Conspiracy theories are essential component for the stability of a democracy because it allows to detect an abuse of power, ie corruption. However, conspiracy theories should be evaluated based on empirical data to confirm or reject them. Therefore, transparency is another essential component for a democracy to be able to collect the required data to…
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1. Background Public protests should show its messages clearly and protest banners have great visibility even in large crowds (in combination with telescope poles or ceiling support poles) or on large buildings. Although re-using old cloth (e.g. old bedsheets) is eco-friendly, disadvantages are costs for cloth (often free though), paint, vulnerability to rain and wind,…
1. Background Public protests should show its messages clearly and protest banners have great visibility even in large crowds (in combination with telescope poles or ceiling support poles) or on large buildings. Although re-using old cloth (e.g. old bedsheets) is eco-friendly, disadvantages are costs for cloth (often free though), paint, vulnerability to rain and wind,…
1. Introduction Stephen Barlow (@SteB777@twitter.com) explained the reasons “why we have totally inappropriate leadership in this era of facing a climate and ecological crisis.” in a thread on Twitter [Link]. Since the expressed ideas are similar to my own blog [Link] , I see Stephen Barlow’s thread as an independent confirmation of these ideas, which…
False balance, ie to give two sides of an argument similar attention, maximises the drama of a conflict, serves the attention economy, and ultimately maximises profits of the media. For example, a talkshow, where everybody agrees on a topic, would hardly attract many viewers. However, presenting a topic as an undecided, ongoing discussion instead of…
The following blog is my summary of the VLOG by Jeremy Howard & Rachel Thomas (2020-03-25) [1] and other web references listed below. Disclaimer: No warranty is giving regarding any advice given in this blog. Use at your own risk. Since 2019-12-01 the Sars-Cov-2 virus and the resulting Covid-19 disease has been spreading from the…
Update with new reference: Katarina Stensson (2021-02-19). ”Vad händer om Apple och Google plötsligt stoppar bank-id-appen?”. https://computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.747279/debatt-apple-google-oligarki My letter to datainspektionen on how the “Mobile BankID” app is compromising privacy of Swedish citizen and the (anonymized) negative reply by datainspektionen leaves the question open, who is taking responsibility in such cases. 1. Question Gesendet: Freitag, 07.…
Considering the urgency and massiveness of the current eco-crises, the lack of political action or its non-proportionality is astounding and worth discussion [0]. A common stereotype is that politicians are striving after political power, are corrupted by other powerful lobbies of the rich and are lying to the people, who are per definition in a…
1. Point of discussion I am discussing the usefulness of climate modeling to make predictions about the future as a reply to points raised by Professor Jordan Peterson on the “Joe Rogan Experience” Show” [1, 2m18s]: Joe Rogan: … The climate change one is a weird one. Jordan Peterson: That’s because there’s no such thing…
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