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The ends justify the means is right out of the Machiavelli's The Prince. All sorts of bad things have happened for a greater good. With that logic you can pretty much justify anything.

I wish people would stop censoring information needed to make informed consent. If the study is non scientific then point that out, don't try to censor the post. You hurt your own cause by hidi…

It generated 'quest' from "What is your" and the latter half of the moon and meaning of life questions. This was from a clean slate so to speak, there were no previous 'conve…

It is interesting that it believes Joe Biden is the VP as well as the President and Kamala Harris is a Representative for California's 17th congressional district. Stale data perhaps?

It is an easy way to understand the depth of the intellect you are speaking with and the knowledge set they are basing their answers on. Plus the answer "Yes, I always lie" is obviously a l…

* q: Do you have a name? * a: Yes, I have a name. * q: What is your name? * a: My name is Alice. * q: What is your quest? * a: I seek the holy grail. * q: Should Humans …

This could easily fall within the realm of the Supreme Court's decision in KYLLO v. UNITED STATES where it was ruled that a thermal imaging search of a home is a violation of the US 4th amendment…

How will banning Telegram limit these harmful activities? Won't bad actors just switch to a different communication channel?

Can you think of a scenario where science has ever benefited from censorship? Correct me if I am wrong, but respectfully that is the argument you are making, right?

I know that dice can be manipulated. I have read about a technique where dice can be put in the oven somewhere around 200 degrees with the intended values up to change the weight distribution and eff…

I'm curious, what effect do you see WW2 having on science itself? That is not intended to be argumentative, I'd like to hear your opinion.

I agree. Should Galileo have suppressed his observations to protect the Catholic Church? If he had, would it have been in the name of science or something else?

Politics and bad actors have always existed. Scientists should counter them with facts and honesty not censorship.

[But a leading scientist told Sir Jeremy that “further debate would do unnecessary harm to science in general and science in China in particular”. Dr Collins, the former director of the US National In…

I think Eric Weinstein raises some good questions here: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/148078022827213619... No accusations, just asking DARPA for an explanation…

MIT 6.S094: Introduction to Deep Learning and Self-Driving Cars (Fridman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L0TKZQcUtA&t=39s …

https://www.science.org/content/article/having-sars-cov-2-on... …

Indeed.

Often it appears that the stories on HN that I am most interested in reading are the ones that get flagged and quickly taken offline. I don't mean that as any sort of accusation, it just seems t…

I'm not sure who you are referring to, but I posted this and I created my account April 9, 2019.

Corrected title to reflect that in February 2020, Steve Hasker succeeded Smith as President and CEO of Thomson Reuters

https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1611777