Where have you been? These days, any major results are broadcast, for ANYONE to follow.
I was aware of the reasons why CERN was constructed, I followed the construction, commission, and all events that have occurred. I am a layman outsider, yet I was able to pick up the release of results as quickly as anyone within the physics community.
And you can verify the conclusions because CERN makes all data public domain.
FYI … major projects require public support so the politicians will release the funds. And these days, allowing the public access is one method in attracting public support. Just check out what’s going on at ITER.
After the release David. Prior to that release the experimenters knew the results and you did not.
I don’t get how you are missing my point. Whether or not they choose to, whether or not the government mandates it by law, or whatever, the scientists conducting it will always know about the results of an experiment before the public or other contemporary scientists know about it. Whether immediately or after days or months, whether they are commanded to reveal it or not, that knowledge only gets out through those scientists.
If you have a thought or a feeling, or make a decision to do something or actually do something, can anybody know that before you yourself David?
Did you win every single one of them? Even if you did, (which I doubt) you did not, and could not know what they were going to do before they did, unless you are also claiming to be psychic.
Besides as Plato put it, “he who speaks the truth necessarily has many enemies” and ask Kant put it “If the truth is offensive, then kill them with it.”
You could not be more wrong/ People are creatures of habit and extremely predictable. No one has to be psychic.
" (PhysOrg.com) – Human behavior is 93 percent predictable , a group of leading Northeastern University network scientists recently found." Human behavior is 93 percent predictable, research shows.
Algorithms are used to deliver adds to your computer that target you specifically. Billion Dollar industry. They predict your shopping behavior. YouTube predicts your watching behavior with similar algorithms. Reiza. your ignorance is showing.
Just so. One of the reasons I lean towards determinism. IE I accept inherited and psychological determinism as seemingly on the money. Yeah, I think people em masse tend to be predictable most of the time, but perhaps not always.
Be interesting to work out the predictability of some atheists joining an atheist forum. I think people here tend to be atypical. Does that mean they are less predictable, or does such an association fall into the 7%. ?
The issue of free will vs determinism has bothered me for about 40 years. I live as if I have free will,because that’s my perception. However,I can’t prove that perception is true. Just as with other metaphysical issues, free will will probably remain a mystery to me.
Heck Cognostic, I didn’t even have to know much about psychology. Some human behavior is extremely predictable, and I just seized the moment when the opportunity came. One just has to understand that in most situations, a person will predictably respond to certain stimuli.
LOL Prisons have a 95% recidivism rate because criminals not only return to their same old behaviors but go right back to the same old neighborhoods and the same old friends. AA meetings can’t brag more than a 6% success rate, the same as every other mode of treatment, because people keep returning to their same old habits. Finally. no matter how much the public hates it, PROFILING, for police departments WORKS. It works with amazing accuracy.
Very hard to break any kind of habit. When that habit is also an addiction it’s much harder, impossible for most people.
6%/? I’ve always thought it was only 3%. IE in recovery for 2 years or more. Don’t remember where I saw that figure,so may be wrong. I think it’s moot. Pretty sure I wouldn’t be willing t risk any medical treatment with a 3-6% success rate!
Why then did I go to AA? Wasn’t aware of the lousy success rate. It was my understanding that there was nothing else. That virtually all rehab programmes for addictions use AA’s 12 step approach.
I used any support I could find. so AA was only a part of my recovery.
I don’t mean to sound arrogant or smug: I don’t credit AA with getting me sober, although it was a big help during early recovery. As far as I’m concerned, I got me sober. For me it was matter of motivation and commitment. There was also a certain mount of willpower for me.
Didn’t ‘work the steps’. They have a strong religious bias. My G.O.D was Group.Of. Drunks.
Meetings twice a week for the first year. Once a week for the next two years. Haven’t felt the need to attend an AA meeting for 15 years .I’ts comforting to know I can go back at any time
and will not be judged.
Of Course AA has a lot of flaws;it was founded by a pair of drunks in the 1930’s. Today it’s run by more drunks. The question isn’t a matter of how well AA works. The wonder is that it works at all.
AA Keeps no statistics on success rates. I have heard as low as 2% and as high as 6% (the same as many other programs) I’m being generous. There is more alcohol in the parking lot of an AA meeting than at most local bars. I ran the Orange County, California, First Offender DUI Program for about 5 years. AA was a part of the mandatory Court requirement in addition to Counseling and classroom education.
Ah! There it is BUT it’s not in the “have you heard of this idea?” thread… I was hoping you’d throw in your thoughts.
People can be predictable. People will habitually return to environments they are familiar with… so, given your background - would you ever want to or feel it would serve society towards betterment if each individual found guilty had a sentencing panel that could examine specifics and emotional-mental-physical contributors to the crime? Are there forms of “rehabilitation” for lawbreakers? Can individuals adopt, or be taught a different “value system”?
- that shit is highly guarded. Same with their technological advances.