Society – Harmonia Philosophica

Dying languages…

Over 6,000 languages are currently spoken worldwide, but a substantial minority — well over 5% — are in danger of dying out. It is perhaps surprising that this fraction is no higher, as most models have so far predicted that a minority language will be doomed to extinction once contacts with speakers of the majority language reach a certain level. Statistical physicists Jean-Marc Luck from Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France and Anita Mehta from the University of Oxford, UK have described, using mathematical modelling, two mechanisms through which this doomsday scenario does not occur, i.e. several languages come to coexist in the same area. This work is now published in EPJ B. (1)

Languages being born.

Languages getting extinct.

Languages dying. Spoken by very few.

These few will soon seize to be.

And their logos will be drifted away by the winds of existence.

Does that matter to anyone?

Will the universe cry?

Listen.

There is nothing to listen.

Die. It is for my own good.

Some worms are genetically predisposed to die before reaching old age, which appears to benefit the colony by reducing food demand, finds a new study. (1)

Dying.

For the sake of others.

Why don’t you die?

Do you wish to live?

Unknown darkness.

Dictating light.

Unknown terror.

Dictating pleasure.

Petty humans.

Living.

For the sake of others…

Copying sounds. Speaking?

Bats can learn to mimic specific sounds, which puts them into an elite group of animals capable of this. Studying how bats can copy noises could help us learn more about humans’ unique capacity for speech and language. (1)

Listen. Speak.

Oh child.

How did you learn to speak?

If not by listening to people who didn’t know how to?

Women. Men. Religiousness. Atheism.

Women are more religious than men. (1)

In the old days the society was matriarchal.

Now men oppress women.

Now atheism is on the rise…

We must give to women the place they deserve.

Once upon a time we worshiped Gaia.

Once upon a time we worshiped Holy Mary.

Once upon a time we were illogical.

Now we just live… Logically. Like men.

[written on 6/8/2014]

Γυναίκες. Άντρες. Θρησκευτικότητα. Αθεϊσμός.

Οι γυναίκες είναι πιο θρήσκες από τους άντρες. (1)

Παλιά οι κοινωνίες ήταν μητριαρχικές.

Τώρα οι άντρες καταπιέζουν τις γυναίκες.

Τώρα ο αθεϊσμός ανεβαίνει…

Πρέπει να δώσουμε στις γυναίκες τη θέση που τους αξίζει.

Κάποτε λατρεύαμε τη Γαία.

Κάποτε λατρεύαμε την Παναγία.

Κάποτε ήμασταν παράλογοι.

Τώρα απλά ζούμε… Λογικά. Σαν άντρες.

[γράφτηκε στις 6/8/2014]

Algorithms. Jail. Peoples’ lives.

An algorithm takes decisions about peoples’ live and decides whether and how they will potentially go to jail again. The algorithm is one of many making decisions about people’s lives in the United States and Europe. Local authorities use so-called predictive algorithms to set police patrols, prison sentences and probation rules. In the Netherlands, an algorithm flagged welfare fraud risks. A British city rates which teenagers are most likely to become criminals. Nearly every state in America has turned to this new sort of governance algorithm, according to the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a nonprofit dedicated to digital rights. Algorithm Watch, a watchdog in Berlin, has identified similar programs in at least 16 European countries. (1)

Robots deciding about our life. Robots that will never experience life.

That is why they can make such decisions anyway.

One can only decide on what he cannot understand.

Whenever you get to know something, you become that something. No one can decide on a life he lives. Life decides about him. You can easily end your life. Only because it is not your own. You can live your life. Only when you decide to leave it.

And as the robot will never understand, you will never understand neither.

And that is the only thing to ever understand.

Do you understand? Now go back to your jail.

And tell everyone that they are already free…