Re: [ccp4bb] Combating disinformation in science and other areas

2024-02-27 Thread Navdeep Sidhu
Dear Daniel, When board members expressed their opinions on social maladies (e.g. real or apparent sexism, anti-migrant bias, etc.) in the sciences in the past, that was being (divisively) political too--and thankfully so, I think. An exhortation to refrain from political issues is, like it o

Re: [ccp4bb] Combating disinformation in science and other areas

2024-02-15 Thread David J. Schuller
. D. Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 10:40 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Combating disinformation in science and other areas Dear all, That’s a very nice idea to have an app to combat misinformation that can undermine the integrity of science and foster mistrust of scientif

Re: [ccp4bb] Combating disinformation in science and other areas

2024-02-14 Thread Daniel M. Himmel, Ph. D.
Dear all, That’s a very nice idea to have an app to combat misinformation that can undermine the integrity of science and foster mistrust of scientific inquiry. But to launch such an app raises the obvious question: Who is to be the arbiter of what is true and what is “misinformation”? The w

Re: [ccp4bb] Combating disinformation in science and other areas

2024-02-14 Thread Bryan Lepore
The idea of "Global Sustainability" can be found in the documents for the noted projects, so the United Nations "Sustainable Development Goals" appear to be worth reviewing as background - even though it appears the UN or UNESCO (below) is irrelevant to them : “Transformation is the red thread

Re: [ccp4bb] Combating disinformation in science and other areas

2024-02-14 Thread John R Helliwell
Dear Focco,Thankyou for drawing attention to this important domain, and I will look at your initiative with interest.Dear Colleagues on CCP4bb,I (virtually) attended the recent, excellent, USA National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine+Nobel Foundation Symposium entitled Truth, Trust an