Empiricism @Empiricism_Reloaded@qoto.org
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Conservation Biologist. Tooting about #science #ecology #sustainability #evolution #psychology & whatever subject takes my interest.
Empiricism aims (intentions) are to promote accurate evidence-based information. The general theme of this account is related to promoting #sustainable development. Sustainable development requires mitigating ecological degradation therefore also mitigating #ClimateChange & its associated drivers such as pollution & habitat degradation. This account will not “sugar-coat” the required level of changes needed for humanity to reverse the trend of human-caused ecological degradation.
Historically, & presently, climate change is mitigating humanity (e.g., increases in the frequency & intensity of heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, sea level rise, flash floods, pathogen outbreaks, etc)
Since no one person be informed of all the scientific literature, if a reader thinks that Empiricism makes a statement that is not backed up by the general scientific literature, please refer Empiricism to the relevant peer-reviewed science publication (e.g., paper or website)
Because a Mastodon instance can close down without warning or a Mastodon admin can suspend an account without warning - Empiricism regularly backups the “follows” & “followers” lists. Therefore, if Empiricism can not access this account (e.g., a suspension means the account can’t be moved to another instance), Empiricism will open an account on another Mastodon instance & re-follow the follows list and contact (e.g., direct message) the follower's list (e.g., requesting if people would like to re-follow)
I use The Empirical Perspective blog on WordPress as a digital signature - so that people can be more confident that it’s the same “Empiricism”
Here is the link to Empiricism digital signature https://empiricalperspective.home.blog/2023/06/04/empiricism-on-mastodon-verification-post/
#music #nature #wildlife
#science #climate #ClimateChange #CleanAir
#sustainability #ecology #AgroEcology
#psychology #SocialPsychology #EvolutionaryPsychology
#justice #AntiBigotry
Joined Jun 2023
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Great to see a meetup of #P2P projects funded by NGI pop up at P2P Basel 2023 (http://p2p-basel.org) - including #EarthStar, #Cabal, #P2Panda and of course #Manyverse. Jan 27-30th at the University of Basel (#unibas).
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Does anyone here use #SecureScuttlebutt apps for building a community? I have #Manyverse installed — I love the concept, the execution, and the idea of the *distributed* tech behind it (public key signed posts that you get directly from their app, or from a follower who’s stored them; no ‘server’) but … it’s a ghost town for me, cos no-one I know uses it!
It’s definitely considerably less polished than mastodon, but I can’t help but fall in love with #distributed over #decentralised.
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Dr. Peter Hotez, professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine has been attacked all weekend by Musk and Rogan on the bird site. Dr Hotez is a vaccine scientist and a threat to disinformation con artists like the two twits mentioned above. He will have a new book out soon and it is important to spread his book title message far and wide.
#FactsMatter #DisinformationKills #VaccinesWork #Science #Medicine #Canada #USA
Is #Scuttlebutt or the #fediverse the social network of the future?
It's time to build our own Internet https://scuttlebutt.nz/
Scuttlebutt Protocol Guide https://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebutt-protocol-guide/
Scuttlebut & the fediverse both have many clients (software apps). However, Scuttlebut is a social network built on the peer-to-peer SSB protocol.
The Manyverse (For Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux) looks similar to #mastodon. https://www.manyver.se/
Manyverse is a social networking app with features you would expect: posts, likes, profiles, private messages, etc. But it's not running in the cloud owned by a company, instead, your friends' posts and all your social data live entirely in your phone (or computer). This way, even when you're offline, you can scroll, read anything, and even write posts and like content! When your phone (or computer) is back online, it syncs the latest updates directly with your friends' phones, through a shared local Wi-Fi or on the internet.
Manyverse already works, but it is still in beta. Download it and give it a try https://www.manyver.se/
Peer-to-Peer-Based Social Networks: A Comprehensive Survey https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42979-020-00315-8
#Facebook and #twitter use centralized computing systems; therefore, the control and management of the systems lies entirely in the hands of one provider, who must be trusted to treat the data and communication traces securely.
The #fediverse that incorporates #mastodon et al. is a semi-centralized computer system where the control and management of the systems lies entirely in the hands of instance administrators.
As a zero-trust alternative, peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies promise to support end-to-end communication, uncompromising access control, anonymity and resilience against censorship and massive data leaks through misused trust.
Gehl, R. W. (2015). The Case for Alternative Social Media. Social Media + Society, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115604338
Online folk lies & BS in general.
Some, not so smart folk, lie on social media (who knew) as they do offline. Even too themselves #VirtueSignaling
Without going into detail why they do this, here is an effective psychological heuristic to mitigate online folk BS (context #science). Give all online folk the benefit of our doubts. Take them at their word (face value). If their words are scientifically BS, so be it.
If their "wit" is actually unethical grandstanding, so be it.
What is race?, not #racism - what is race?
Some folk would call me "white" (presently, my skin tone is more of a lighter shade of brown as it's been summer in the UK)
However, my ancestors that lived in Africa had a natural darker skin tone than me (e.g., a more darker shade of brown). But, my ancestors then migrated north.
If it wasn't for racists, & if l had the choice, l'd choose to be "black" (a darker skin tone protects my skin better from solar radiation).
What is race?
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I'm looking to join a #Mastodon #instance that's managed by a not-for-profit environmental organisation.
The instance must also have the option to write more than 500 characters.
#fediverse #climate #climateChange #Agroecology #ecology #Business #economy #Degrowth
Whilst folk argue & greenwash about climate change, or simply try to ignore the subject all together, they have missed the entire point of the debate.
There is a general solution! that sustains the important aspects of a modern way of life #futuregen
Start promoting with the aim of living the solution.
It's enough to make someone think that many people prefer climate virtue signalling on social media. Talking the talk, though are not quite as enthusiastic when it comes to walking the walk. #psychology
The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you. (GRETA THUNBERG, 2019 UN Climate Action Summit)
We hope that what #Wales does today, the world will do tomorrow. Action, more than words, is the hope for our current and future generations. (NIKHIL SETH, head of sustainable development, United Nations Development Programme)
#sustainability #book #climate #ClimateAction https://janedavidson.wales/press-and-reviews
I'm looking to join a #Mastodon #instance that's managed by a not-for-profit environmental organisation.
The instance must also have the option to write more than 500 characters.
#fediverse #climate #climateChange #Agroecology #ecology #Business #economy #Degrowth
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I feel like my feed is everyone arguing that "climate change isn't a personal responsibility, look at these rich assholes and capitalist structures!!!"
My friends, it is both.
Yeah, the rich are causing the most damage, but the so-called western lifestyle of cheap consumer goods, foreign produce, high meat consumption, jetsetting, and a whole lot of other things are absolutely unsustainable as it is much less if that level of luxury was extended to the other 7 billion people on the planet.
You (yes you, personally, the individual) have to cut back, and you have to convince your friends to do the same.
If we applied this to something like basic ass white feminism, it would be like saying "why should I stop being a womanizer when there's period poverty and the glass ceiling?" You have to do the right thing for yourself and others as you simultaneously try to undo the macro or structural injustices.
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Last week, solar PV produced as much as 45% of Dutch electricity demand; a new record high weekly share! Renewables together 68%. Gas 23%, coal 0%.
Graph: @BM_Visser on the birdsite.
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@pvonhellermannn 'Delayism' - that's it. We all packed Climate Change away in a box marked Somebody Else's Problem for far too long.
@Firlefanz
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Complete madness in the #aviation industry: «Boeing expects the global aircraft fleet to almost double over the next 20 years, from about 24,500 jets in 2022 to 48,600 by 2042. Last year's outlook predicted a global fleet of 43,470 aircraft in 2041.»
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-boosts-20-year-outlook-planes-due-narrowbody-demand-2023-06-17/
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Heather setting up the logging system on the mast from which turbulent fluxes are measured.
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You might have heard that the company that owns Instant Pot has filed for bankruptcy. The makers of Instant Pot did something horribly wrong: they made a really good product that works very well and does not need to be replaced frequently. This means that owners of Instant Pots might only need to buy one and rarely replace it, if at all.
This is a great success from the perspective of *industry,* in Veblen’s sense, but terrible for *business.* The makers of Instant Pot failed to sufficiently sabotage their product by, say, building in intentional obsolescence. Maybe they should have used cheaper parts that wear out faster, or installed software that requires regular updates, or deliberately inserted components designed to make it fail.
But they didn’t, and so sales were stagnant. The firm that owns Instant Pot borrowed lots of money in an attempt to make a new version of Instant Pot they somehow hoped to sell to consumers of Instant Pot. It was too much; the firm did not earn enough differential profits—profits at a faster rate than its competitors—and so the firm is failing, despite the success of the product.
https://thetakeout.com/instant-pot-maker-parent-brand-file-for-bankruptcy-2023-1850534708
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There was a stretch when Elon Musk took over twitter and started charging for blue checks (lmao) and some of his sycophants started talking about “Veblen goods.”
A Veblen good is something for which demand *increases* as price increases, in contact to the neoclassical orthodoxy that demand decreases axiomatically with price.
Veblen goods are things that rich people buy to signal their wealth and status. Jewelry, fancy watches, yachts, Ivy League degrees. Things that cost many thousands or millions of dollars.
The idea that an $8 verification on twitter would ever be a status symbol for the rich was fucking ludicrous.
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Britains most turd-free swimming spot highlighted in orange.
- Experience
- Conservation Biology
- Experience
- Psychology
Conservation Biologist. Tooting about #science #ecology #sustainability #evolution #psychology & whatever subject takes my interest.
Empiricism aims (intentions) are to promote accurate evidence-based information. The general theme of this account is related to promoting #sustainable development. Sustainable development requires mitigating ecological degradation therefore also mitigating #ClimateChange & its associated drivers such as pollution & habitat degradation. This account will not “sugar-coat” the required level of changes needed for humanity to reverse the trend of human-caused ecological degradation.
Historically, & presently, climate change is mitigating humanity (e.g., increases in the frequency & intensity of heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, sea level rise, flash floods, pathogen outbreaks, etc)
Since no one person be informed of all the scientific literature, if a reader thinks that Empiricism makes a statement that is not backed up by the general scientific literature, please refer Empiricism to the relevant peer-reviewed science publication (e.g., paper or website)
Because a Mastodon instance can close down without warning or a Mastodon admin can suspend an account without warning - Empiricism regularly backups the “follows” & “followers” lists. Therefore, if Empiricism can not access this account (e.g., a suspension means the account can’t be moved to another instance), Empiricism will open an account on another Mastodon instance & re-follow the follows list and contact (e.g., direct message) the follower's list (e.g., requesting if people would like to re-follow)
I use The Empirical Perspective blog on WordPress as a digital signature - so that people can be more confident that it’s the same “Empiricism”
Here is the link to Empiricism digital signature https://empiricalperspective.home.blog/2023/06/04/empiricism-on-mastodon-verification-post/
#music #nature #wildlife
#science #climate #ClimateChange #CleanAir
#sustainability #ecology #AgroEcology
#psychology #SocialPsychology #EvolutionaryPsychology
#justice #AntiBigotry
Joined Jun 2023
