scientific publishing as a game - discuss
"When Science is A Game", Simon DeDeo, 2020
https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.05994
#paperoftheday #science
The concept of the carbon footprint is the invention of a communication campaign paid for by BP, one of the world's biggest oil producer. Its aim was to shift the responsibility for the climate crisis from fossil fuel companies to the individual. And it was successful.
The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived - Vice: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gz53/the-conspiracy-singularity-has-arrived
Once lockdown here in Nelson, New Zealand ended as we got COVID19 under control, I did see a few protests. And with the anti-5G one I did notice there seemed to be significant overlap with the "ban 1080" movement.
1080, btw, is a mammal poison we use when the invasive possum species get out of control. There's long been small, persistant, & vocal protests against it.
social media is a gamble. you are betting that you are smart enough and focussed enough to extract slightly more information, entertainment, and social interaction than what you pay in leached attention, extracted behavioural data, and being influenced by ads present and future. the house always wins.
new city: start over looking for suitable branches and railings #rows #dips #pullups #lockdownfitness
#paperoftheday
"Physics, Topology, Logic, and Computation: A Rosetta Stone"
http://www.math.ucr.edu/home/baez/rosetta.pdf
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#science #physics #math
Reviewer 2: go fuck yourself! A recent article to test the wide belief that Reviewer #2 is a uniquely poor reviewer.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ssqu.12824
Some nice highlights:
Reviewer #2 is not the problem. Reviewer #3 is. In fact, he is such a bad actor that he even gets the unwitting Reviewer #2 blamed for his bad behavior.
What is worse is that Reviewer 3 seems to be a crafty cretin
He or she is able to do this while Reviewer 2 takes the blame . This seems like it is the ultimate jerk move.
new phone, it's /e/ (eelo) on a refurbished samsung https://e.foundation/
Corona-Krise: Britischer "Guardian" will 180 Arbeitsplätze abbauen - Den "Guardian" treffen die wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Pandemie. Die britische Zeitung erwartet einen Umsatzrückgang von mehr als 27 Millionen Euro und streicht Stellen. https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020-07/corona-krise-guardian-arbeitsplaetze-medien-branche-stellenabbau-grossbritannien
feeling watched yet? I feel more than watched: mind-read.