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@freemo

Well, I just didn't find many people here from my field, except maybe software development, DevOps and networking and indeed I sometimes discuss those.

I rarely start a discussion with a post of mine, I comment what others say and many people here on the Fediverse share what I think is propaganda, so it is natural for me to challenge them into arguing their positions instead of just repeating what they heard.

I understand that my ideas trigger your desire to dispute them and that doing so with actual arguments isn't worth your time, so you get emotional to the point of using rethoric and even psychological pressure.

You are placing a limit on freedom of thought after having heralded it, no matter what turn of phrase you use to justify it.

This is my last post on this instance. If I find some other instance of defenders of freedom of thought that I think will be worth provoking with my ideas, I'll move on.

If you have nothing to be ashamed of, don't delete these threads but leave them for future reference and transparency.

@freemo @trinsec @khird @vixxo @ech @feld

I am a STEM professional and graduated. You're the one who accepted the stereotype that a dissident must be illiterate.

I can argue my positions and even if I don't convince you, you must respect them. Otherwise you are promoting ideologies like scientism which make science a religion. Instead science is based on arguments, not on dogmatic discussion fences emotionally positioned and dependent on the historical moment and current mainstream notions.

@freemo @trinsec @khird @vixxo @ech @feld

No problem, but admit that you too place a limit on freedom of thought like those you like to criticize so much.

@vixxo @ech @freemo @feld

In English they say "anti-vaxxers" and I would have nothing against vaccines if they worked and were safe, but they're not.

@freemo @vixxo @ech @feld

Virions cannot be isolated physically but are believed to cause disease by inference and I recognize that evidence. If you stop misusing the term "isolate" maybe people would stop emphasizing that they can't be isolated as if that would make a big difference. The misunderstanding is caused by those who use this improper term.

@freemo @vixxo @ech @feld

No vaccine has ever helped end an epidemic or eradicate a disease and herd immunity is a theoretical concept based on extremely fragile assumptions

@vixxo @ech @freemo @feld

It reminds me of those who, in order not to admit that vaccines don't work, say that it's the fault of those who didn't get them...

@freemo @vixxo @feld

> "For Nye, power is the ability to influence the behavior of others to get the outcomes you want. There are several ways one can achieve this: one can coerce others with threats; one can induce them with payments; or one can attract and co-opt them to want what one wants. This soft power – getting others to want the outcomes one wants – co-opts people rather than coerces them."

From the Wikipedia article on Soft power I liked a few messages ago: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power

@freemo @vixxo @feld

So don't you think that mailing the authors now that they were scolded is naive? Why don't you just read the whole review and judge by yourself?

Months ago I said to you that studies in favour of masks were garbage and that you can't just use them to imply a symmetry with the ones against masks.

Later a systematic review showed exactly that by concluding masks' effectiveness is *probably* near zero with "moderate evidence".

This is what the review says, it doesn't say "we have no idea, it's like flipping a coin".

@freemo @vixxo @feld

The fundamental issue here is that you are severely affected by positivism and the Lancetgate is the most famous recent example of corruption in scientific journals.

It doesn't matter the example, you are refusing to integrate your vision of the world with well known facts and I already mentioned some, like Snowden and Assange's revelations and what is happening to them.

This is why your "I can email the author" is naive, to be kind: you are acting like you never heard of so called soft power.

@freemo @vixxo @feld

Nice reply, in the meanwhile here there is a concept for adults:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power

@freemo @vixxo @feld

You clearly live in a world of unicorns and rainbows.

So how do you explain the Lancetgate?

@freemo @vixxo @feld

Again with this discrediting... it doesn't work with me.

And finally you understood what I meant with "erode".

Also can you please fix the typos before posting? It's hard to read what you write.

@freemo @vixxo @feld

No, the results of the review were clear, they needed to rephrase the abstract because of the political implications. It's obvious for anyone that doesn't live in a world of unicorns and rainbows.

So, in your world of unicorns and rainbows, how do you explain the Lancetgate?

@freemo @vixxo @feld

No, the authors were forced by editors to change it, weren't you supposed to promote academic freedom?

@vixxo @feld @freemo

> We are engaging with the review authors with the aim of updating the Plain Language Summary and abstract to make clear that the review looked at whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses.

Thanks, this explain that abstract, it is the usual patch censorship

@VGM

The other countries of the Rome Statute don't give a damn. The BRICS have natural resources, are becoming financially independent and have been growing in terms of industry and infrastructure for decades. There is no way for Western countries to blackmail them: they are becoming a magnet for many other countries fed up with US/UK hegemony, such as Iran or Mexico.

These countries don't give a damn about "international" institutions, they only recognize individual nations. Look for example how China treated Macron well because he represents France and how they treated Von Der Leyen who represents nothing for them.

@nilesh

Shame to @mozilla for not providing a Gecko-equivalent of CEF (Chromium Embedded Framework).

@VGM

I know but South Africa is unlikely to screw up its relationship with the BRICS countries to get absolutely nothing as Putin is certainly not going to get himself arrested and even if they set a trap, Russia would declare war on whoever try to arrest him

@VGM

Let's wait and see. I suspect SA cares more about their agreements with BRICS countries than a Western court that not even the US recognize