One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural...
“In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat: Stupidity.
Stupid people, Carlo M. Cipolla explained, share several identifying traits: they are abundant, they are irrational, and they cause problems for others without apparent benefit to themselves, thereby lowering society’s total well-being. There are no defenses against stupidity, argued the Italian-born professor, who died in 2000. The only way a society can avoid being crushed by the burden of its idiots is if the non-stupid work even harder to offset the losses of their stupid brethren.”
Die Tatsache, dass etwas nicht direkt schadet, macht es noch lange nicht zu etwas Gutem.
Ich denke die vokale Kritik gegenüber Homöopathie entstammt vor allem einer generellen Überdrüssigkeit an der derzeit weltweit grassierenden Rationalitätsfeindlichkeit. Wie schon oft beobachtet, sind solche Realitätsverzerrungen bei weitem nicht harmlos. Von esoterischer Weltsicht und Verschwörungsmythen ist es oft nur ein Katzensprung zu weitaus gefährlicherem Gedankengut wie Antisemitismus und/oder Gewaltverherrlichung.
Vor allem die Corona-Jahre haben uns bildlich vor Augen geführt inwieweit diese Lager zusammenspielen und wie dort Argumentation zu Agitation führt. Dass Homöopathie, Antroposophie & Co. im Jahre 2023 in der BRD immer noch ähnlichem Respekt gezollt wird wie wissenschaftlicher Arbeit, ist gelinde gesagt, ziemlich peinlich.
Die fernöstliche Akupunktur wirkt – EDIT: anscheinend (kann das nicht wirklich fachgerecht beurteilen) – tatsächlich mehr als Placebo: uniklinikum-jena.de/…/Nachweis+erbracht_+Akupunkt…Homöopathie ist purer Schwurbel made in Schland ™.
In the post shared by Musk, the account lamented the presence of humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean Sea that rescue migrants from distressed vessels....
Reddit rolled out some changes this week as its continues its push for revenue and profitability jumpstarted by its API rule changes in July. Among the most controversial, the company will no longer allow users to opt out of ad personalization based on their Reddit activity and started a program that lets users exchange virtual...
Oh, wow. Du hast Recht. Dachte immer, das war eine Gans. Aber nee, da lag ich wohl gans falsch … EDIT: Ich bin aber natürlich auch kein Schnabelexperte
I recognized, that many PWA do not work properly if iOS (iPadOS) Safari set to 75% scaling. It always zooms wierdly in, especially if a input field is tabbed. After a short research, I found this:...
Eine Klimaaktivistin der “Letzten Generation” ist in Berlin zu acht Monaten Haft ohne Bewährung verurteilt worden. Der Gruppe zufolge ist es die bislang höchste Strafe, die wegen Sitzblockaden gegen ein Mitglied verhängt wurde.
A lawsuit was filed against Reddit alleging that the company fired an employee with anxiety for taking medical leave. The employee, Jamie Lee, had worked at Reddit as an accountant for over 4 years with positive reviews. In July 2022, Lee requested 3 days off for her health but was denied. She was later placed on medical leave...
Youtube verwendet seit kurzem den “?si=” Parameter wenn man ein Video teilt. Ich hab das “teilen” Feature bis jetzt als Link-Shortener verwendet, das hat sich jetzt erübrigt weil der “Short”-Link länger ist als die eigentliche URL....
Das Positive daran: weniger stupide “Nachrichten”, was im Jahre 2023 immer öfters gleichbedeutend mit Clickbait und Regurgitation von Bullshit im Deckmantel des “allgemeinen Interesses” ist. (“Evolutionsbremse XYZ pfostiert wieder nachweislich Schwachsinn” - “wIR bERiCHtEn NuR!”)
Ich würde mir aber wünschen, dass diese Regel für große Publikationen zieht (Spiegel, FAZ, Taz, Schmatz und Co), aber dass kleinere Blogs (es gibt sie noch! Oder? Oder?) nicht diese Bremse aufgedrückt bekommen.
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Will the world ever stop being anti-intellectual?
One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural...
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In the post shared by Musk, the account lamented the presence of humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean Sea that rescue migrants from distressed vessels....
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I recognized, that many PWA do not work properly if iOS (iPadOS) Safari set to 75% scaling. It always zooms wierdly in, especially if a input field is tabbed. After a short research, I found this:...
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A lawsuit was filed against Reddit alleging that the company fired an employee with anxiety for taking medical leave. The employee, Jamie Lee, had worked at Reddit as an accountant for over 4 years with positive reviews. In July 2022, Lee requested 3 days off for her health but was denied. She was later placed on medical leave...
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My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We're in our early 40s.