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Israel and Iran are both very good at viral disinformation, and it is easy to find bubbles where everyone is convinced each side is definitely winning.
James Owen Weatherall
American philosopher of physics; professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of California, Irvine; author of The Physics of Wall Street and, with Cailin O'Connor, The Misinformation Age.
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Israel and Iran are both very good at spreading viral disinformation.
Israel and Iran are both very good at viral disinformation, and it is easy to find bubbles where everyone is convinced each side is definitely winning.
bsky.appSaid 21 Jun 2025This on korrents
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Richard Garwin was an extraordinary scientist and engineer who was too often in the shadows.
Dick Garwin was such an incredible scientist and engineer, but he was very often in the shadows.
bsky.appSaid 14 May 2025This on korrents
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Richard Garwin was an extraordinary scientist and engineer who was too often in the shadows.Their words
Dick Garwin was such an incredible scientist and engineer, but he was very often in the shadows.
19 December 2024
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Misinformation and disinformation are ecological, systems-level effects rather than isolated pieces of information.Their words
One good feature is that it emphasizes a systems-level perspective: mis/disinformation are ecological effects, and not isolated pieces of info.
10 December 2024
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I would only say that the epistemic value comes from the process of us engaging with the work and coming to understand and extend it, not from the generation of true propositions or their proofs.
7 December 2024
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But the value of mathematical output is ultimately understanding *for humans*.
15 September 2023
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Australian Catholic University's proposal to close the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy was shameful.Their words
There's a petition circulating in protest ACU admin's shameful and deceitful proposal to close Dianoia.
6 August 2023
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Citation practices are way out of whack with idea-dissemination practices and it makes the literature impossible to follow, at least in Philosophy. We need to rethink this.
11 October 2013
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Beat the MarketTheir words
He wrote a book Beat the Market, another of my books choices, in 1967 but nobody paid any attention to it.
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The Trouble With PhysicsTheir words
Smolin’s argument in The Trouble with Physics is that string theory is both puzzling and hugely problematic.
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Israel and Iran are both very good at spreading viral disinformation.
Israel and Iran are both very good at viral disinformation, and it is easy to find bubbles where everyone is convinced each side is definitely winning.
@jamesowenweatherall.com on Bluesky Said 21 Jun 2025
Richard Garwin was an extraordinary scientist and engineer who was too often in the shadows.
Dick Garwin was such an incredible scientist and engineer, but he was very often in the shadows.
@jamesowenweatherall.com on Bluesky Said 14 May 2025
Misinformation and disinformation are ecological, systems-level effects rather than isolated pieces of information.
One good feature is that it emphasizes a systems-level perspective: mis/disinformation are ecological effects, and not isolated pieces of info.
@jamesowenweatherall.com on Bluesky Said 19 Dec 2024
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The epistemic value of mathematics comes from people engaging with it, not from generating true propositions or proofs.
I would only say that the epistemic value comes from the process of us engaging with the work and coming to understand and extend it, not from the generation of true propositions or their proofs.
@jamesowenweatherall.com on Bluesky Said 10 Dec 2024
The value of mathematical output is ultimately understanding for humans.
But the value of mathematical output is ultimately understanding *for humans*.
@jamesowenweatherall.com on Bluesky Said 7 Dec 2024
Australian Catholic University's proposal to close the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy was shameful.
There's a petition circulating in protest ACU admin's shameful and deceitful proposal to close Dianoia.
@jamesowenweatherall.com on Bluesky Said 15 Sept 2023
Citation practices in philosophy are out of step with how ideas actually spread.
Citation practices are way out of whack with idea-dissemination practices and it makes the literature impossible to follow, at least in Philosophy. We need to rethink this.
@jamesowenweatherall.com on Bluesky Said 6 Aug 2023
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Recommends The Trouble With Physics
Smolin’s argument in The Trouble with Physics is that string theory is both puzzling and hugely problematic.
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Recommends Beat the Market
He wrote a book Beat the Market, another of my books choices, in 1967 but nobody paid any attention to it.
fivebooks.com 11 Oct 2013
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