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by vixen99 5y ago
Why continue to use weasel words (i.e., an equivocal word used to deprive a statement of its force or to evade a direct commitment) like 'climate change'? What does that mean? Aside from the truism that the climate is always chang
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by vixen99 5y ago
Strong on assertion & weak on argument. I wonder what the 1920 Huxley would make of today's 'rich'.
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The Times article is paywalled. Non-paywalled version of the story is here. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10095261/Alan-Turin...
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Alan Turing wasn’t hounded to his death, says nephew(thetimes.co.uk)
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As NASA explains, evidence for warming is via globally averaged parameters but some locations are getting cooler and some are getting warmer. Thus 'global warming effects' are not in fact global.
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And that wonderful reliance on Russia.
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You shouldn't be surprised. There've been plenty of examples of people stating facts germane to the topic and nevertheless downvoted because some folk don't like that fact being referenced. Be nice if they had to offer a reas
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Undoubtedly much of the electorate would agree with you(very much including many in the ruling Party and supporters) but why not be specific? Which particular lousy policies?
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I wonder why, if I'm familiar with the background, I find it so trivially easy to predict what every 'Fact-Check' piece I've ever read, will say?
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No, that is incorrect. The FDA Only renewed emergency use authorization for Pfizer; Approval was for BioNTech’s Comirnaty with additional safety studies required (until 2027). It's currently not available in the US.
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by vixen99 5y ago
'Misinformation' as defined by whom? Many of the negative comments made by regarding the Covid-19 vaccines refer to peer-reviewed papers. Is this then a second order peer-review process? Clearly it isn't - zero occasion for r
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As the reviewer says - it's not an unbiased review. 'This book was amazing'.
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You mean 'I've personally seen no evidence for them'. Pharmaceutical companies are science companies big time. They do science and the stack of proven unethical practices connected with them is extensive as a spot of searchin
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Aside from your point which is likely true in many cases, could this report be totally invalid? https://greatmountainpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/... "Adverse events from drugs and vaccines are
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by vixen99 5y ago
You're right to insist on looking at cost and benefit. Vaccines have indeed saved lives. Problem is that the emergency authorization means that we don't yet know what the cost is aside from the adverse reactions. The latter are
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China passes US to top output of influential science papers(asia.nikkei.com)
3 points by vixen99 5y ago|0 comments
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Risk assessment: "...rate of myocarditis after two shots of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be 162.2 cases per million for healthy boys aged 12 to 15 and 94 cases per million for healthy boys aged 16 to 17. Equivalent rates for girls w
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by vixen99 5y ago
Judging by these figures, looks like this will be a major issue very soon. https://sealevel.nasa.gov/understanding-sea-level/by-the-num...
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Cannabis use and myocardial infarction in young adults: a cross-sectional study(cmaj.ca)
128 points by vixen99 5y ago|153 comments
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From where or from whom will 'ai' be getting its moral outlook on the actions it takes?
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its
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Does that figure factor in the eventual heavy cost of de-installation?
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by vixen99 5y ago
Agreed. Moreover, if a genuinely sentient AI or MI as Minsky called it, comes to pass then it would then be fascinating to listen to it if it cared to compose music; in its absence musical composition is always the result of someone's
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by vixen99 5y ago
'A simple piece of exercise equipment could possibly down the line cause someone to choose not to join the company. We're glad that we talked to our team about it and in the end made the decision to leave the weight rack out of th
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by vixen99 5y ago
So if we reduce still further (the UK and the US have made significant cuts) you think China will think again about the 43 new coal-fired power stations now in the design stage? I'm not so sure. While paying lip service to the Green ag
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by vixen99 5y ago
As lucidly explained by Peter Thiel in Zero to One.
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by vixen99 5y ago
And where is the cost/benefit analysis for this? It would be nice if we could see the avoidance of simplistic 'instant expert' logic that fails to take into account the overall effect of a course of action. With lockdowns, co
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by vixen99 5y ago
You mean serene not the amino acid serine.
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by vixen99 5y ago
No, these foods are not of themselves bad for you. What's bad is likely to be the amount consumed . Given the vast amount of information available from trustworthy sources including the packaging on the food itself, it's not diff
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by vixen99 5y ago
Interesting introduction via a spot of Romanian 20th century history.

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