Unfortunately, EU leaders are a little bit naive when it comes to Trump. The smartest thing in recent days was Merz' suggestion of a detente with Russia. Close ties with them, Ukraine, all of the Middle East (incl. Iran), India, & China, and Trump would be struggling with his isolationist policies.
Got a lot of bangs for your buck 😉
Nero was falsely accused of burning Rome, he falsely blamed the Christians and had them prosecuted - bottom line: parts of Rome were destroyed by fire, parts of the Christians died.
Thankfully, he was a lyre-playing entertainer.
Humanity tumbles towards nothingness. Due to the continued so-called 'material, social, & environmental progress' and individualization of humankind, the human individual becomes increasingly irrelevant & replaceable. Unless we start understanding the essence of human ontology.
#humanity #progress
#AI #technology
The world ia slowly getting crazy... Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption | Reuters www.reuters.com/technology/a...
The Ministry of Higher Education and Research publishes the results of the French Open Science Monitor for 2024.
http://dlvr.it/THyHtq
#openscience
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When a clown moves into a castle, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus.
The real problem of AI is the control of AI foundation models by a handful of billionaires.
As future production / productivity will depend on AI applications & these will be built on foundation models, the foundation model owners will be state-independant & in control of the global economy.
Would love to hear the #EconSky takes on this.
Instagram and Facebook have reportedly blocked posts from some abortion pill providers.
Reproductive rights are human rights — and they include the right to access legal and safe abortions.
Ultimately, every scientist is a rhetorical creature, just like any other human being.
How can dark fluid theory help us understand quantum gravity? Hongsheng Zhao explores here: https://buff.ly/4fODtAV
⚛️🧪 #philsci #metasci
I would agree but would refer to pastoral 'practice' rather than 'atitude'.
There's a widespread misconception that theory & practice are interlinked, whilst practice is linked with doctrine and theory with empiricism.
It's our actions, our practice, which give meaning to the doctrine we adhere to.
The idea is great, but how to implement it?
In the current global political environment the feasability is questionable (at best).
A way towards realization - various blocks (EU, Brics, US, and others) synergize further and form confederations. These then merge into one global confederation.
#politics #us #inauguration #news
Breaking news: the event planners for the upcoming US presidential inauguration have selected a new theme song for the event.
youtu.be/-Kobdb37Cwc?...
It's a danger for Europe, but welcome by Maga-US, Russia, and China.
'Dark matter' & 'dark energy' are placeholders for the sentence: currently, we don't know how to unite quantum physics and general relativity.
Which, in turn, cannot be purely objective, but must account for the subjective dispositions of the one who defines/ labels it.
La question préalable:
que signifie "authentique", cette notion ambiguë, qui existait déjà en grec ancien?
#politics #canada #usa
Another 8 days till Donald Trump becomes the first Premier of the new, fourth Canadian territory, the Southern Territories (formerly known as the USA).
You're ready, Premier Trump, eh?
This article offers critical analysis of the debate between Karl Popper and Imre Lakatos about distinctive features of empirical science that allow to demarcate it from non-science and especially pseudoscience. Popper's demarcational proposition is explained as involving essentially two requirements, logical (to the theory itself, that it had potential falsifiers) and methodological (to scientists' attitude with respect to the theory, that they were willing to recognise its empirical falsification. Lakatos's criticisms of ‘Popper's basic rule’ that ‘criteria of refutation have to be laid down beforehand’ and Popper's reply to these criticisms, as well as Lakatos's alternative demarcational proposition, are discussed. The argument is made that although Lakatos's criticisms and proposition have considerable merits, he goes too far in claiming that it is OK for scientists to wave away or ignore apparent falsifications of a theory so long as the theory is successful in generating lots of successful unexpectable predictions, and generally understates the importance of the critical attitude for the development of science. On the other hand, Popper's falsificationist approach can be modified so as to accommodate sound points of Lakatos's criticisms and proposition while retaining the basic structure and critical rationalist character of Popper's demarcational proposition.
Popper vs Lakatos
New article by Dmytro Sepetyi attempts to reconcile Popper and Lakatos regarding the demarcation debate.
doi.org/10.1080/0269...
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Unfortunately, 'climate change' has become a rhetorical tool for political purposes. Increasing human contributions to co2 concentrations in the atmosphere since the 18th century is measurable & should lead to the search for harmonic coexistence between nature & humankind.
Given the current trajectory of developments in quantum computing and AI, the book will likely require an update every 1-2 years for the next 10 years.
#history
After democratic elections:
Hitler 1933:
'Heim ins Reich' (annexion of Austria) & 'Lebensraum' (lit. living space, i.e. expansion to the East) became German foreign policy.
Trump 2025: 'Integration' of Canada & expansion to the East (Greenland) become part of US foreign policy.
Hmmm...
Rhetorical tricks: This indicates the traditional narrow use of rhetoric as the art of persuasion.
Analytical Rhetoric (not to be confused with rhetorical analysis) is the ultimate form of enlightment against the ultimate superstition - language itself.
AR unmasks any motivated abuse of language.
Dicey topic. In Germany we once had an Austrian who completely misinterpreted Nietzsche's Übermensch...
I agree, it may not be a global issue.
I'm aware of the debate only in the context of Classical Rhetoric & the 20th century rhetorical renaissance in Europe. It played also a role in medival European education, but that doesn't make it a global issue neither.
Very interesting.
Although I would argue that such a debate could nurture realism. Provided, of course, rhetoric is not merely considered as the art of convincing others, but as a means of critical analysis as seen by Aristotle, and, more recently, by Chaim Perelman, Ottmar Ballweg, and others.