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Afro-american boy hiding in ruined building, escaped from dysfunctional family

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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
March 23, 2021

Categorized
Ethics, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Abortion (racial disparity), Crime, Critical Race Theory, Drug abuse, Featured, Gangs, Health Care (in poverty zones), Medical care (unequal access), poverty, Racism, Unemployment, Welfare dependency}

Woke Medicine Is Very Bad for Everyone’s Health

_{The issues raised by Critical Race Theory are real but I believe that the diagnosis is deeply flawed} _{Michael Egnor

March 23, 2021

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Ethics, Medicine and Health}

Critical Race Theory and claims about structural racism in American society are infiltrating medical care and education. There is a major effort in medical education today to indoctrinate students and resident physicians into Critical Theory. This is, in my view, a deeply misguided approach.The issues raised by Critical Race Theory are real but I believe that the diagnosis is deeply flawed. The question we face is: how can we protect medical education and practice from this latest iteration of Marxism, and at the same time work to improve deficiencies in education and medical care that Critical Race Theorists correctly point out? It is undeniable that there are structural problems in medicine. Many of these problems impede good medical care, especially Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 16, 2021

Categorized
Data Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Tagged
Anti-trust laws, Benny Thomas, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Nick Clegg, Project Veritas, Racism, Singularity, Super-intelligent AI}

Facebook Exec Admits the Company Has Too Much Power

_{He worries, talking with an undercover reporter, that Zuckerberg is 36 and is “the ruler” of two billion people} _{Denyse O'Leary

March 16, 2021

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Data Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance}

In a video titled “KING ZUCK: Facebook Global Planning Lead Reveals Dire Need For Government Intervention In Facebook” (March 15, 2021), we hear an insider’s view from Benny Thomas, Facebook’s Global Planning Lead— who told what he knew to a Project Veritas undercover reporter. From the undercover interview: Benny Thomas: I’ll make less money but it will be a better thing for the world. Facebook and Google are too powerful and they need to be made less powerful … It needs to be broken up the way the telecom companies were broken up and the oil companies were broken up.” No king in the history of the world has been the ruler of two billion people. And he’s 36. [a Read More ›

Schoolchildren writing on chalkboard in classroom during math lesson

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 26, 2021

Categorized
Education, Mathematics

Tagged
education, Equitable Math, Featured, math, objectivity, Racism, white supremacy, white supremacy culture}

Antiracism In Math Promotes Racism and Bad Math

_{If you are scratching your head over how math might be racist, you are not alone} _{Jonathan Bartlett

February 26, 2021

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Education, Mathematics}

Recently, a conglomeration of California education associations got together to work on a series of resources for mathematics teachers. The goal? Eliminate racism in mathematics classes by promoting Equitable Math. If you are struggling to imagine how mathematics could be racist, you are not alone. I am certain there exist racist teachers, and probably teachers who exhibit racist expectations of their students. I would support any reasonable action to get rid of or reform such teachers. But that is not the primary goal of these resources. The website, equitablemath.org, instead believes that the very way that mathematics is commonly taught is not just racist, but is specifically white supremacist. While I consider myself to be somewhat of a mathematics reformer Read More ›

With the global spread of the new coronavirus pneumonia, an automated line of disposable medical masks makes the masks ready for an epidemic 24 hours a day, COVID-19 outbreak

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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
November 5, 2020

Categorized
Ethics, Global Technology, Medicine and Health, Surveillance

Tagged
Africa, Africans in China, China, COVID-19, Featured, Guangzhou, Racism}

COVID-19 Response Exposes Racism in China, amid Harmony Claims

_{The lid blew off when African leaders broke the accustomed silence imposed by their dependence on Chinese high-tech loans} _{Heather Zeiger

November 5, 2020

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Ethics, Global Technology, Medicine and Health, Surveillance}

The coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic has exposed two longstanding ugly problems: underlying racist views of Africans living in China and the burden debt to China lays on several African countries. The key flashpoints creating tension between China and Africa are 1) Mistreatment of citizens of African countries living in China, particularly in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province (pictured) and 2) Beijing’s position on granting debt relief to countries in Africa so they can direct resources to dealing with the coronavirus. In one incident, Nigeria’s speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, posted a video of himself summoning Chinese Ambassador Zhou Pingjian to his office where he expressed his displeasure about a Nigerian man being evicted from his home. While nobody Read More ›

Stethoscope on an old book of medicine, conceptual image

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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
October 13, 2020

Categorized
Science

Tagged
Bronx Zoo, Consensus science, Correlation vs causation, Eugenics, Featured, George Washington, Junk DNA, Lysenkoism, Margaret Sanger, Michael Crichton, Politics, Racism, Settled science, Spurious Correlations (website), Trofim Lysenko, Vestigial organs}

Should We Really “Listen to Science”? What Should We Listen For?

_{Politicians who insist that their beliefs represent science might be surprised by the checkered history of that view} _{Robert J. Marks

October 13, 2020

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Science}

This political season, politicians are telling us to “listen to science.” But buyer beware. The politicization of science is a long and sad history of so-called “scientific truths” that were not only mistaken but resulted in tragedy. Those who know a bit of this history should be wary of politicians’ table-pounding claims on topics ranging from climate change to COVID. In a 2003 lecture at Caltech, Michael Crichton, MD (pictured in 2002, courtesy Jon Chase CC BY-SA 3.0), author of great science fiction including Jurassic Park, noted, “science has in some instances been seduced by the more ancient lures of politics and publicity.” For example, racism was “settled science” in the early 20th century. So was eugenics, the so-called science Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
January 23, 2020

Categorized
Global Technology, Surveillance, Technocracy

Tagged
China, European Union (EU), Facial Recognition, Hong Kong, Minorities, Racism, Uyghurs}

EU Mulls Five-Year Ban on Facial Recognition

_{Too soon, too fast, and not enough discussion of the objectives, say critics} _{News

January 23, 2020

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Global Technology, Surveillance, Technocracy}

Opposition is growing in the Western world to routine government use of facial recognition (FR) technologies. But it takes different forms in different places.

Big Tech Tries to Fight Racist and Sexist Data

_{The trouble is, no machine can be better than its underlying training data. That’s baked in} _{Brendan Dixon

November 9, 2019

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Machine Learning, Programming}

The problem with machine learning-based AI in police work is not so much its inherent bias (none of us is bias-free) but the delegation to a machine of what should be a human decision.

Has AI Been Racist?

_{AI is, left to itself, inherently unthinking, which can result in insensitivity and bias} _{Denyse O'Leary

October 3, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Ethics, Programming}

Just any available data swatched into systems may embody prejudices that only become evident in use.

AI: Think About Ethics Before Trouble Arises

_{A machine learning specialist reflects on Micah 6:8 as a guide to developing ethics for the rapidly growing profession} _{George Montañez

January 7, 2019

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Ethics, Medicine and Health}

To love mercy sometimes means to give up efficiency. It could mean losing a few points of model accuracy by refusing to take into account features that invade privacy or are proxies for race, leading to discriminatory model behavior. But that’s OK. The merciful are willing to give up some of their rights and advantages so they can help others. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 3, 2019

Categorized
Social Factors

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, ethics, Featured, Longform, Machine Learning, Racism, Social Factors}

Can an Algorithm Be Racist?

_{No, the machine has no opinion. It processes vast tracts of data. And, as a result, the troubling hidden roots of some data are exposed} _{Denyse O'Leary

January 3, 2019

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Social Factors}

It’s tempting to assume that a villain lurks behind such a scene when the exact opposite is the problem: A system dominated by machines is all calculations, not thoughts, intentions, or choices. If the input is wrong, so is the output. Read More ›