yesman

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago* (last edited 23 minutes ago)

For the curious: "War on Science" is a book of essays including Lawrence Kraus (whom "edits" the volume) and Richard Dawkins.

You might think that this book would be about RFKjr or the collapse of US funding for research. No. The 'war on science' is when academics are held accountable to woke ideology i.e. being disciplined for having sex with your students. It's publisher doesn't usually cover science, mostly selling books about fundamental Christianity.

For those of us who watched the brain-rot of Islamophobia and misogyny take over the skeptic community back in the early 2010s, it's no surprise that these men turned out to be grifters in bed with fundamentalist Christians over their shared hatred of Muslims and women.

There is so much more to the video. Including specifics about some of the essays and their authors; the Jeffery Epstein connection; and how feminism destroyed the "new atheist" movement.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (4 children)

you need to be able to communicate

Not necessarily. Piloting the weapon into position with internal navigation, then having the thing recognize and engage targets autonomously is becoming common with drones.

Also, you can just trail a very long wire behind the thing to communicate with home base. This is how torpedoes have worked going back to the Cold War.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Audiophile is a misnomer because what they love is the equipment, not the music. Technophile would be more apt. (and it could apply to the identical condition in 10,000 different hobbies).

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is funny, but it implies that the cheetah goes on to defeat the tiger in battle and..... nah.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The constituent parts of gunpowder are sulphur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

~~WAT~~

I thought you meant that the right wing was covering up the religion of the attacker, not the hero, sorry.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 97 points 4 days ago (19 children)

AI doesn't exist. This is like asking an atheist why they hate god.

If you're talking about LLMs and the like, they're unpopular on Lemmy because tech people are over represented here and tech people understand how these technologies work and why all the hype isn't just false, but malicious.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Every-time the owners try to pass off their revenue streams as a human right we need to remind them that "public squares" are publicly owned.

Nationalize Facebook!

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Your question doesn't make sense. "freedom of speech" is a political right to prevent government censorship. Internet forums have moderation and that's different from censorship because it's a private space.

If someone came to your house and started insulting you and your family would you tolerate it in the name of freedom or would you tell the jerk to shut up and get out?

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

PBS Space Time is routinely over my head and I love it.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 87 points 6 days ago (34 children)

It's time we stopped pretending that Israel was a little pocket of Europe and recognize that it's a brutal theocratic regime. The biggest difference between Israel and States like Saudi Arabia and Iran is the branding.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I hate graphic depictions of sexual violence. Moves like "A Clockwork Orange", "The Accused", and "Requiem for a Dream" all have scenes that I wish I didn't remember.

Content warnings are information that allow media watchers to make informed decisions. People who are annoyed by them are just contrarian assholes with the teenage mentality that gore and cusswords are cool.

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