Dear all,
That’s a very nice idea to have an app to combat misinformation that can undermine the integrity of science and foster mistrust of scientific inquiry. But to launch such an app raises the obvious question: Who is to be the arbiter of what is true and what is “misinformation”? The way to uphold the integrity of science is with a free exchange of ideas, not an app or document that decides which publication or which interpretation of the data is real science and which is misinformation. Thanks go to Bryan Lepore for pointing out that the work of Herbert Marcuse (a strong advocate of a brand of Marxism once popular in Germany) led to much violence in the USA. Violent revolutions are how a great deal of science has been lost during the last several thousand years of human history, which is why we’re first determining atomic and near-atomic resolution structures in the 20th and 21st centuries, not eons ago. So, my humble request: Can we stick to crystallography and allied fields of structure determination on this e-mail list, and not digress into divisive politics, please? Respectfully submitted, Daniel ________ Daniel M. Himmel, Ph. D. Principal, Himmel Sci Med Com, LLC E-mail: danielmhim...@gmail.com URL : https://himmelscimedcom.com On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 7:52 AM Bryan Lepore <bryanlep...@gmail.com> wrote: > The idea of "Global Sustainability" can be found in the documents for the > noted projects, so the United Nations "Sustainable Development Goals" > appear to be worth reviewing as background - even though it appears the UN > or UNESCO (below) is irrelevant to them : > > “Transformation is the red thread running through all the Sustainable > Development Goals, the United Nations’ agenda for responding to global > challenges facing humanity and the planet. Setting our world on a more > sustainable course requires radical shifts in current development > paradigms that are exacerbating inequalities and imperilling [sic] our > common future. This transition is dependent on new knowledge, research and > competences that only higher education institutions are in a position to > provide, rooted in their historic role of service to society.” > > [...] > > “In 1964, inspiring the 1968-student revolt a couple of years later, > Herbert Marcuse wrote a key text against “one dimensional man”, urging > universities and campuses around the world to become places that resisted > reductionism. ” > > > Source: > > > Parr, et. al. > > > “Knowledge-driven actions: transforming higher education for global > sustainability” > > > 2022 > UNESCO > https://doi.org/10.54675/YBTV1653 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
