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PhD and all that. Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Research Ethics at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). Some things I'm responsible for: http://www.tuomaspernu.london

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Niin, koko ajan on ilmeisempää, että Suuren ja Mahtavan Tekoälyn seurauksena on: #KnowledgeCollapse.

06.03.2026 21:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

You mean the smell of dog shit - and we can only hope it's dogs - coming out of the frost? Delightful indeed.

06.03.2026 13:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Vieraskynä | Korkeakoulujen vision pitäisi korostaa sivistystä kilpailukyvyn perustana Voitaisiinko korkeakoulutukselle asettaa yhtä kunnianhimoiset sivistykselliset tavoitteet kuin peruskoululle?

Loistava vieraskynä, kiitos Kaarlo Hildén! Kirjoituksen pointti pätee korkeakoulutuksen lisäksi sellaisenaan myös myös tieteeseen:

Tieteen tavoitteen rajaaminen pelkkään kilpailukykyyn sivuuttaa inhimilliset haasteet ja sivistykselliset päämäärät – vaikka juuri niiden varaan kaikki muu rakentuu.

05.03.2026 18:47 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

"Sivistys – kyky ajatella kriittisesti, toimia eettisesti ja ymmärtää ihmistä ja maailmaa – on sekä itseisarvo että taloudellisen menestyksen edellytys."

Simples.

Korkeakoulupoliittinen keskustelu on kyllä aika puupäistä. Lieköhän liian myöhäistä puhua järjen ääntä?

05.03.2026 19:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is terrible. Surely there is something we can do?! Anyone? Bob Geldof?

05.03.2026 16:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mic Check
Mic Check YouTube video by Rage Against the Machine - Topic

To me, RATM is kind of in its own realm - truly progressive music (after the 1st album). Much of it is downright hip-hop. The other bands were very simple, easy, cheap in comparison, not true blend of genres. (I always liked the pejorative term "bounce metal".)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkkA...

04.03.2026 22:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is RATM "nu metal"? Also, they did their stuff in the 90s. And: all of their stuff is suberb. (But you are right: the rest what people associate with this genre/era is shite.)

04.03.2026 21:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh, there are so many WWII things we could revisit: extermination camps & gas chambers, firebombing major cities into ashes, and, of course, the employment of nuclear weapons. The good 'ol days.

04.03.2026 14:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Oh no.. Powerslave is an album by Iron Maiden. It includes the song discussed here - Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and a song called "Powerslave" (the penultimate song before Rime). Also, while the poem is called "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the song is called "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".

04.03.2026 14:33 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Turn it on again medley - Live Knebworth - 1990 - Genesis
Turn it on again medley - Live Knebworth - 1990 - Genesis YouTube video by Elio

But then they did this (which I find quite entertaining - and the audience clearly too):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLVb...

03.03.2026 22:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Genesis - Turn It On Again (Three Sides Live) HQ
Genesis - Turn It On Again (Three Sides Live) HQ YouTube video by PhilGenesisDB

Had to have a quick look at what we've got. This is a great version:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lma_...

03.03.2026 22:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is that so? Don't know how many different versions I have heard. But the ones that I remember (like the Turn It On Again Tour version live) did sound pretty faitful to the original.

03.03.2026 21:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Scorchio!

03.03.2026 21:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hah, I'm perfectly fine with trusting World of Genesis on this too. I find it just weird that it wasn't included on The Way We Walk.

03.03.2026 21:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Genesis Setlist at Knebworth Festival 1992 Get the Genesis Setlist of the concert at Knebworth House, Knebworth, England on August 2, 1992 from the We Can't Dance Tour and other Genesis Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

Hah, I remember watching that on the telly. Can't say anything about the setlist though. But I was under the impression that it wasn't played on this tour (due to it being missing from The Way Walk Vol. 1, I suppose). But online setlists seem to include it as the last song, also for Knebworth:

03.03.2026 20:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Indeed it is.

03.03.2026 20:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hmm.. I suppose Turn It On Again was performed on every tour, including the We Can't Dance Tour. But weirdly it's not included on The Way We Walk Vol I.

03.03.2026 19:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Here is a clue:

03.03.2026 19:15 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Why developers using AI are working longer hours Studies find AI helps developers release more software—while logging longer hours and fixing problems after the code goes live

This feels like a helpful primer for understanding AI in general. It makes programmers more efficient on the front end because they can generate more code. But it makes them less efficient afterwards because it vastly increases the amount of time they spend tweaking and fixing bugs.

03.03.2026 14:03 👍 886 🔁 165 💬 27 📌 20

Tässä sekoittuu "tutkimustiedon vähättely" ja tutkijoiden häirintä/maalittaminen. Kriittistä keskustelua (huonoakin) tieteestä ja sen rahoituksesta on voitava käydä - ei pidä siilipuolustautua vetoamalla "vähättelyyn". Tutkijoiden aktiivinen häirintä on eri asia. Välineitä tähän olisi kehitettävä.

02.03.2026 15:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Puhutaan nyt kuitenkin senaattoreista yms. (jonkinlaisessa) vallankahvassa olevista tahoista. Sota & Trump ovat myös varsin epäsuosittuja. On hyvin mahdollista - todennäköistäkin - että näistä oppositiovoimista määrittyy USA:n tuleva politiikka.

02.03.2026 12:31 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Jotkut kyllä puhuvat eksplisiittisesti siitä, että sota on laiton (ja myös toimivat tämän perusteella). Ehkä suomalaisessa/eurooppalaisessa keskustelussa voisi enemmän korostaa yhdysvaltalaisia oppositiovoimia.

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02.03.2026 12:14 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Naturally, it gets eaten too. Or do you leave the holes out? Like people who don't eat pizza crust edges. I hate those people.

01.03.2026 19:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

But hey, they've got Big Balls.

01.03.2026 19:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Cypress Hill?

28.02.2026 00:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

27.02.2026 19:47 👍 1270 🔁 721 💬 43 📌 189

Or maybe this is just a cunning scheme of the Über-AI to get rid of all the excess population..

28.02.2026 00:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is Public Enemy on Claude's list? Is Rage Against the Machine hip-hop? (Zach de la Rocha would definitely be on my list, but I'm sure it's not on Claude's.) (Also: am I an analytic philosopher?)

28.02.2026 00:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ennen WWII:ta aikalailla kaikki tieteen Nobel-palkinnot menivät Saksaan. Sitten sössivät homman. Tiede(kin) amerikkalaistui. Tästä sopii ottaa opiksi.

27.02.2026 20:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a purple jumpsuit is standing in front of a bowling alley ALT: a man in a purple jumpsuit is standing in front of a bowling alley

Nice. But he could practice his moves.

27.02.2026 20:26 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0