Robert J. Marks II Quotes

born 1950 United States

Robert J. Marks II (born August 25, 1950) is Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University and a proponent of intelligent design.

United States
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Saying the Bible is not a book about science is like saying a cookbook is not a book about chemistry.

Computers are no more able to create information than iPods are capable of creating music.

If "knowledge puffs up," then we professors are in ever-present danger of having egos resembling threatened blow fish.

Can anyone write code to explain to a computer their sensory experience of enjoying hot buttered sweet corn?

Christians are being subjected to the same “separate but equal” discrimination used to justify discrimination in the old Jim Crow south.

Is it wrong to pray for God to make me more successful so that I can be more humble?

All engineering fields are either solutions looking for problems or problems looking for solutions.

Given enough time, any algorithm performed on a modern-day computer can be done by the programmer with pencil and paper.

Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will (2022)

Robots deserve no more human rights than a 3D printer or toaster.

Reformatorisch Dagblad (2025)

Turning a soul into an algorithm is pure nonsense.

Reformatorisch Dagblad (2025)

We are more than computers made out of meat. We have a soul, we have a spirit and we have a mind.

Engineers actually design things. This is why [many] engineers are interested in the area of intelligent design.

Those who worship at the feet of materialism often don’t admit to the limitations imposed by their narrow core belief.

Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will (2022)

Individual self-sovereignty is a load-bearing pillar on which liberty rests.

Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will (2022)

Any claim that “all religions are true” is like claiming any liquid from a cow, when chilled, goes well with a chocolate chip cookie.

Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will (2022)

Software without bias is like water without wet.

Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will (2022)

AI is just a tool, like electricity or fire. It can be used for good or evil.

Reformatorisch Dagblad (2025)

The better we understand creation and the possibilities of logic and algorithms, the more we see the glory of God.

Reformatorisch Dagblad (2025)

ChatGPT relies on syntax: the statistics of words in a sentence. People rely on semantics: the meaning of words.

Reformatorisch Dagblad (2025)

For the record, I don’t deserve this. But I have lower back pain and don’t deserve that either. (After being listed as one of the twenty most brilliant living Christian Professors.)

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