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In a recent post, I perpetrated the fallacy that the notion of a #flatEarth was endemic during the #MiddleAges. Someone correctly pointed out that this was not 100% factually accurate, and suggested that no one actually thought this during the Middle Ages. While "no one" may also be a misrepresentation of how widespread the knowledge of a spherical Earth was at the time, let me explain why my factually flawed lead-in about a putatively widespread belief actually reinforces the original post's central point about the inherent bias caused by large-scale #dataAggregation when training #AI.
Thanks to the Greeks, scholars and the well-educated knew about a spherical Earth since about 500 BCE, and that even during the Middle Ages the educated elite (who were nevertheless a minority) widely accepted it as fact. What the typically uneducated general public thought about it at the time may be a different story, though. Regardless, this inaccurate assumption about the beliefs of the time actually reinforces my original point about how certain factual inaccuracies and data biases, especially when amplified by repetition, negatively impact the usefulness of the current generation of #LLM and #GenAI systems.
In some ways, geocentrism may have been a better example. However, whichever example you choose, in this context its veracity is less important than how often the statement is made, impacting the frequency or weighting of the statement within the corpus used to train an #AI or #ML system.
The references to historical beliefs in a flat Earth or the solar system revolving around the Earth are widely repeated, and that's all that's necessary for it to become a data point within the statistical mean of a large and uncurated #ML #dataset. In other words, if enough separate data sources repeat a given statement frequently enough, that's often sufficient to skew the resulting data set. This problem is closely related to the very human cognitive bias that people have for believing commonly heard statements.
To support the historical points about who may or may not have believed in a flat Earth or geocentrism during the Middle Ages, I've attached some relevant links. Meanwhile, I'll post later about why any "belief in a belief" or frequently-repeated datum actually defines an existential problem with many of today's very large AI/ML systems, and what we can collectively do about it.
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In a recent post, I perpetrated the fallacy that the notion of a #flatEarth was endemic during the #MiddleAges. Someone correctly pointed out that this was not 100% factually accurate, and suggested that no one actually thought this during the Middle Ages. While "no one" may also be a misrepresentation of how widespread the knowledge of a spherical Earth was at the time, let me explain why my factually flawed lead-in about a putatively widespread belief actually reinforces the original post's central point about the inherent bias caused by large-scale #dataAggregation when training #AI.
Thanks to the Greeks, scholars and the well-educated knew about a spherical Earth since about 500 BCE, and that even during the Middle Ages the educated elite (who were nevertheless a minority) widely accepted it as fact. What the typically uneducated general public thought about it at the time may be a different story, though. Regardless, this inaccurate assumption about the beliefs of the time actually reinforces my original point about how certain factual inaccuracies and data biases, especially when amplified by repetition, negatively impact the usefulness of the current generation of #LLM and #GenAI systems.
In some ways, geocentrism may have been a better example. However, whichever example you choose, in this context its veracity is less important than how often the statement is made, impacting the frequency or weighting of the statement within the corpus used to train an #AI or #ML system.
The references to historical beliefs in a flat Earth or the solar system revolving around the Earth are widely repeated, and that's all that's necessary for it to become a data point within the statistical mean of a large and uncurated #ML #dataset. In other words, if enough separate data sources repeat a given statement frequently enough, that's often sufficient to skew the resulting data set. This problem is closely related to the very human cognitive bias that people have for believing commonly heard statements.
To support the historical points about who may or may not have believed in a flat Earth or geocentrism during the Middle Ages, I've attached some relevant links. Meanwhile, I'll post later about why any "belief in a belief" or frequently-repeated datum actually defines an existential problem with many of today's very large AI/ML systems, and what we can collectively do about it.
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Interesting.
Jeran Campanella, the prominent flat earther who is (1) notable for saying the final line (“interesting...”) in the documentary Behind the Curve while doing a level experiment on water, and (2) joined last month’s The Final Experiment trip to Antarctica to witness the 24-hour sun, has stated on his Telegram channel today that, “I am no longer a flat earther.”
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Interesting.
Jeran Campanella, the prominent flat earther who is (1) notable for saying the final line (“interesting...”) in the documentary Behind the Curve while doing a level experiment on water, and (2) joined last month’s The Final Experiment trip to Antarctica to witness the 24-hour sun, has stated on his Telegram channel today that, “I am no longer a flat earther.”
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Interesting.
Jeran Campanella, the prominent flat earther who is (1) notable for saying the final line (“interesting...”) in the documentary Behind the Curve while doing a level experiment on water, and (2) joined last month’s The Final Experiment trip to Antarctica to witness the 24-hour sun, has stated on his Telegram channel today that, “I am no longer a flat earther.”
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Ist die Erde eine Scheibe? Zahllose Experimente und Beobachtungen widerlegen diese Idee. Trotzdem ist sie nicht tot zu kriegen - oder doch?
Ein "finales Experiment" sollte das ein für alle Mal klären. Was daraus geworden ist, erfahrt ihr von @DerBuddler:
https://skeptix.org/2024/12/27/the-final-experiment-fuer-die-wahrheit-ans-ende-der-welt/
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Ist die Erde eine Scheibe? Zahllose Experimente und Beobachtungen widerlegen diese Idee. Trotzdem ist sie nicht tot zu kriegen - oder doch?
Ein "finales Experiment" sollte das ein für alle Mal klären. Was daraus geworden ist, erfahrt ihr von @DerBuddler:
https://skeptix.org/2024/12/27/the-final-experiment-fuer-die-wahrheit-ans-ende-der-welt/
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Ist die Erde eine Scheibe? Zahllose Experimente und Beobachtungen widerlegen diese Idee. Trotzdem ist sie nicht tot zu kriegen - oder doch?
Ein "finales Experiment" sollte das ein für alle Mal klären. Was daraus geworden ist, erfahrt ihr von @DerBuddler:
https://skeptix.org/2024/12/27/the-final-experiment-fuer-die-wahrheit-ans-ende-der-welt/
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"Where's the guns Nathan?! Where's the guns?! You lied!"
Michael Toon calls Nathan Oakley, one of the most ridiculous Flat Earthers to date, from Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bwNkVviosM
#FlatEarthers #flatearth #thefinalexperiment #antarctica #unionglacier #conspiracy #conspiracy_theories
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"Where's the guns Nathan?! Where's the guns?! You lied!"
Michael Toon calls Nathan Oakley, one of the most ridiculous Flat Earthers to date, from Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bwNkVviosM
#FlatEarthers #flatearth #thefinalexperiment #antarctica #unionglacier #conspiracy #conspiracy_theories
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Early morning walk with Neville and Indie. After yesterday’s torrential thunderstorm everything is fresh and green again.
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@dworkin The Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe. #FlatEarthSociety
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@notjustbikes Here in Amsterdam people complain a lot about #fatbikes Lets add #fatcars to the lingo.
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@dokterjob Ik zeg nergens dat ik mij aan *alle* ouderen irriteer. Ik irriteer mij aan het asociale gedrag op eFietsen, dat *niet* door jongeren wordt veroorzaakt. Het amechtige geklaag door notabene VVD-ers over die fatbikes hangt mij de keel uit. Ik vind het ook monsterlijke dingen, maar automobilisten (in hun #fatcars) zijn een veel groter gevaar op de weg en de fatbike is een verademing in overlast tov de (twee-tact) brommer. @ReneDamkot @plankje55
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@dokterjob Ik zeg nergens dat ik mij aan *alle* ouderen irriteer. Ik irriteer mij aan het asociale gedrag op eFietsen, dat *niet* door jongeren wordt veroorzaakt. Het amechtige geklaag door notabene VVD-ers over die fatbikes hangt mij de keel uit. Ik vind het ook monsterlijke dingen, maar automobilisten (in hun #fatcars) zijn een veel groter gevaar op de weg en de fatbike is een verademing in overlast tov de (twee-tact) brommer. @ReneDamkot @plankje55
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@dokterjob Ik zeg nergens dat ik mij aan *alle* ouderen irriteer. Ik irriteer mij aan het asociale gedrag op eFietsen, dat *niet* door jongeren wordt veroorzaakt. Het amechtige geklaag door notabene VVD-ers over die fatbikes hangt mij de keel uit. Ik vind het ook monsterlijke dingen, maar automobilisten (in hun #fatcars) zijn een veel groter gevaar op de weg en de fatbike is een verademing in overlast tov de (twee-tact) brommer. @ReneDamkot @plankje55
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@dokterjob Ik zeg nergens dat ik mij aan *alle* ouderen irriteer. Ik irriteer mij aan het asociale gedrag op eFietsen, dat *niet* door jongeren wordt veroorzaakt. Het amechtige geklaag door notabene VVD-ers over die fatbikes hangt mij de keel uit. Ik vind het ook monsterlijke dingen, maar automobilisten (in hun #fatcars) zijn een veel groter gevaar op de weg en de fatbike is een verademing in overlast tov de (twee-tact) brommer. @ReneDamkot @plankje55
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@dokterjob Ik zeg nergens dat ik mij aan *alle* ouderen irriteer. Ik irriteer mij aan het asociale gedrag op eFietsen, dat *niet* door jongeren wordt veroorzaakt. Het amechtige geklaag door notabene VVD-ers over die fatbikes hangt mij de keel uit. Ik vind het ook monsterlijke dingen, maar automobilisten (in hun #fatcars) zijn een veel groter gevaar op de weg en de fatbike is een verademing in overlast tov de (twee-tact) brommer. @ReneDamkot @plankje55
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Schon wieder diese Fart Capri (#SUV) Werbung angezeigt bekommen. Der original Capri wurde bis 1986 gebaut. Er wog leer maximal 1250 kg.
Der neue wiegt *mindestens* 1914 kg, maximal 2174 kg. Das das noch "Sportcoupé" bezeichnet wird, ist einfach lächerlich.
Die Außenmaße sind +200mm (L), +170 mm (B) und +300 (H).
1986 wäre sowas ein Lieferwagen gewesen.
Das ist sooo kaputt.
ALT: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Capri
NEU: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Capri_%E2%80%9924 -
#IndianaJones movies so far: #Shiva is real, the #ArkOfTheCovenant is real, the #HolyGrail is real, #AncientAliens are real.
So, I'm assuming #FlatEarth will be real in the next movie.
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I used to study conspiracy theories because -- before social media -- they were *mostly* harmless. However, conspiracy thinking at scale, one form of *weaponized stupidity*, looks to be what will ultimately kill us all.
Still, this video is fucking funny. It is fun to watch anti-science happening in near real time.
https://youtu.be/cLHTe_ORjLc?si=bzSb0SgqG6FpRZWN
#flatearth #flatearthers #idiots #antiscience #science #bullshit #skepticism #scepticism #weredoomed #conspiracy #conspiracytheories #conspiracytheory
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I used to study conspiracy theories because -- before social media -- they were *mostly* harmless. However, conspiracy thinking at scale, one form of *weaponized stupidity*, looks to be what will ultimately kill us all.
Still, this video is fucking funny. It is fun to watch anti-science happening in near real time.
https://youtu.be/cLHTe_ORjLc?si=bzSb0SgqG6FpRZWN
#flatearth #flatearthers #idiots #antiscience #science #bullshit #skepticism #scepticism #weredoomed #conspiracy #conspiracytheories #conspiracytheory
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I used to study conspiracy theories because -- before social media -- they were *mostly* harmless. However, conspiracy thinking at scale, one form of *weaponized stupidity*, looks to be what will ultimately kill us all.
Still, this video is fucking funny. It is fun to watch anti-science happening in near real time.
https://youtu.be/cLHTe_ORjLc?si=bzSb0SgqG6FpRZWN
#flatearth #flatearthers #idiots #antiscience #science #bullshit #skepticism #scepticism #weredoomed #conspiracy #conspiracytheories #conspiracytheory
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How to check my terrain modifier is working correctly? Flatten the whole course, of course. 🫓👌🗿
#romhack #sega #megadrive #genesis #tesoft #new3dgolfsimulation #golf #flatearth
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I JUST GOT OODLES OF CLEANING SUPPLIES + A FULL FLATWARE SET FROM MY WISHLIST.💞💞
My mother unpacked them before dropping them off so I wouldn't have to deal with the wrappings, so I don't know who got them for me. My wish list doesn't show them as purchased. Please DM me so that I can thank you!
#MutualAidRequest
#socialhousing #housingaid #necessities #MutualAid #disabilitymutualaid #BlackMutualAid #crowdfunding
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I JUST GOT OODLES OF CLEANING SUPPLIES + A FULL FLATWARE SET FROM MY WISHLIST.💞💞
My mother unpacked them before dropping them off so I wouldn't have to deal with the wrappings, so I don't know who got them for me. My wish list doesn't show them as purchased. Please DM me so that I can thank you!
#MutualAidRequest
#socialhousing #housingaid #necessities #MutualAid #disabilitymutualaid #BlackMutualAid #crowdfunding
#BlackMastodon #HelpFolksLive2024 -
By the extraordinary @[email protected] !
"Then God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.' Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven."
Genesis 1:6–8
#furry #cub #cubs #loli #lolicon #shota #shotacon #kodo #kodocon #young #lolishota #lsc #lolishotacub #furryArt #furryArtwork #furryArts #furry_art #furry_artwork #furry_arts #flat_earth #flatEarth #alien #aliens #UFO #UAP #flying_saucer #flyingSaucer #conspiracy_theories #conspiracyTheories #conspiracy_theory #conspiracyTheory #christian_mythology #christianMythology -
#ScribesAndMakers ∆ 2026.04.08 — Victuals?
Wherever story intersects a meal, ya betcha! Bolt (a day angel with wings) has arrived looking for a friend at an up-and-rising victualists' red popup tent restaurant. This #excerpt is from the current chapter.
…[l]ots of chatting feathers and friends merrily eating, their plates ringing when struck with flatware, swinging big glasses of amber-red sudsy beer. Still hot inside, despite the cooling miracle, the popup smelled of sweat, beer, grilled food, and sweat. Happy people with food, in other words. Mid-tent, grill illuminated by multi-color directional sprites, three day angels threw down crimped saffron dumplings, brown noodles, blocks of fermented tofu, and knots of cabbage-shred, beside what might be mackerel or pickled river-pike to the grill that got spiked to what dish demanded it. A fledgling rushed over with a slopping pot of batter. The sizzling competed mightily against the din and shouting, but failed to even place. The clatter of the wood handled spatulas did compete, tossing, splatting, and chopping musically, definitely with rhythm. A red-feathered man (the owner's bother) squirted their signature black smoked-oil and then spicy orange sauce from bladders, fanning the food with his wings for the twin women victualists, raising clouds of delicious grey-brown steam.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
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In #StarTrekTOS' "The Man Trap", only a fork from the classic #TOS cutlery/flatware set is seen. The red tip (added by the prop master for the show) can clearly be seen in these shots of Sulu eating colourful food cubes.
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How to check my terrain modifier is working correctly? Flatten the whole course, of course. 🫓👌🗿
#romhack #sega #megadrive #genesis #tesoft #new3dgolfsimulation #golf #flatearth