Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021
I received several comments about the infographic of the day yesterday. I missed the partisan bias of the infographic's accompanying editorial (and its author). Moreover, astute loyal readers pointed out that the writing did not faithfully represent Karl Popper's tolerance paradox. Somewhat ironically, this set of events highlights the paradox's struggle - at what threshold is it OK to be intolerant of intolerance? A fair question to ponder this week in particular. I am not a Popper expert, but the discussion has illustrated just how challenging that question is and how mind-bending Popper's reasoning can be. (And, why we don't all gravitate to philosophy as a topic in daily discourse.) If you want to learn more, check out this Scientific American blog post in which the author recounts his 1992 interview of Popper on dogmatism in science and about himself.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/the-paradox-of-karl-popper/
Here is what I shared as the infographic of the day yesterday:
https://medium.com/@giggsboson/stop-misusing-poppers-paradox-of-tolerence-in-free-speech-debates-6f6ab4b8f0d3
-----Latest Data---
9.27 million doses of vaccine delivered since 12/14/20 as of last night.
Global-View:
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
Nationally:
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usca&areasRegional=usfl&areasRegional=ustx&areasRegional=usco&cumulative=0&logScale=0&perMillion=1&values=casesf
Also, look at https://covidtracking.com/data
The U.S. Regionally - N.Y. Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
About the data:
https://covidtracking.com/about-data/visualization-guide is the best resource to understand data visualization and data integrity.
Vaccine Tracker
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
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Carl Bergstrom shared a brief Tweetorial on the naming scheme for coronavirus mutations. It is a good primer on why we see names like B.1.1.7 and N501Y showing up in the news.
https://twitter.com/ct_bergstrom/status/1348896575439867909?s=10
Dr. Muge Cevik offers a review of data on indoor and outdoor coronavirus transmission. Bottom line - there is no 100% safe way to be near others. Protecting yourself (and others) is about appreciating the relative risk of variables like indoor vs. outdoor space, number of people, mask-wearing, and local prevalence of the disease. But read this thread.
https://twitter.com/mugecevik/status/1348782841417654281
Here is a story from last month about Aaron Collins - a guy with a Master's degree in aerosol science who is now doing YouTube mask tests and recommendations.
https://news.yahoo.com/one-man-is-on-a-mission-to-figure-out-the-best-covidprotection-mask-here-is-what-he-found-174756926.html
Your coffee read of the day - with a warning. New York Magazine published this "Where did COVID come from?" article, a topic which is dripping with all sorts of potential bias. However, this is in-depth, based on sound science, and feels non-partisan. Ultimately, it is a theory by the author, a well-respected non-fiction author. I caution you not to reach conclusions. Instead, I suggest you add these data to your knowledge base on a complex topic that, ultimately, may not be fully understood.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.html
about the author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholson_Baker
Infographic of the day: Keeping it simple.
I am skipping philosophy and going back to food tutorials that I didn't know I didn't know: How to Make Your Own Bacon Bouquet—literally making flowers out of rolled bacon. Now I need a blog on when it is appropriate to give a bacon bouquet. And to whom. Enjoy.
https://chaoticallyyours.com/bacon-bouquet/
----Bonus Round - OK, not so simple - let's talk about evil!
I have a thing for Hanna Arendt, mostly fueled by one of my college professors and a political philosophy discussion seminar in 1996. Her name has, rightly, popped up over the last few days. It is an excellent time to review this notion of how ordinary and unremarkable people can perpetrate evil. In the years since 1961, when she wrote about this banality covering the Adolf Eichmann trial for the New Yorker, there has been much criticism. You better get a cup of coffee (#2?) to work your way through this piece on "What did Arendt really mean by the banality of evil?"
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-did-hannah-arendt-really-mean-by-the-banality-of-evil
Clean hands and sharp minds,
Adam
I received several comments about the infographic of the day yesterday. I missed the partisan bias of the infographic's accompanying editorial (and its author). Moreover, astute loyal readers pointed out that the writing did not faithfully represent Karl Popper's tolerance paradox. Somewhat ironically, this set of events highlights the paradox's struggle - at what threshold is it OK to be intolerant of intolerance? A fair question to ponder this week in particular. I am not a Popper expert, but the discussion has illustrated just how challenging that question is and how mind-bending Popper's reasoning can be. (And, why we don't all gravitate to philosophy as a topic in daily discourse.) If you want to learn more, check out this Scientific American blog post in which the author recounts his 1992 interview of Popper on dogmatism in science and about himself.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/the-paradox-of-karl-popper/
Here is what I shared as the infographic of the day yesterday:
https://medium.com/@giggsboson/stop-misusing-poppers-paradox-of-tolerence-in-free-speech-debates-6f6ab4b8f0d3
-----Latest Data---
9.27 million doses of vaccine delivered since 12/14/20 as of last night.
Global-View:
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
Nationally:
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usca&areasRegional=usfl&areasRegional=ustx&areasRegional=usco&cumulative=0&logScale=0&perMillion=1&values=casesf
Also, look at https://covidtracking.com/data
The U.S. Regionally - N.Y. Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
About the data:
https://covidtracking.com/about-data/visualization-guide is the best resource to understand data visualization and data integrity.
Vaccine Tracker
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
-----
Carl Bergstrom shared a brief Tweetorial on the naming scheme for coronavirus mutations. It is a good primer on why we see names like B.1.1.7 and N501Y showing up in the news.
https://twitter.com/ct_bergstrom/status/1348896575439867909?s=10
Dr. Muge Cevik offers a review of data on indoor and outdoor coronavirus transmission. Bottom line - there is no 100% safe way to be near others. Protecting yourself (and others) is about appreciating the relative risk of variables like indoor vs. outdoor space, number of people, mask-wearing, and local prevalence of the disease. But read this thread.
https://twitter.com/mugecevik/status/1348782841417654281
Here is a story from last month about Aaron Collins - a guy with a Master's degree in aerosol science who is now doing YouTube mask tests and recommendations.
https://news.yahoo.com/one-man-is-on-a-mission-to-figure-out-the-best-covidprotection-mask-here-is-what-he-found-174756926.html
Your coffee read of the day - with a warning. New York Magazine published this "Where did COVID come from?" article, a topic which is dripping with all sorts of potential bias. However, this is in-depth, based on sound science, and feels non-partisan. Ultimately, it is a theory by the author, a well-respected non-fiction author. I caution you not to reach conclusions. Instead, I suggest you add these data to your knowledge base on a complex topic that, ultimately, may not be fully understood.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.html
about the author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholson_Baker
Infographic of the day: Keeping it simple.
I am skipping philosophy and going back to food tutorials that I didn't know I didn't know: How to Make Your Own Bacon Bouquet—literally making flowers out of rolled bacon. Now I need a blog on when it is appropriate to give a bacon bouquet. And to whom. Enjoy.
https://chaoticallyyours.com/bacon-bouquet/
----Bonus Round - OK, not so simple - let's talk about evil!
I have a thing for Hanna Arendt, mostly fueled by one of my college professors and a political philosophy discussion seminar in 1996. Her name has, rightly, popped up over the last few days. It is an excellent time to review this notion of how ordinary and unremarkable people can perpetrate evil. In the years since 1961, when she wrote about this banality covering the Adolf Eichmann trial for the New Yorker, there has been much criticism. You better get a cup of coffee (#2?) to work your way through this piece on "What did Arendt really mean by the banality of evil?"
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-did-hannah-arendt-really-mean-by-the-banality-of-evil
Clean hands and sharp minds,
Adam
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