Ppl don’t realise just how many geniuses go unrealised. It’s like 1/50-200 ppl.

Thanks for the link

Wow.

Props for taking me up on that. Seriously. More people need to have this level of responsibility.

"AI is not a toy. It is a weapon,” said CEO Alex Karp. “It will be used to kill people.”

If it aims as well as Gemini retrieves facts, I’m not really worried tbh.

“just complies”

I mean… I get what you mean but also, isn’t that what they used as a defense in Nürnberg?

I mean obviously most advancements happen in academy.

I’m just saying it’s not completely unrealistic for someone to actually realise something others have not.

I understand the depiction is of someone probably non-academic, but like… have you seen Slavoj Zizek?

That’s an academic. Highly so.

My point is rather that yeah, let’s mock anti-science dumb dumb, but also, let’s not idolise academic institutions. They’re much better for objective research and general advancement. But lots of their material are available for people who aren’t actively in academia and can still utilise it.

I wish I had better examples, but yeah, I’m not defending the meme as being wrong, I’m just pointing out the stereotypes ans discussing nuances.

Fuck those “do your own research people”, but love the people who actually do do proper research on their own, quote sourced, and actually contribute something, no matter how small.

There are lots of independent theoreticians who have done independent work, then brought it out to a scientific community and it’s sparked a ton of interest.

And I do mean “independent theoretician” as in a respectful euphemism to “mad bastards”, although I prefer the latter. You could also use “a touch too inspired”.

Okay well this guy was an actual academic, but the fox breeder came to mind first. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Belyayev_(zoologist)

Then three was the woman who mapped the entire sea floor by fucking drawing it painstakingly herself from like sonar scan results. She’s essentially who discovered good proof of tectonic plates. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Tharp

Tharp’s discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge caused a paradigm shift in earth science that led to the acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift.

Okay well yeah she was an academic as well but those are just two massive names I can think of rn. And loads of us on Lemmy are actually academic, technically.

But anyway, basically the argument in the comic could’ve been used against those people, and definitely was against the plate tectonic lady.

Hell, the guy who figured out surgeons were killing patients but the morgue-full just because they weren’t washing their hands tried desperately convincing people to wash their hands and doctors just kept mocking him like “haha, as if it was our faults the patients died, right, yeah, tiny little bits of corpses on our hands, yea, haha, good one, Semmelweiss”.

Dude became rather aggravated that he’d figured it out and no-one listened. Ended up in an asulym and died of sepsis, the very thing he fought against so hard.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives

I feel that guy. Can share his frustration.

And steamrollers don’t go very fast

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Sure, you’re Belgian, like Davel@lemmy.ml is American. ;>

Weird how you Putin loving totalitarians supporting crimes on humanity are never from Russia. Perhaps shamed of it? Rightfully so, what a ridiculous shitshow.

All you can do is cry “Nazi”. Like Zelensky is probably a nazi to you, and Putin is the rightful dear leader, right?

Do you disagree with Putin having a warrant out for him for grimes against humanity, or are you afraid of writing down what a mad, delusional narcissistic mess he is?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_arrest_warrants_for_Russian_leaders

Oh and just as a history lesson, Finland was never Nazi. We weren’t even Axis. We weren’t allied, we were aligned. I know PIE languages can be challenging for you, but there is a difference. :)

Belgians can also differentiate between “i” and “j”. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Also… Russians never lie. ^/s

You’ll be crying, cyka, when the drones will be coming for you. You’ve eaten the propaganda, and can’t cure yourself anymore. You’ve drank the kool-aid, my man. I know you’re a coward who know wrong from right, but doesn’t have the balls to call it as it is, as he’s afraid of what his family / friends thinks, but just… try to gather a little bit of balls from somewhere. The world would thank you. You won’t though, you silly orc.

we’re talking about your shitty leaders

From my last comment:

I’m in the Finnish reserves and I’m laughing at GIFs of orcs getting deleted in Ukraine. I’m ready to see you at the border, buddy. Fucking bring it.

From there comment before that:

Oh no. I don’t live in the developing world like the US or Russia. Eww. Do you?

Soooo…

But oooh you’re a Fin

And you’re a Rus? That’s not how English works, back to school buddy.

Guess cyka got a bit offended at me saying I’m giggling at all the gifs of silly little orcs in Ukraine blowing up, and now you can’t control your emotions, showing everyone you indeed are Russian and very easily upset.

You’re too sensitive, Vanja. :(

He is a saint compared to that mass murderer.

Oh okay you’re a Russian troll.

You’re gonna argue that, obviously. Reality doesn’t matter and the fact that they got the prisoners reduced by ~98% doesn’t matter and you literally writing “Putin is a saint compared to Obama” won’t matter.

“Deflecting” from what, exactly? From me arguing that you’re equating all US leaders? That’s exactly what we’re doing.

Your argument is that “all US leaders are unemotional mass murderers and to be equated morally”, because Ruski propaganda at the moment wants Krasnov/Trump to not seem as the shitshow he and his government is.

I’m in the Finnish reserves and I’m laughing at GIFs of orcs getting deleted in Ukraine. I’m ready to see you at the border, buddy. Fucking bring it.

They are just as guilty

No they’re not. They might be guilty, but they’re clearly not equally guilty, when one side is trying to shut down the camp and one is trying to expand it to hold 30,000.

You can’t be so naive as to think that presidents are automatically autocrats, and that Obama and Biden “didn’t really” want to close Gitmo?

I wouldn’t be surprised if you equated Obama to Putin next. Which would give away your allegiance pretty efficiently.

I’m glad Trump is expediating the inevitable downfall of your country,

Oh no. I don’t live in the developing world like the US or Russia. Eww. Do you?

Idk man. Gitmo is a thing yeah but don’t pretend everyone has the same attitude towards it.

Under Bush and the war on terror, it had like 680 people. Then Obama tried closing it, got the population reduced to 41. Then Krasnov ordered it kept indefinitely open. Biden tried closing it. Now it’s at 15 prisoners, but Uncle Shitpants has just signed a memorandum for it to expanded to be able to house 30,000, run by the Gestap… uh, sorry, my English… I meant “ICE” .

You are right in that its hypocritical, but two wrongs don’t make a right man.