But statistical methods will lead to the average. I'm guessing that means whatever is hegemonic and "normative" will be promoted. That's most likely the point.

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

Yes, there are many problematic states, probably all of them. That's why people thought it was sus when you singled out india.

My advice: Download a geo-IP database and firewall yourself in.

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

Is this winston churchhill?

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Japan Is Building Cardboard Suicide Drones

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

(I'm not necessarily saying piracy is bad...)

But I feel like the violent enforcement of extreme inequality is what creates pirates, not what stops them.

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

Isn‘t autism and many other psychological conditions under and over diagnosed at the same time?

Yeah, that's what happens when there's no objective, scientific criteria and the "diagnoses" are based on the subjective observation of behavior.

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

"Science" under capitalism is not just political. It's literally fascist.

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Even experts are surprised by AI’s latest ‘vibe-mathing’ advance

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

Also this:

"What’s beginning to emerge is that the problem was maybe easier than expected..."

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lemmy.world is gone. who wants to sword fight?

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

lol. why would people downvote this solid sarcasm? too comfortable in their own privilege...

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W Celsius

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

Measure your foot and divide it by 12.

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W Celsius

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

I feel like faranheit is trash.

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

Also, fix the damn calendar.

The calendar has been intentionally mangled to obscure the solstices, equinoxes, etc. for the sake of religion. The shitty and arbitrary nature is a feature, not a bug. It's emphasizes hegemonic control of our lives.

A similar thing is happening with time where solar noon, sunrises, and sunsets are obscured for the sake of capitalist work clocks.

The system doesn't want our lives based on the natural world around us. It wants control.

They're never going to "fix" this because it already works as designed.

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

Economics: Figure out what rich people want to hear and get funded forever.

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

Psychiatry in the front of the room covered in blood and sitting on a pile of cash.

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

I might go even further and say there's no "math". There are a wide variety of axiomatic systems (eg. games). None has the sole claim to being "math". Maybe they're all "math".

(On the other hand... I guess any system that contains the "natural numbers" would be sufficient for the bulk of what's widely considered "math".)

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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 4mo ago

I think saying that a theorem is true presumes the axioms from which it was proven and so the entire system is "true everywhere forever".

I often find it helpful to think of chess as my axiomatic system. When we say the king is in checkmate, it presumes that we accept all the underlying rules of chess. And these pieces that theoretically form a checkmate will always do so forever... Assuming the usual rules of chess, assuming they're unchanging, etc.

When you put things in terms of chess, these "deep" statements about "math" often become banal. And it works for any game that's a "formal system" (eg. most board games).