#Ethics

this is going to be a thread about the mechanics of Dinosaur Train, a PBS Kids show about dinosaurs riding a train the show follows a family of pteranodons that
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Since I'm an overthinker and this is my ~diary~, here is a #thread on some recent twitter DisCoUrSe that I observed. These are just personal thoughts. You don't have to
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Today in class we will be discussing this incident to think through militarized state responses to Black and Brown resistance and rebellion to systematic inequity. This happening in #Inglewood at
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The UK National Data Strategy takes a v optimistic line on algorithmic and data bias in S. 2.5: “We can harness data as part of struggles to tackle bias and
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Honestly and with all due respect, if you think my work is amazing, then i've failed to teach you anything. This is one of the most dehumanising, loaded and negative
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1) There is something profoundly different about @decredproject that many can't quite put their finger on.This thread will briefly discuss ethical advantages in #Decred.Compericlity (balanced risk-sharing) tends to enhance robustness
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Other than Job cuts there is another important bit of news is that Cognizant has decided to quit Content Moderation business. It's a multi million $ operations business. What do
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1. When the #WECharity debacle broke, it immediately struck me that there was more going on than meets the eye. Yes, there are absolutely legit issues being raised. But it’s
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"How to cover letter"; a brief thread from a scientific editor's perspectiveYes, in brief editors do read cover letters although like myself, most pay far less attention than to the
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My hot take is that I’m not sure if gacha is any more exploitative than a $60 upfront ticket (with the expectation of DLC down the line).Def makes it more
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At yesterday’s paper study, we covered a very recent Nature paper on the discovering of a new class of antibiotics which work against some very scary resistant microbes. It’s an
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sidebar am I the ONLY one that finds it supremely fucked up that multiple reporters are pimping out books and sharing “new details” as a way to pimp their book(s)?Trump
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The more I read the #Lancetgate #hydroxychloroquine study the more implausible any of it seems ~40% of ALL African #COVID19 deaths captured in a comprehensive electronic hospital database and cared
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Suppose you can tailor your offspring using a crispr like technologyIs it racist to make your child white Suppose such a technology exists. Is it racist for a white family
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1. One of the key lessons we MUST take from #covid19 is that we need some form of oversight and ethics commitee to oversee and regulate the #media in terms
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I’m hesitant to do this because (a) I don’t really want to revisit this place in my life - I’m happy, healing (b) I don’t want to take away from
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