#stephen barr

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It's unfortunate that many voice actors aren't properly credited in the classic Tomb Raider games. I can understand if it was due to privacy concerns, but it’s still disappointing because I’d like to know who voiced characters like Larson and Pierre.

I know that in the credits for the remastered version of TR3, Simon Greenall is credited with voicing many characters, including Stephen Barr, Dr. Willard, and Bob. However, I'm not entirely convinced that he voiced all of them. If it's true, I must applaud his impressive voice talent. If it’s not the full story, I’d like to know which characters he did voice and who voiced the others.

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Leo Dillon - illustration for "The Back of Our Heads" by Stephen Barr

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Leo Dillon (1933-2012) & Diane Dillon (1933-), ''Galaxy Science Fiction'', Vol. 16, #3, 1958 Source

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The Wheelies - art by Ed Emshwiller (1960)

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Prof. Stephen Barr’s MIT talk: Multiverse Theory and Catholic Theology

https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute/prof-barr-whats-so-special-about-the-universe-multiverse-theory-catholic-theology-2016-mit

Particle Physicist Dr. Stephen M. Barr of the Bartol Research Institute gave a lecture at MIT “What’s So Special about the Universe?” on how the universe appears to be teleological, which is to say, that the universe’s laws and structure seem to have a purpose: that human life be possible. 

My inadequate summary: The chances of the physical constants of the universe falling within the narrow range necessary to sustain human life are impossibly small. This observation is often called “anthropic coincidences”, and is evidence from within particle physics strongly suggesting that the universe is designed for human life. The counter-suggestion is that there are multiple universes with different physical laws (or that our one universe has multiple “regions” with different physical laws), which means that it might be plausible that our part of the universe with its human-friendly physical laws did arise randomly. But, Prof. Barr argues, the multiverse theory in its most plausible forms doesn’t remove the anthropic coincidences, leaving it still likely that the most fundamental principles of the physical universe are organized so that human life might exist.

I’m the chaplain at MIT, not an MIT scientist. The lecture is without equations, but is at the edge of this non-scientist’s intellectual world. But in my casual survey, the students were blown away, the more so the closer they were to studying astrophysics. 

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Adolescence is a perilous time—whether it is the adolescence of a man, or of the whole race of Man!

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She traveled from life to death and back again like a commuter on the 5:15 ... except each trip brought her nearer the beginning of the line!