PJ @pj@qoto.org

Lots of interesting articles in this issue of ***Collective Intelligence***

https://journals.sagepub.com/articles/COL

Do you agree with #Plato that
> *in a system where political power (‘cratos’) lies in the hands of the people (‘demos’) statecraft is not guaranteed? In fact, it is unlikely, that those best equipped to rule will get a chance to manage public affairs because the loudest voices will dominate, irrational, ill-motivated decisions will be made and the complex arena of politics is in need of careful ordering and management will turn into a crazy circus.*
https://philosophynow.org/issues/101/The_Ship_of_Fools

The follow-up to this bit:

>**Bezos**: "I'm going to space so you can go to space one day"

>**Me**: "I don't want to go to space. I want to go to Italy. Can you work on that?"

https://twitter.com/i/status/1473386289424650244

@aebrockwell @hasmis @freemo

Reminds me of this #demotivator poster: **IDIOCY**
*Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.*
https://despair.com/products/idiocy

The exciting future of #energy is in Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

➡️ Along with solar, wind, and water, more #diversity in the used technologies means better overall performance and #robustness.
➡️ Simpler #distribution with local clean and small-footprint #production means there is no need for long unsightly power-lines
➡️ Better #safety (smaller reactors and energy outputs means also smaller consequences of possible failure.

I'm waiting for the model below to install on my 1983 DeLorean😀:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/small-modular-reactors

@rosactrl

Maybe? What else can be done? I don't see the author having an alternative to what they call "Popperianism" that, as they state, "has a great deal to answer for the incalculable (sic) damage done not just to science but to human wellbeing"?

The falsification was never a problem for science. Without falsification, science would be just another "debate club" where all opinions and theories are equally valid. If all theories are not questioned and falsifiable ones discarded from science as a matter of principle, we may as well start teaching "flat Earth" theory in geography classes and "creationism" in biology and wait for the "incalculable" improvement this will bring to human well-being.

To think about it, maybe that's the author's idea of where science should be heading next.

@rosactrl

"Liberating" science from falsification will not help in convincing climate and other "skeptics" (actually ***deniers***) of its validity. Quite the contrary, it will just add fuel for more denying.

A better approach is to find better, creative ways of presenting scientific facts to the general public like in this case:

https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/300/video-climate-spiral/

**Radio Paradise** is having a party and you are invited:
***New Year's Eve VR Live Stream***
https://radioparadise.com/blog/new-years-eve-vr-livestream

I believe none of the stated *reasons* for revisiting "#Darwin'sDangerousIdea" in this most-read Guardian article of 2022 will have any effect on how "#ModernSynthesis" explains #Evolution.

For example:

1️⃣ "The study of the way *organisms alter their environment* in order to reduce the normal pressure of natural selection – think of beavers building dams" only shows that #NaturalSelection favors beavers *genetically programmed* to build better dams.

2️⃣ "The *Senegal bichir* adapting to land in a single generation” and *dung beetles* growing larger wings in cold weather only show the co-producing relationship between *nature* and *nurture* and the known fact that the ***same*** set of genes (*genotype*) will produce slightly different *phenotypes* in different environments. It surely does not explain *speciation*.

and lastly

3️⃣ I really don't see the difference between passing to the next generation randomly as opposed to artificially induced *mutations*. Natural selection will *"weed out"* one **and** the other the same way.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

@DrJLCatlett

I have the feeling that the option does not apply to replies. Just to original toots.

@DrJLCatlett

Found it.
Thanks. I think mine was already set to "Public".

Just listening on
https://radioparadise.com/home
Beautifully weird

https://youtu.be/xNaDghdfo9g

I see there is a "Show replies" in the settings but it doesn't seem to work.
I see only toots that are boosted. Anyone?

I'm less interested in toots people I follow have boosted than I'm interested in some of their replies to other threads that I can find only if I go and check their profiles one by one. Is there a switch for fine tuning what appears in the timeline?

Is #Technology #ValueNeutral?

I would say YES because anything can be used either for good or for evil. Here is an interesting article that argues the opposite. Not sure how successfully though:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0162243919900965

Is there a way to include replies to others from instances I follow in my Home or/and Local timelines?

"The Many Faces of #Resilience"
by Ted G. Lewis. Very interesting article about #Complexity, Self-Organizing Criticality (#SOC), and preventing #CascadingFailures

https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2023/1/267957-the-many-faces-of-resilience/fulltext