Powerpoint experiment
Transcript: There’s a reason to be skeptical though, bring about famine due to ineffectual farming practices such as the use of GMOs, irregular crop rotations or the failure of massive singular type crops Can we learn about human nature without the contours of society? the latest Lance Armstrong scandal Knowledge can cause collapse in math in that knowledge is built up, the it could cause the collapse of a theory Is there ever a point where we should stop pursuing knowledge? Which can of tuna do you choose? If we were able to design a bio weapon that could be tailored to a specific individual or group, who would be in charge of saying ye or nay? How ethical is it to endanger the environment for the benefit of progress? Prime candidates are Santa Easter Bunny Tooth Fairy all your childhood dreams irreversibly deplete natural resources because of over population due to significantly increased birth rates Apocalypse: Penicillian, we found the miracle drug, but insted there was a deadly war and we lost many lives in the process Does the confines of societal norm and acceptability limit our pursuit of knowledge? begin a global atomic war creation of a deadly virus ( causing mass moralities/ zombies) Why do we lie to ourselves when the evidence has dire consequences? (global warming) Microwave Safe Best Flavor Should there be ethical regulations about large consequence knowledge ? What are the ethical codes about knowledge on a high impact scale? Who is more responsible: the third world farmer who doesn't know or the man who drives an SUV two blocks to work each day? Human Sciences John Nash Nash equilibrium Situtation where no one loses Ethics Progress for the sake of progress, is another way of saying that we need to advance in technology just because we have the means to do so. Is an older student ethically responsible for exposing the lie that his paren't told him, to help in his pursuit of knowledge? What misconceptions do we have about theories vs. proven facts? or the Mayan Calendar where we learn that some people will make the wildest claims to get on the news "There is one not-so-tiny flaw in all of these theories for the increase in mass shootings, and that is that mass shootings have not increased in number or in overall body count, at least not over the past several decades." -The Los Angeles Times Many people dismiss Global warming as just a theory, the same as if if you or I were to hypothisize whether it will rain or not tomorrow. The difference between a colloquial theory and a scientific theory is that to be considered a scientific theory, 95% of the scientific community must agree with the statement. One problem that arises is that of industry: all factories that can help a developing country progress are harmful to the environment. Can knowledge itself be the cause of collapse? When the system is no longer available: Adam Smith theory overriden Is the progress in knowledge of weapons leading us to war and by consequence collapse? ( a third world war) Can a lack of information be the cause of collapse? People have been making predictions about the end of the world, through out all of history based on the information available to them at the time. Why do we go gaga over numbers? ( statistically manipulated) History advance progression of global warming "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." ― -Ray Bradbury Ignorance is bliss and knowledge is the collapse of that happiness Anticipating "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." -Mark Twain Are news reports biased towards disaster in order to get better ratings? Math But experts say it's the spectacular nature of the attacks that give public mass shootings such impact beyond the affected communities, with intense media coverage lending extra piquance: five or six or even seven attacks in one year may not be statistically significant, but they're emotionally resonant. Maximize Value Ethical code Efficiency Ease Satisfaction Is it possible for human knowledge to progress to point where it becomes detrimental to the well being of society or our planet at large? Can we confide in previous knowledge if we cant trust future data? Is scientific data framed to promote the psyche of collapse? in march 1998 smithsoinan Astrophysical oberservarory cambridge massachusets mile wide asteriod 1997 XF11 thurday october 26 2028 within 30,000mi of the earth (moon is 240,000) Facts are ever changing, our paradigms are always shifting science of anesthesiology Biology: a single gene codes for a single trait Are scientists more likely to focus on extremes because of funding? Causes problems in ethics because the more we know the more responsible we are Cure- disease Real Life Situation: proper formatting of an excel speadsheet A few examples: pchology of belief why predictions fail people try to get others to believe more so theyre the oes who commit themselves surrounded by others, the pycological