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* '''Philip''': I suggest we discuss the proposition that Canada does not have to worry about our ecological footprint (''e.g.'' from food consumed in Canada and carbon emissions) or sustainability because our population is not large (only 0.5% of the world’s total population). |
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* '''Jess''' suggests having a look at [https://www.facebook.com/groups/BalancedBallotBerkeley/?multi_permalinks=761572120971304%2C759862251142291¬if_id=1570148116713998¬if_t=group_activity Balanced Ballot for Berkeley] and the whole idea of [http://free-ideas.org/pol/NegVote.html Negative Votes]. Perhaps one of these meetings should be devoted to "'''''Voting in the Future'''''"? |
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* Oct 7: Canadian physicist Jim Peebles shares Nobel prize in Physics for his work in physical cosmology. Here's a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvX4HWmpeS0 great interview]! |
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* You might be interested in a recent ''Scientific American'' article on [https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/were-incentivizing-bad-science/?fbclid=IwAR15ELIlHd765Oytb6_xc6vr7LSqv_h8H53On0tz3EfOM9dVP0pxM6UNT4E Incentivizing Bad Science] (by which they mean, as is so often the case, ''Medical'' Science). See also my suggested remedy: [http://opeer.org o'Peer]. Perhaps we might also have a session on '''''Science in the Future'''''! |
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* ''Re'' '''nuclear power''', see the influential pop song ''' [[POWER]]'''. |
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There was some discussion about [http://jick.ca/?p=157 QUANTITACY], [http://jick.ca/?p=30 Zero Tolerance] and [http://jick.net/skept/RadHaz/ Radiation Hazards] (for which there is also a [http://jick.net/skept/RadHaz/RadHaz_talk.key.pdf presentation version]). This segued into the usual far-reaching politico-philosophical discussions, including the Climate Crisis. Jess and Doug had to leave early, just after some discussion of the new medical database/pharmaceutical-dispensing project recently announced by a consortium of Amazon, Google and others: see the [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/12/google-medical-data-project-nightingale-secret-transfer-us-health-information article in the Guardian]. |
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Latest revision as of 13:13, 23 September 2022
OFC Meetings --> here
08 Oct 2019:
Free-for-All Discussion
AGENDA ITEMS
- Philip: I suggest we discuss the proposition that Canada does not have to worry about our ecological footprint (e.g. from food consumed in Canada and carbon emissions) or sustainability because our population is not large (only 0.5% of the world’s total population).
- Jess suggests having a look at Balanced Ballot for Berkeley and the whole idea of Negative Votes. Perhaps one of these meetings should be devoted to "Voting in the Future"?
- Oct 7: Canadian physicist Jim Peebles shares Nobel prize in Physics for his work in physical cosmology. Here's a great interview!
- You might be interested in a recent Scientific American article on Incentivizing Bad Science (by which they mean, as is so often the case, Medical Science). See also my suggested remedy: o'Peer. Perhaps we might also have a session on Science in the Future!
- Re nuclear power, see the influential pop song POWER.
MINUTES
There was some discussion about QUANTITACY, Zero Tolerance and Radiation Hazards (for which there is also a presentation version). This segued into the usual far-reaching politico-philosophical discussions, including the Climate Crisis. Jess and Doug had to leave early, just after some discussion of the new medical database/pharmaceutical-dispensing project recently announced by a consortium of Amazon, Google and others: see the article in the Guardian.
