We are excited to announce the 44th Orange County ACX/LW meetup, happening this Saturday and most Saturdays thereafter.
Host: Michael Michalchik
Email: michaelmichalchik@gmail.com (For questions or requests)
Location: 1970 Port Laurent Place
(949) 375-2045
Date: Saturday, Sept 30, 2023
Time: 2 PM
Conversation Starters :
This week we have specific cases of situations that have broader implications on how we go into the future. We look at nuclear proliferation (which could be viewed as a special case of the more general problem of controlling dangerous technologies) and biological sex as a thought paradigm in anthropology (which can be seen as a specific case of socially controversial ideas struggling to find a place in scientific discourse).
Are nuclear weapons and the international agreements about them a good model for other technological existential threats (ASI, Bioengineered pathogens, nanotechnology, smart e-viruses, psychological warfare technologies)
How much should the scientific community change its research program to account for the sensitivities of the general population and potential harms? Is there a way to reconcile these conflicts? Will censorship and self-censorship cause more harm in the long run? Are there truths about people and society it’s better we just not know. Are there research agendas that, if we allow ourselves to pursue them, will lead to more wrong ideas than right ones?
OC ACXLW Nuclear Proliferation history/Does sex belong in science 9/30/23
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H8BpUe5zWMBVFf1DFJ65AnnSoHEbLNrFvv9w925zCbs/edit?usp=sharing
Hello Folks!
We are excited to announce the 44th Orange County ACX/LW meetup, happening this Saturday and most Saturdays thereafter.
Host: Michael Michalchik
Email: michaelmichalchik@gmail.com (For questions or requests)
Location: 1970 Port Laurent Place
(949) 375-2045
Date: Saturday, Sept 30, 2023
Time: 2 PM
Conversation Starters :
This week we have specific cases of situations that have broader implications on how we go into the future. We look at nuclear proliferation (which could be viewed as a special case of the more general problem of controlling dangerous technologies) and biological sex as a thought paradigm in anthropology (which can be seen as a specific case of socially controversial ideas struggling to find a place in scientific discourse).
Are nuclear weapons and the international agreements about them a good model for other technological existential threats (ASI, Bioengineered pathogens, nanotechnology, smart e-viruses, psychological warfare technologies)
How much should the scientific community change its research program to account for the sensitivities of the general population and potential harms? Is there a way to reconcile these conflicts? Will censorship and self-censorship cause more harm in the long run? Are there truths about people and society it’s better we just not know. Are there research agendas that, if we allow ourselves to pursue them, will lead to more wrong ideas than right ones?
Video, with YouTube transcript available:
Why Every Nuclear Power Built the Bomb (And Everyone Else Hasn't)
https://youtu.be/l8MkjxFq7pI?si=vrqqSlRwOFXM60UN
More mishigas: Two anthropology societies cancel an accepted symposium on sex and gender because it would “harm” their members
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2023/09/27/more-mishigas-two-anthropology-societies-cancel-accepted-symposium-on-sex-and-gender-because-it-would-harm-their-members/?fbclid=IwAR0xsMUMuWYki3rQXXlLyqz_mJqdHgJ05nCoYlrAWfwEf--oB8ulr6xfb5M#