Posts by strangetruther@masto.ai
(DIR) Post #ASHFAUsI3N5sFS9z60 by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-02T18:21:35Z
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@science_quotes Yeah but they don't like it when you impose truth and sincerity on them! Oh my lord no!!😆
(DIR) Post #ASHGex5FpxJmNYJH6W by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-02T18:38:20Z
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@science_quotes The bad thing about science is that people like to spout plausible bullshit about it all the time.Like... there is such a thing as truth,science is about finding truths,and not realising truths don't actually exist is not a massive problem in science.
(DIR) Post #ASRFAlajqLQRfwg6nQ by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T14:08:44Z
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@science_quotes Mind you, skepticism is over-rated. It already introduces bias.
(DIR) Post #ASROFHxeKqSeoVcrVg by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T15:50:22Z
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@science_quotes The first definition of skepticism that came up when I just looked, included:"disposition to incredulity".A further problem is that people don't realise this."Demanding evidence"? "Demand" isn't very friendly, is it. That attitude itself says a lot. A theory has to explain the observations. An expert wouldn't need to be told the observations. ALSO... new theories DO NOT NECESSARILY NEED new evidence. To assume so presumes all past theorists have been perfect.
(DIR) Post #ASRQ641ayroutQCUbo by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T16:11:10Z
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@science_quotes You're arguing with someone who's business it was to teach the process of discovering scientific knowledge, at uni. Anyone who's done that knows these "facts" come with probabilities.Facts are absolute...so no scientific knowledge is a fact.Needs an expert to judge a theory. Experts already know the "evidence" in the field so needn't demand evidence (which is observation(s) not well explained by at least one theory).And new theories DON'T always need new evidence.
(DIR) Post #ASRR6RjwuK0EOnh17I by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T16:22:21Z
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@science_quotes You most recent reply noted.On the previous, I think we can leave it to the judgment of the individual reader as to whether a "disposition to incredulity" implies bias!😉
(DIR) Post #ASRRqf6hXdXFB1N8qG by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T16:30:48Z
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@science_quotes Would be interesting to see the result of the poll! I would like to have a hand in structuring the question! Or contributing a question..?A crystallised form (i.e. on a single page) of my views on all this is in the top left pic in the 2nd pinned tweet (that should really be the first😄 ), dated Dec 14th, in my masto profile.A fuller account is in Chapter 2 "How Do We Know" of my book, the 1st 15% of which, inc. chap2, is available on Amazon at mybook.to/SecretDinobirdStory
(DIR) Post #ASRS0hc54wDXqSpz6m by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T16:32:37Z
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@science_quotes Oh - OK! I'll take a look!😃
(DIR) Post #ASRSJ5bobNNBTlTrxw by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T16:35:56Z
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@science_quotes Interesting! I would be interested to see the result! My vote was the 3rd 😄 Of course one covers oneself by saying science does not or should not (more the latter really) work by democracy!😂
(DIR) Post #ASRVX3NI0OQcSy2KbA by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T17:12:00Z
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@science_quotes Yes! So many complications involved there!The more I see of the sciences I'm involved with, the more it reminds me of the current political fiascos!😱
(DIR) Post #ASRbBBTvmYFqxq69mC by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T18:03:26Z
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I can't access masto.ai via the Duckduckgo browser!When I try, I get this:
(DIR) Post #ASRbNVGC4XDnmTXyQy by strangetruther@masto.ai
2023-02-07T18:17:27Z
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@lamp Yes! Thanks. I haven't tried on Safari or Firefox but I expect they will be ok.I don't know if anyone else has tried to get through to masto.ai via Duckduckgo.Can't believe no-one else has tried.
(DIR) Post #ArB7pAzwJt1pX6y3Dk by strangetruther@masto.ai
2025-02-16T14:13:29Z
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@futurebird Sounds great! What packages/programs etc do you/they use for these animations?
(DIR) Post #ArEcoqMUizjlaHibjM by strangetruther@masto.ai
2025-02-17T20:02:08Z
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@aral Two reasons why not to try to fly to the USA:1: You might not make it there safely.2: You might arrive there.
(DIR) Post #AywZr6hWW5zVhMNgS8 by strangetruther@masto.ai
2025-10-06T20:43:45Z
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@futurebird It surprises me by seeming to be written in my own style.Either LLMs are written in my style, or they copy me as the asker of the question ...?
(DIR) Post #B0kHkteIGMWLtY2Qbo by strangetruther@masto.ai
2025-11-29T18:08:36Z
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@futurebird It's explained in Frederick Forsyth's book The Cobra, where the US president declares narcotics import as a terrorism offence, to allow anti-terrorism responses.
(DIR) Post #B5p9KeIWabdGD6W4JM by strangetruther@masto.ai
2026-04-30T15:48:17Z
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@futurebird @mzedp What were those emotions?T\When I created my artificial mind (MkI) it had basically hunger and thirst (negatives), but also had pleasure when eating or drinking.