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Michael Blume<p>Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?</p><p>Heute endet die Anmeldefrist für die <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasserextreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasserextreme</span></a> - Tagung am 21.07.2025 in Stuttgart - Hohenheim. Zum ersten Mal wollen wir hier die bereits aufkommenden <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Verschw%C3%B6rungsmythen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verschwörungsmythen</span></a> um die <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasserkrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasserkrise</span></a> nicht erst nachträglich aufklären (sog. <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a>), sondern uns vorher dazu interdisziplinär beraten, vorbereiten, aufklären (<a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prebunking</span></a>). Bin sehr gespannt &amp; hoffe, Dich zu sehen! 😊🇩🇪🇪🇺🚰🤔🌈 <a href="https://www.akademie-rs.de/programm/veranstaltungen/einzelansicht/veranstaltung-25896" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">akademie-rs.de/programm/verans</span><span class="invisible">taltungen/einzelansicht/veranstaltung-25896</span></a></p>
Michael Blume<p>Für die meisten Menschen ist das Thema <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Klima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klima</span></a> sehr abstrakt, beim <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasser</span></a> wird es aber schnell konkret &amp; emotional. Um vom nachlaufenden <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> von Desinformation &amp; <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Verschw%C3%B6rungsmythen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verschwörungsmythen</span></a> zum vorlaufenden <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prebunking</span></a> zu kommen, lade ich Interessierte zur <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasserextreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasserextreme</span></a> - Tagung u.a. mit BW- Umweltministerin Thekla Walker ein. Bitte meldet Euch an bzw. sagt es weiter! 🙏💧☕ (2/2) <a href="https://www.akademie-rs.de/programm/veranstaltungen/einzelansicht/veranstaltung-25896" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">akademie-rs.de/programm/verans</span><span class="invisible">taltungen/einzelansicht/veranstaltung-25896</span></a></p>
Michael Blume<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gruene.social/@kaibojens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kaibojens</span></a></span> </p><p>Danke, herzliche Einladung bzw. Bitte um Weiterleitung zur geplanten <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasserextreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasserextreme</span></a> - Tagung am 21.0702025, u.a. mit Umweltministerin Thekla Walker (Grüne). Ich möchte versuchen, gerade zum Thema <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasser</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Verschw%C3%B6rungsmythen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verschwörungsmythen</span></a> aus dem nachlaufenden <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> zum vor-aufklärenden <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prebunking</span></a> zu kommen. Es kann doch nicht sein, dass wir uns immer wieder überrollen lassen... <a href="https://www.akademie-rs.de/programm/veranstaltungen/einzelansicht/veranstaltung-25896" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">akademie-rs.de/programm/verans</span><span class="invisible">taltungen/einzelansicht/veranstaltung-25896</span></a></p>
Basse Aspettative Podcast<p>Chi passa lunghe ore a elaborare complessi calcoli matematici per dimostrare che la Terra è piatta è intelligente?</p><p>La risposta è meno chiara di quanto ci piacerebbe.</p><p>In questa puntata cerchiamo di tirare le fila del discorso sul complottismo esaminando questo meccanismo perverso e alcune delle contromisure che possiamo prendere per cercare di limitare i danni.</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xN1OprIN2gfsqVERnWJdE?si=c47f4d790b01480a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/4xN1O</span><span class="invisible">prIN2gfsqVERnWJdE?si=c47f4d790b01480a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/complotto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complotto</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/complottismo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>complottismo</span></a> <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a></p>
Michael Blume<p>Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?</p><p>Habe die Bitte, dass wir in Sachen <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasserkrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasserkrise</span></a> nicht abwarten &amp; dann aufklären (<a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a>), sondern den interdisziplinären, politischen &amp; interreligiösen Dialog jetzt schon aufbauen. So können wir <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Selbstwirksamkeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Selbstwirksamkeit</span></a> stärken und <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Verschw%C3%B6rungsmythen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verschwörungsmythen</span></a> vorbeugen (<a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prebunking</span></a>). Lade daher zur <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasserextreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasserextreme</span></a> - Tagung am 21.07.2025 ein. Wünsche allen, die ihn begehen, einen schönen Feier-, Vater- oder eben Ruhetag. 😌💧🇩🇪🇪🇺🤔 <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/das-m-als-alphabet-medium-zwischen-den-wasserextremen/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-</span><span class="invisible">glaubens/das-m-als-alphabet-medium-zwischen-den-wasserextremen/</span></a></p>
Michael Blume<p>Die <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasserkrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasserkrise</span></a> rollt an &amp; wir sollten diesmal vom nachträglichen <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> von <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Verschw%C3%B6rungsmythen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verschwörungsmythen</span></a> zum vorauswirkenden <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prebunking</span></a> kommen. Habe daher für den 21.07.2025 in Stuttgart-Hohenheim eine <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasserextreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasserextreme</span></a> - Tagung angesetzt &amp; werbe vor Religionsgemeinschaften, Parteien, Verbänden dafür. Heute Vormittag sprach ich auf einer evangelischen Pfarrtagung in Bad Canstatt dazu. Warum ist <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasser</span></a> interdisziplinär so mächtig? <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=km3H-dSQlG0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=km3H-dSQ</span><span class="invisible">lG0</span></a></p>
Kadda<p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/rp25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rp25</span></a></p><p>Carla Reemtsma + Jochen Flasbarth + Jasmin Riedl im <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Atrium1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atrium1</span></a> 4/x</p><p>Energiekonzerne und Wirtschaft sind auf Wandel zu <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Energiewende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energiewende</span></a> eingestellt und wollen nicht wieder zurück. Dies wird lediglich durch <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Rechtsnationalisten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rechtsnationalisten</span></a> propagiert und setzt sich so in den Köpfen der Bevölkerung fest. </p><p>Es braucht mehr gesetzliche Regelungen bzw greifen die bisherigen nicht. </p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/Prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prebunking</span></a> oder <a href="https://norden.social/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a> als Strategien gegen <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Desinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desinformation</span></a>. Argumentationslogik analysieren/freilegen.</p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> Putin’s root causes claims</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> is after not just a rollback of of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> membership or Ukraine’s neutrality in Ukraine &amp; beyond . It’s about turning <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> into subservient vassal state</p><p>False narratives serve useful purpose for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p><p>When Putin says root causes of his war, he is using a framework he claims justifies Russia’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/aggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aggression</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/falsely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>falsely</span></a> placing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/blame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blame</span></a> on Ukraine</p><p>He uses narratives to blame <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> as instigator of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-moscows-claims-of-root-causes-unpacked/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/why-did-ru</span><span class="invisible">ssia-invade-ukraine-moscows-claims-of-root-causes-unpacked/</span></a></p>
Dr. Stefan T. Siegel<p>Think citizen science is unreliable, simplistic, or just free labor? Think again. </p><p>Citizen science is often misunderstood—and myths hold it back. But in fact:<br>✅ Citizen data can rival professional data.<br>✅ Citizens drive breakthroughs in genomics, astrophysics, and beyond.<br>✅ It's not unpaid labor; it's meaningful co-creation.<br>✅ Scientists remain firmly responsible for quality and rigor.</p><p><a href="https://bildung.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Mythbusting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythbusting</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Laypeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Laypeople</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Participation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Participation</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transformation</span></a></p>
Stephen Sekula<p>Measles is spreading. Here’s how to stay safe. - The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/measles-is-spreading-heres-how-to-stay-safe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/podcasts/po</span><span class="invisible">st-reports/measles-is-spreading-heres-how-to-stay-safe/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outbreak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a></p>
Dr. Stefan T. Siegel<p>Busting myths? You might be doing it wrong.</p><p><a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prebunking</span></a> and <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> can backfire—unless you follow evidence-informed strategies.</p><p>New article / preprint (soon in Skeptical Inquirer):<br>🔗 <a href="https://doi.org/10.58079/13lyr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.58079/13lyr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>🛠️ Mythbusting = science + craft + art. </p><p><a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Mythbusting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythbusting</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/ScienceCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceCommunication</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/SustainabilityEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SustainabilityEducation</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/SkepticalInquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkepticalInquirer</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/evsused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evsused</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/refutation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>refutation</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prebunking</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myth</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/fact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fact</span></a></p>
Dr. Stefan T. Siegel<p>Educational myths can mislead—but they can also teach.<br>When handled with care, they can trigger inquiry &amp; foster conceptual change.</p><p>📚 New blogpost: “When Educational Myths Are Better Than Their Reputation”<br>🔗 <a href="https://doi.org/10.58079/13h49" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.58079/13h49</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://bildung.social/tags/EducationalMyths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalMyths</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/SustainabilityEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SustainabilityEducation</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prebunking</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/EducationalPsychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalPsychology</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/Instruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instruction</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/knowledgeintransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgeintransition</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/conceptualchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conceptualchange</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/evsused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evsused</span></a></p>
Larry Neufeld<p>California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/31/news/california-debunked-myth-renewable-energy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalobserver.com/2025/01/3</span><span class="invisible">1/news/california-debunked-myth-renewable-energy</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>Elon Musk IS an OG gamer. This is true. The rest isn’t.</p><p>’Elon’s Build’ in Elden Ring was a laughing stock and actual pros used to make funny videos using it &amp; struggling.</p><p>His ”top speedrun” used an exploit, and was on a small unknown website.</p><p>The trouble is, this sad man-child doesn’t know and can’t accept that he sucks.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a><br><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y44I6dwm1XE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Y44I6dwm1X</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p>
Adam Beer<p>Okay, one more time for the people in the back.</p><p>The "AI" (🤮) craze of the past few years is all about <strong>Large Language Models.</strong> This immediately tells us that the only thing these systems "know" is trends/patterns in the ways that people write, to the extent that those patterns are expressed in the text that was used to train the model. Even the common term, "hallucination," gives these things far too much credit: a hallucination is a departure from reality, but an LLM has no concept of reality to depart from!</p><p>An LLM does exactly one thing: you give it a chunk of text, and it predicts which word will come next after the end of the chunk. That's it. An LLM-powered chatbot will then stick that word onto the end of the chunk and feed the resulting, slightly longer chunk back into the model to predict the <em>next</em> word, and then do it again for the next, etc. Such a chatbot's output is <strong>unreliable by design,</strong> because there are many linguistically valid continuations to any chunk of text, and the model usually reflects that by having an output that means, "There is a 63% chance that the next word is X, a 14% chance that it's Y, etc." The text produced by these chatbots is often not even <em>correlated</em> with factual correctness, because the models are trained on works of fiction and non-fiction alike.</p><p>For example, when you ask a chatbot what 2 + 2 is, it will <em>usually</em> say it's 4, but not because the model knows anything about math. It's because when people <strong>write about</strong> asking that question, the <strong>text that they write next</strong> is usually a statement that the answer is 4. But if the model's training data includes Orwell's <em>Nineteen Eighty-Four</em> (or certain texts that discuss the book or its ideas), then the chatbot will very rarely say that the answer is 5 instead, because convincing people that that is the answer is a plot point in the book.</p><p>If you're still having trouble, you can think of it this way: when you ask one of these chatbots a question, it does not give you the answer; it gives you <strong>an example</strong> of what—linguistically speaking—an answer <strong>might look like.</strong> Or, to put it even more succinctly: these things are <strong>not the Star Trek ship's computer;</strong> they are <strong>very impressive autocomplete.</strong></p><p>So LLMs are fundamentally a poor fit for any task that is some form of, "producing factually correct information." But if you <em>really</em> wanted to try to force it and damn the torpedos, then I'd say you basically have two options. I'll tell you what they are in a reply. 🧵</p><p><a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/AIHype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIHype</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/autoComplete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autoComplete</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/chatBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatBots</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/georgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>georgeOrwell</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/hallucinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hallucinations</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/machineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machineLearning</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/nineteenEightyFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nineteenEightyFour</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/scienceCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scienceCommunication</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/starTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starTrek</span></a></p>
Oliver Schafeld<p>Regarding that Vance tweet, Thuringia was considered an exemplary state ("Muster-Gau") by the Nazis:</p><p>»In July 1932, the NSDAP wins the Thuringian state parliament elections with 42.5 per cent. This is a good five percentage points higher than the result the party achieved in the Reichstag elections held at the same time. The result is one of the first state governments to be led by the NSDAP.«</p><p><a href="https://www.bpb.de/themen/deutschlandarchiv/549045/thueringen-als-muster-gau/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bpb.de/themen/deutschlandarchi</span><span class="invisible">v/549045/thueringen-als-muster-gau/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/elon-musks-afd-gastbeitrag-in-der-welt-wer-hat-den-auftrag-gegeben-li.2285996" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">berliner-zeitung.de/politik-ge</span><span class="invisible">sellschaft/elon-musks-afd-gastbeitrag-in-der-welt-wer-hat-den-auftrag-gegeben-li.2285996</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/03/16/new-research-finds-parallels-between-german-votes-in-1933-and-now" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/graphic-detail/2</span><span class="invisible">019/03/16/new-research-finds-parallels-between-german-votes-in-1933-and-now</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a></p>
Skeptical Science<p>Whether we call it <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/EnergyModernization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyModernization</span></a> or <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> or <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a>, with <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> becoming undeniable the fossilized parts of our energy industry are adapting tactics to keep us locked in the past-- and ruin our chances for <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ClimateMitigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateMitigation</span></a>. </p><p>We collaborated with the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SabinCenterForClimateChangeLaw</span></a> to adapt their comprehensive <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a> of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RenewableEnergyMyths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergyMyths</span></a> for easier access. We're highlighting each of 33 articles, one per week. </p><p><a href="https://skepticalscience.com/sabin33-05-is-solar-energy-worse-for-the-climate-than-burning-fossil-fuels.html?utm-source=mastodon&amp;utm-campaign=socialnetworks&amp;utm-term=sks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skepticalscience.com/sabin33-0</span><span class="invisible">5-is-solar-energy-worse-for-the-climate-than-burning-fossil-fuels.html?utm-source=mastodon&amp;utm-campaign=socialnetworks&amp;utm-term=sks</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Very suspicious for sure, there is a Panagiotis Tsouras who is a very prolific poster on Flickr. First of all, he's in Europe, and that post is the wrong date format. In addition, his photo stream during those days has ZERO photos of Lenticular Clouds. It's absolutely AI and fake, IMHO.</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chubros/with/49114632742" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/chubros/with</span><span class="invisible">/49114632742</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
ErosBlog Bacchus<p>From my ErosBlog post: "Once challenged, you know how I simply MUST look into these things."</p><p><a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Provenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Provenance</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Curation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Curation</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Images</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/ImageResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImageResearch</span></a></p>
Dr. Stefan T. Siegel<p>Do you want to hear, what <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/MarcoRieckmann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRieckmann</span></a>, Professor of <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> Development at the @univechta, thinks about <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/myths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myths</span></a> in and about <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>?<br>Listen to the new episode of the sustainability education <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a>: for free: <br><a href="https://sustainabilityeducation.captivate.fm/episode/episode-5-marco-riekmann" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sustainabilityeducation.captiv</span><span class="invisible">ate.fm/episode/episode-5-marco-riekmann</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://bildung.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/esd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>esd</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/academicdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicdevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/environmentaleducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentaleducation</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/prebunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prebunking</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/mythbusting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythbusting</span></a></p>