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I'm not convinced that the device actually does what it is advertised to do. Considering that the student is associated with a "University of the Arts", the non
by 4bpp 14y ago
I'm not convinced that the device actually does what it is advertised to do. Considering that the student is associated with a "University of the Arts", the non-disclosure of the layout becomes even more suspicious, as is the implied claim of being able to harvest useful amounts of energy from Bluetooth transmitters.
It would be quite in line with German culture for somebody to have no qualms about lying for the purpose of calling public attention to some perceived environmental threat or health risk (think the Green party scaremongering against genetically modified crops using flourescent dyes) and then saying it was all art for a good cause if called out on it.
- killerpopiller 14y agoWTF? I read your second paragraph twice, wouldn't believe my eyes. You claim that publicly lying is part of the German mentality?
- kaha242 14y agoIndeed, some "environmentalists" in Germany tend to "creatively re-interpret" reality and science - as long as it is for the greater good (TM).
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- 4bpp 14y agoThanks for your convincing illustration of the concept of prejudicial rubbish. I'm German myself. Whether or not the view I expressed is rubbish, I believe the term "prejudicial" is applied incorrectly here. My opinion of the German environmentalist movement and the methods that are considered appropriate within it is certainly harsh and judgmental, but it was formed in a long process of disillusionment from an initially sympathetic position I had for them.