Posts by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
(DIR) Post #AWU273CDvAigwpBl4q by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-08T13:31:45Z
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@torvalds hi Linus. I named one of my twins after you. Just a note: The intelligent anti woke folks could agree with you on every point and yet disagree with woke dogma on* the ability of males to participate in girls sports after having gone through puberty* the idea of “drag queen story hour” for children seems unnecessarily provocative* the use of “puberty blockers” and gender surgery on under 18s (Sweden, Norway and early adopter countries have recently made a U turn on these aspects). Also one should be aware of what “gender affirming care” really meanshttps://twitter.com/DrLoupis/status/1665349252145455104
(DIR) Post #AWUgugl7c1R60QjhPE by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-08T20:34:23Z
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A serious puzzle: how do you tell what is disinformation and what isn’t? Are the bits on the wire different?
(DIR) Post #AWUlvuDdYNzroNTQAa by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-08T22:28:23Z
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@Hyolobrika that is the modal logic point of you in a way. All complete coherent sets of statements, form a possible world. Truth is relative to a world. That is a proposition P is a set of possible world. It is true at a world w if w is a world in P.Consider P = bblfish is in MunichThere are many ways the world could be and P be true. There is a world in which it is raining now in Munich and there is a world in which it’s not raining in Munich and I am there. There is a world in which there are n grains of sand on a beach in Normandy and P is true and there is a world in which the number of grains n+1….Information in so far as it is syntactic is just a set of sentences. Let’s assume these have a conventional interpretation in a language L: that is a mapping of sentences to sets of possible worlds. Whether a sentence is true or not depends on where the actual world is. Therefore, we cannot just by looking at sentences find out if they are true or not, unless they are mathematical statements and so true at all possible worlds.In so far as disinformation is related to truth or falsity, it can only be determined whether it is true or not by looking at the world. So part of the answer then is that we cannot determine if some sentences phi is disinformation just by looking at the sentence phi.
(DIR) Post #AWVosokTvgcszv10yG by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-09T10:36:02Z
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@alexelcu I think Open Source software opened a space that shows that the dichotomy between Privately Owned and State Owned was something like a Hegelian Thesis/Antithesis distinction that needed its synthesis. Open Source software questions these simple boundaries. Some have conceptualised this under P2P commons spaces.
(DIR) Post #AWVrInyrbiQw3MGIue by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-09T11:03:13Z
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@NGIZero I remember just that day I was set to give a talk at the EU Young Entrepreneurs Awards (can't remember the exact name) for a startup for which we were starting to build Apps for my Solid Server. Sadly I could not get the other founder to change his presentation to adapt it to the circumstances and make a big case as I was about the importance of privacy. It turns out he really only wanted to build his centralised note taking tool. So we split ways a few months further down the road after we missed out on an amazing opportunity to solve a real problem.
(DIR) Post #AWW35fguJcr81qMo5I by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-08T22:35:50Z
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@Hyolobrika For controversial or scientifically disputed topics, the position relative to competing theories of the actual world is in dispute. And so the different positions put forward statements that the opposition, then tries to debunk by finding inconsistencies, in the theory, or by finding facts that contradict it. This is the dialogical conception of the scientific process. It is a process of locating the actual world with respect to different theories through dialogueTraditionally, if someone disagreed with a proposition P they could say P is false and then defend that proposition. But that is not what is happening when we speak of disinformation. Disinformation is a concept that comes with that of information. And the concept of information originates with information theory, which was about the effectiveness of sending signals over a wire. So there is something very mechanical about the notion of information which, in a way lacks semantics. Disinformation, it seems is related to a corruption of the mechanical process of transmitting information. Perhaps by trying to make it look like information originates from a responsible news source – IE one that can be made legally responsible for what it says that is in a court of law where the dialogical process holds.
(DIR) Post #AWW4hq5mC0cdFHlM0m by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-09T13:33:25Z
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@Hyolobrika > My position is that truth and falsehood cannot be determined a priori in order to ban falsehood. We agree. Put in terms of possible worlds (some prefer the notion of models), we don't know which possible world we are in precisely, given that we are finite beings with very finite knowledge. So in a way truth is relative-to-a-world, but that is just as it should be. If the state of affairs were different, different statements should be true.
(DIR) Post #AWW5iDPfaPErWnoLOS by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-09T13:44:44Z
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@Hyolobrika I am thinking that using "disinformation" to mean "does not agree with the establishment" is a very bad way to use the term, and also very bad for the establishment longer term. I think one should use the term "disinformation" as something related to "information", which is about the passing of strings of bits from one computer to another without loss. Lightweight additions to such a theory that would allow one for example to express who said what and for whom the message was intended, when it was written, etc is something we in computer science could tackle without requiring us to take over the job of law courts or debating chambers. We software engineers need to provide the framework so that truth claims can be made, the agent making them can make themselves known (anonymous communication should also be allowed) and their relation to legal institutions can be made visible to people out there. This would allow people to understand the legal weight of a claim: is it just some person expressing an opinion, or are they making themselves legally available to criticism if something goes wrong?https://medium.com/@bblfish/use-cases-for-the-web-of-nations-361c24d5eaee
(DIR) Post #AWWZa84kXmwfHa5P9s by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-09T19:19:25Z
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@Hyolobrika well yes because actuality is an indexical like “here” or “now”. The actual world is the one you are located in.
(DIR) Post #AWXkVXB554PKLE1EfY by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-10T08:56:33Z
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@Hyolobrika You may want a more detailed geopolitical/legal explanation of what the #WebOfNations is about: https://co-operating.systems/2020/06/01/WoN.pdfTo your points:1. The WoN aims to enhance trust in all institutions: medical, universities, businesses large and small, schools, charities, etc... especially across national borders. It does not help trust by saying these are good websites, but just by making it clear that they are who they claim they are legally.2. Allowing Web Sites that are legally called NewsSites to make clear that they have legal responsibilities is not sinister. It also does not stop other websites from existing as they do now. It does not say that News sites are telling the truth either. All it does is tell you that they are located in a particular country, were founded at a particular time, and have certain owners, legal obligations...3. "Fake news sites stand out" well, yes, those websites that were put up overnight and were just publishing "news" for clicks with names like "washingtonXXX" but were run from Eastern Europe by teenagers. Those could still be visited, but it would be easier for old people to see that those were spoofing sites. > The great thing about the internet is that it is (relatively) anarchic. Yes, and that is great. The point is not to remove the anarchic side but just to make it easier to see what responsibility sites have. Also, the aim is to make it more decentralised. At present, it is huge corporations that benefit from the anarchy: Apple, Facebook, Twitter, MS... They have global name visibility, which people trust. Your local pizzaria web site should have the same.
(DIR) Post #AXByv2BnjJHR9SQe9Y by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-29T13:51:35Z
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If you want to understand US presidential candidate #RobertKennedyJr's (#RFK) position on #Vaccines, just watch this short clip, where he answers some pretty tough questions during a Town Hall meeting. It takes someone with a lot of experience attacking government collusion, and taking polluters to court to touch such a difficult topic and emerge out of it intact.This goes beyond #Covid19 , and addresses the problem of #testing .https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1674266437890744323
(DIR) Post #AXC0IM4c4EkvR3kbNw by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-29T19:01:49Z
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@alexelcu wrote:> In this video, the red flag is the insistence on “long-term studies”, and that's b/c it's brought up by every science denier. How would asking for long-term studies be science-denying? That seems pretty important as the side effects of medication may be worse than the cure. He actually refers to a Dutch or Belgian Study that was done by looking at the data over 30 years in Africa, which found that though the var $measles (?) vaccine was curing $measles it led to girls dying of other causes presumably because their immune system was weakened. I would be interested to find a link to that study.If you are 80 and receiving a vaccine for Covid (or other vaccines), well your long-term prospects may not be that good anymore, so the risk is worth taking. But it was foolish I think to ask pregnant women to take vaccines that had only been tested for 6 months in the Covid case and not on pregnant women. And then they shut down the experiment after 6 months. That experience makes me a lot more inclined to believe Kennedy. They were so obviously bullshitting their way around during the epidemic.If you find that difficult to believe you may want to look at the film on the Opioid crisis Dopsisck which led to many fines including Johnson & Johnson paying $26 billion a year ago.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9174558/I have a whole thread on reports on that issue. https://twitter.com/bblfish/status/1548068292215984128
(DIR) Post #AXC2AVXJCVPyNLYhMW by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-29T19:22:50Z
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@alexelcu Yes, Kennedy mentions a long term study that the Dutch or Belgians did after Bill Gates asked them about his work in Africa. It would be interesting to find that study.
(DIR) Post #AXDAeWaaqNRj7VsZ1M by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-30T08:32:37Z
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@alexelcu He also mentined how Chickenpox vaccines led later to increase in Shingles. A very well published doctor wrote that up here with a link to the research paper.https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/rfk-takes-dr-tariq-butt-to-school
(DIR) Post #AXDCP3dmOLFUu07chs by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-30T08:52:13Z
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@alexelcu Yes, that's just the way things are in empirical sciences, and as we said especially in biology. But it also goes for the claims that vaccines are safe. (Unless they are giving out Placebo of course)
(DIR) Post #AXF7GO9QebMUSAtONc by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-01T07:04:03Z
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@alexelcu Kennedy made the point that in the 1960s Autism, allergies, etc were nearly unknown. Autism was only visible in 1 to 20 thousand children. But now one in 37 children are Autistic. And this goes on for a lust of other chronic illnesses in America. This should put research into this at the top of the list of presidential priorities it seems to me because the combination of all of these means 1 in 4 (was that it?) children have a chronic illness now. Of course, obesity (which the WHO called an epidemichttps://www.who.int/activities/controlling-the-global-obesity-epidemic ) is very likely part of the problem. (But is this not related to unregulated food advertising? The undermining of social inhibitions against obesity? Ie. all kinds of problems created by reckless capitalism?) So research is needed into the causes. All possible causes. And Vaccines are a reasonable place of inquiry.Where before Covid I was a true believer, I became suspicious when they started pushing kids to be vaccinated, even though it later turned out that vaccines were not effective at stopping transmission, at stopping one to get the disease, and kids who did not have a chronic illness were not in danger at all. The finding that news cables were sponsored at 75% by the Pharma industry explains a lot.Here are some links I just found, I have not had the time to look into them all yet. After all, you and I are software engineers, not medical doctors, so we can only look on from the sidelines...But we should allow the doctors to debate.Dr. Paul Thomas presents vaxxed vs unvaxxed datahttps://rumble.com/v10dwcr-dr.-paul-thomas-blows-up-the-conventional-vaccine-narrativeincredible-peer-.htmlVaxxed vs unvaxxedhttps://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7268563/pdf/10.1177_2050312120925344.pdfHealth effectshttps://oatext.com/pdf/JTS-7-459.pdf?fbclid=IwAR35MFYf_t9FCMcPzMIimzjjVcZvaH6oik3La4a0SLnBxesNwFGa74jjH0wCHDhttps://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/Vaxxed-Unvaxxed-Parts-I-XII.pdfGerman studyhttps://healthimpactnews.com/2011/new-study-vaccinated-children-have-2-to-5-times-more-diseases-and-disorders-than-unvaccinated-children/#sthash.NWC3sWb0.rbpQoxMN.uxfs
(DIR) Post #AXFliJioiAhSzWJibI by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-01T14:37:08Z
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@alexelcu Perhaps you were lucky and you got the Placebo batches.A recent Danish study found by comparing vaccine batches to side effects reported by their takers, that 1/3 of the vaccines had all the characteristics of Placebos.https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1675131630611058689
(DIR) Post #AXmGWsRvjliGSUF8vg by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-17T06:26:02Z
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On the development of ethnically targeted #bioweapons following #RFKJr's remarks.https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/media-twists-rfks-remark-at-ny-press(What else could people developing bioweapons be trying to do? Btw. Obama ordered an end to research in this area, which is why these labs then were transferred surreptitiously to other places outside the US, such as China and Ukraine - which also shows how reckless those people are)
(DIR) Post #AhulBPyz1Y0SbYTQSu by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-10T14:05:29Z
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Me embarking on decentralised social networks close to 20 years ago.
(DIR) Post #AhulBUpazsT5dt7V1k by bblfish@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-10T15:42:16Z
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At least it gave me a #GPT3 CV:> "Bblfish" is the online handle of Henry Story, a computer programmer and philosopher who has been active in the development of various internet technologies, including the Semantic Web and WebID. He is known for his work on the FOAF (Friend of a Friend) project, which aims to create a machine-readable format for representing social networks.>> In addition to his technical work, Story has also written extensively on the social and ethical implications of technology, particularly in relation to issues of privacy, security, and identity. He has argued for the importance of user control over personal data, and has advocated for the development of decentralized technologies that give individuals more power over their online presence.>> Overall, Bblfish/Henry Story is a notable figure in the world of internet technology and philosophy, and his contributions have helped to shape the development of the web in important ways.https://mathstodon.xyz/@bblfish/110244134210890587