbols<\/em><\/strong> encode sensory experiences both real and imagined, forming the basis of a rich and complex system of communication. (4) Abstract thought<\/em><\/strong> permits contemplation of things beyond what we can see, hear, taste or smell.\u201d[8]<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our 25-foot (1\/20 scale) Replica of the Ark is the culmination of over forty years of research, months of working with our draftsman, eighteen months of actual craftsmanship on the vessel itself, and the sacrifice of dear people who contributed to make it possible.\u00a0\u00a0 The original Ark was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high[9]<\/a>. The cubit is normally considered to be about 18 inches in length. Often the \u201droyal cubit\u201d was given as up to 26 inches. Our research indicates that the cubit was very close to 20.5 inches. This would make the original Ark 500 feet long<\/em><\/strong>, 86 feet wide<\/em><\/strong>, and 52 feet high<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The art of printing originated in China. Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han dynasty inadvertently inspired this invention in AD 175 when he commanded that Confucian classics be engraved in stone. Bi Sheng invented a form of movable print during the reign of the Emperor Renzong of the Song dynasty, between AD 1041 and AD 1048. He took thin pieces of clay mixed with a sticky substance, carved a mirror image Chinese character on each piece and baked it in a kiln. When printing, he placed the characters in proper order on a coated metal plate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Johannes Gutenberg<\/strong> (c.1395 \u2013 1468) was a German<\/a> blacksmith<\/a>, goldsmith<\/a>, printer<\/a>, and publisher<\/a> who introduced printing<\/a> to Europe. His invention of mechanical movable type<\/a> printing played a key role in the development of the Renaissance<\/a>, Reformation<\/a>, the Age of Enlightenment<\/a>, and the Scientific Revolution<\/a> and laid the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy<\/a> and the spread of learning to the masses<\/a>. Gutenberg was the first European to use movable type<\/a> printing, around 1439. Among his many contributions to printing are: the invention of a process for mass-producing movable type; the use of oil-based ink<\/a>; and the use of a wooden printing press similar to the agricultural screw presses<\/a> of the period. His truly epochal invention was the combination of these elements into a practical system which allowed the mass production of printed books. In Renaissance<\/a> Europe, the arrival of mechanical movable type printing introduced the era of mass communication<\/a> which permanently altered the structure of society.[10]<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [1]<\/a> Sherwin B. Nuland, op cit, p. 328<\/p>\n [2]<\/a> Paul A. Bartz, Letting God Create Your Day<\/em> (Minneapolis: Bible Science Association, 1993) Vol.4, p. 197<\/p>\n [3]<\/a> E.A. Moore, Human Brain has more switches than all computers on Earth<\/em>, CNET News, news.cnet.com November 17, 2010<\/p>\n [4]<\/a> Joseph Weiss, \u201cUnconscious Mental Functioning,\u201d Scientific American<\/em>, March 1990, p. 103<\/p>\n [5]<\/a> Marc Hauser, \u201cThe Mind,\u201d Scientific American<\/em>, September 2009, p. 44<\/p>\n [6]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n [7]<\/a> Ibid., p. 46<\/p>\n [8]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\nI.\u00a0 The Unparalleled Mind of Man<\/h2>\n
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III.\u00a0 The Gutenberg Press<\/h2>\n