Neither Einstein nor Hitler were orders of magnitudes greater intelligence than the average human- Albert was smart, but nowhere near the potential of AI. Neither Einstein nor Hitler could process data from all around the world from millions of inputs at the same time.
Einstein and Hitler were both mortal and had a finite life span.
but I can't control if someone else posts a picture of me on facebook and associates my name with it
FYI: you can disable the ability of others taging you in any photos, in the privacy settings (I think: I don't use that, but helped some [physical] friends doing it)
That would require me creating a Facebook account, something I refuse to do.
Why would you wish Facebook extinct? A platform that is happily used by over 1billion people? You're free to just not use it you know. Block it's domain at your router and go about your life.
I for one am glad that the internet isn't simply subject to the wishes of one Oswald McWeany.
Putting aside the part that my comment was mostly in jest; being serious, Facebook is ever advancing. It's annoying when sites require a Facebook account to join theirs, Facebook has become an alternate official ID in this country. Facebook tracks me, even though I don't have an account. I can control that I don't have my real name on the web, but I can't control if someone else posts a picture of me on facebook and associates my name with it. I feel like Facebook represents a huge privacy violation, not just for the users but even people who are associated with users. Facebook has proven to be rather unethical in their deployment of security and privacy options, often leaving people wide open by default when things change. Not to mention, facebook annoys me every night I go to bed and my wife spends the next three hours facebooking people.
I'm assuming he means Iraq, and say what you want about the aftermath, but militarily speaking, they got stomped into the ground and then we jumped on the bits til we got blisters.
No, he clearly said Ireq. We did so badly in the "Ireq" war our government doesn't even want us to know that the country exists. It's like when Britain lost Sodor's war of independence and was forced to start calling the Fat Controller "Sir Topham Hat", we were supposed to forget we once disdainfully referred to that dictator as "fat".
Maybe I'm wrong then, although I could have sworn I read an article about him admitting he was paid to make the study and paid to come to that conclusion.
Whether or not people with Porsche have healthier lives, there have previously been studies that show that how much you spend on your car does not correlate to your satisfaction levels with your car. So this news about smartphones would suggest you're better off buying a top of the line smartphone and a junker than you are a Porsche and a "LeEco" phone.
If autism were inherited in those increasing numbers, then where are those millions of parents suffering from the same disease that they are supposed to be passing on to their children?
I suggest you look up recessive genes and inheritance for your answer to that. You can inherit genes from your parents that are not directly expressed by your parents. Autism has been linked to being more prevalent in certain families, it's very likely there is a genetic predisposition for it. It's also likely there are environmental conditions that help trigger it in people that are predisposed.
One link that has been shown to exist is that, obese fathers tend to have a disproportionate number of autistic offspring. This would suggest there could be an epigenetic cause.
I do not know if autism is inherited; you assert that it is not. This is may be why genetic testing is not done for autism.
Autism can and does run in families but I don't know if there is a gene or genes you can check for it. There is a spectrum of conditions, you're not autistic or not autistic, there are shades in-between. It's very likely there is no one cause for autism.
WTF is the point of spending years training to become a nurse / midwife if they just decide to ignore evidence of the efficacy of vaccination and promote woo? Anyone pushing antivax nonsense should be barred from practicing as a nurse or midwife. It should be that simple.
Especially since the person who started all this vaccination = autism malarkey admitted years ago he made it all up.
Not jailed, but put into the same medical category as homeopaths. Believers could still patronize them, but they would no longer be part of the "real medicine" system.
I think most anti-vaxers already ARE homeopaths too, so that won't offend them. They probably visit chiropractors and wonder why their back gets worse and worse, and are probably on gluten free diets despite not having celiac.
Are you insane? Apparentley there is no more freedom in opinion in Australia, and also no more freedom of speech.
If I were hired to be a pastor in a Baptist church and on my first day in charge told the congregation:
Jesus hates you, let's drink goat blood and pray to Satan instead
I think that most people would expect me to get fired. I'm free to say those words- and I'm free to get fired for saying those words. Nurses are free to speak about quack beliefs and promote dangerous practices- and they're free to get fired for being idiots.
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Neither Einstein nor Hitler were orders of magnitudes greater intelligence than the average human- Albert was smart, but nowhere near the potential of AI.
Neither Einstein nor Hitler could process data from all around the world from millions of inputs at the same time.
Einstein and Hitler were both mortal and had a finite life span.
FYI: you can disable the ability of others taging you in any photos, in the privacy settings (I think: I don't use that, but helped some [physical] friends doing it)
That would require me creating a Facebook account, something I refuse to do.
Why would you wish Facebook extinct? A platform that is happily used by over 1billion people? You're free to just not use it you know. Block it's domain at your router and go about your life.
I for one am glad that the internet isn't simply subject to the wishes of one Oswald McWeany.
Putting aside the part that my comment was mostly in jest; being serious, Facebook is ever advancing. It's annoying when sites require a Facebook account to join theirs, Facebook has become an alternate official ID in this country. Facebook tracks me, even though I don't have an account. I can control that I don't have my real name on the web, but I can't control if someone else posts a picture of me on facebook and associates my name with it. I feel like Facebook represents a huge privacy violation, not just for the users but even people who are associated with users. Facebook has proven to be rather unethical in their deployment of security and privacy options, often leaving people wide open by default when things change. Not to mention, facebook annoys me every night I go to bed and my wife spends the next three hours facebooking people.
Coming next season on HBO:
GAME OF PHONES!
Will Daenerys get a dead connection? Will the White Walkers expand their data plan? Find out more in the final season of Game of Phones.
If 40% of his windows machines needed help desk support then his organization is doing something seriously wrong.
I wish Microsoft had succeeded, facebook might be extinct by now.
Who knew Rock 'em Sock 'em robots was a military training tool.
$3T blown on Ireq didn't work
I'm assuming he means Iraq, and say what you want about the aftermath, but militarily speaking, they got stomped into the ground and then we jumped on the bits til we got blisters.
No, he clearly said Ireq. We did so badly in the "Ireq" war our government doesn't even want us to know that the country exists. It's like when Britain lost Sodor's war of independence and was forced to start calling the Fat Controller "Sir Topham Hat", we were supposed to forget we once disdainfully referred to that dictator as "fat".
How about buying Yahoo too then they can be the unholy trinity:
The most despised web search engine, a highly reviled telecommunications company, and a cable company (they're all evil).
EA will be relegated to only the 2nd most evil entity on earth.
I thought it was just Japanese censorship that made them look square and pixelated. I didn't know they really were.
Maybe I'm wrong then, although I could have sworn I read an article about him admitting he was paid to make the study and paid to come to that conclusion.
Indeed, once upon a time people were excited and super happy to get a large 12inch Television.
Whether or not people with Porsche have healthier lives, there have previously been studies that show that how much you spend on your car does not correlate to your satisfaction levels with your car. So this news about smartphones would suggest you're better off buying a top of the line smartphone and a junker than you are a Porsche and a "LeEco" phone.
I'm not convinced that space is the next internet. How is space going to bring more porn to the masses?
The vaccinations do not give immunity to everyone that gets them. Also, some people are unable to get them for medical reasons.
That's even more reason why everyone who CAN get a vaccine SHOULD.
Thanks for also listing the depth in metric. This imperial measurement system really ties me in knots.
It proves he is a scientist and we should listen to him.
If autism were inherited in those increasing numbers, then where are those millions of parents suffering from the same disease that they are supposed to be passing on to their children?
I suggest you look up recessive genes and inheritance for your answer to that. You can inherit genes from your parents that are not directly expressed by your parents. Autism has been linked to being more prevalent in certain families, it's very likely there is a genetic predisposition for it. It's also likely there are environmental conditions that help trigger it in people that are predisposed.
One link that has been shown to exist is that, obese fathers tend to have a disproportionate number of autistic offspring. This would suggest there could be an epigenetic cause.
I do not know if autism is inherited; you assert that it is not. This is may be why genetic testing is not done for autism.
Autism can and does run in families but I don't know if there is a gene or genes you can check for it. There is a spectrum of conditions, you're not autistic or not autistic, there are shades in-between. It's very likely there is no one cause for autism.
WTF is the point of spending years training to become a nurse / midwife if they just decide to ignore evidence of the efficacy of vaccination and promote woo? Anyone pushing antivax nonsense should be barred from practicing as a nurse or midwife. It should be that simple.
Especially since the person who started all this vaccination = autism malarkey admitted years ago he made it all up.
Not jailed, but put into the same medical category as homeopaths. Believers could still patronize them, but they would no longer be part of the "real medicine" system.
I think most anti-vaxers already ARE homeopaths too, so that won't offend them. They probably visit chiropractors and wonder why their back gets worse and worse, and are probably on gluten free diets despite not having celiac.
Are you insane?
Apparentley there is no more freedom in opinion in Australia, and also no more freedom of speech.
If I were hired to be a pastor in a Baptist church and on my first day in charge told the congregation:
Jesus hates you, let's drink goat blood and pray to Satan instead
I think that most people would expect me to get fired. I'm free to say those words- and I'm free to get fired for saying those words. Nurses are free to speak about quack beliefs and promote dangerous practices- and they're free to get fired for being idiots.
The majority of Enterprise captains are not American.
As a Canadian, I've seen the new Star Wars and let me give you some spoilers: at the end of the movie, Data totally dies by saving Picard's life!
I don't believe Data is really dead. The Doctor will fly in on the Tardis and because of some timey-wimey stuff, Data will turn out to be OK.
Perhaps if this article had been preponed a day more people would have read it.
There's only 125 crore people in India, not 2 billion.