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Media failure: The Happiest Country Nonsense

2024 March 13

This week I’ve seen many items about “This is why Finland is the world’s happiest country” – and 100% of these stories are wrong. Not one reporter – not one…

AI Software Quality Software/Tech Stupidity

Google’s Gemini AI is broken

2024 February 27

Gemini AI's architecture is fundamentally broken - is it even fixable? I have doubts.

AI Software Quality Software/Tech Stupidity

AI continues to skew results Part 2

2024 February 21

Google's Gemini AI provides very skewed answers to simple prompts,

Business Public Health/Nutrition Stupidity

Business: Remote work a perk for the elite

2024 January 29

It was always a perk for the elite.

Public Health/Nutrition Social media Stupidity

Public health: If you are not wearing an N95 mask …

2023 December 24

If you are not wearing an N95 mask 24x7, you are racists and pro-genocide. Apparently this is science.

Public Health/Nutrition Stupidity

Public health: Should wear masks at all times, including while eating

2023 December 10

She says that 17 of 18 people at a dinner got Covid - and that's why everyone must wear masks 24 x 7. Even while eating?

Climate Environment International/Global/Immigration Stupidity

Climate: By assigning all the world’s emissions to the 1%, the 1% emit all the world’s carbon emissions!

2023 November 20

Oxfam count emission made by companies in which the top 1% have investments, and says all the emissions from those companies are emitted by the top 1%. Brilliant.

Climate Education Stupidity

Climate: “Climate change will kill 1 billion people”; we should execute climate change deniers

2023 October 21

A professor argued for the execution of anyone labeled a climate denier. He believes in academic freedom for himself, but not for others - those that disagree should be executed.…

Follow up Public Health/Nutrition Stupidity

Follow up: Students isolating with Covid should be last to leave buildings on fire

2023 October 17

In Oct 2020, the University of York told students self isolating in case they had Covid that they should delay exiting a building on fire...

Media Nation of Idiots Policy/Government Social media Stupidity

Social: Combat disinformation via thinking

2023 August 4

What a radical concept – so radical this just might work! “Instead of relying on regulation, we should be relying on building more robust social resilience,” said Vilas Dhar, president…

Media failure: The Happiest Country Nonsense

Google’s Gemini AI is broken

AI continues to skew results Part 2

Business: Remote work a perk for the elite

Public health: Should wear masks at all times, including while eating

Climate: By assigning all the world’s emissions to the 1%, the 1% emit all the world’s carbon emissions!

Climate: “Climate change will kill 1 billion people”; we should execute climate change deniers

Follow up: Students isolating with Covid should be last to leave buildings on fire

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