On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 04:49:00PM +0000, Queen, Steven Z. (GSFC-5910) wrote: > > I don't think this list is an appropriate place for political discussions. >
I agree, I think the OP should not have brought this subject on this list. > > Hopefully an administrator will intervene. > If this continues, I will unsubscribe. > Unfortunately, technical, policy and political issues mix together and there is no avoiding that. Ignoring them is dangerous, they have a way of catching up to you in whatever cave or monastery or retreat you choose to hide in. K.O. > ________________________________ > From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov > <owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov> on behalf of Nico > Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 9:04 AM > To: LaToya Anderson <lmanderson2...@gmail.com> > Cc: Andrew C Aitchison <and...@aitchison.me.uk>; Keith Lofstrom > <kei...@keithl.com>; Mailing list for Scientific Linux users worldwide > <scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Code bias video, watch it ASAP > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 7:24 AM LaToya Anderson > <lmanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Data does not remove bias. And one can and should both read the article and > > watch the movie. > > > > STEM Academy Instructor > > Data rather than mere exposition helps prevent bias. How do you refute > or counter unfair bias except with data? > > The movie is, itself, profoundly biased. It didn't explore at all why > a public housing project might benefit from cameras on the door of a > densely populated building with numerous poor, old, or unhealthy > tenants. The movie was an icon of "Critical Theory", portraying the > attempt to use science and engineering for social problems as a plot > against the oppressed. > > I've lived in scary neighborhoods of London. London accepts and > expects a degree of CCTV monitoring that is outrageous to Americans. > Sadly, citizens can't *get* the videos when a crime occurs, and > photographic evidence can be misused against the innocent. Been there, > done that, watched a London parking cop frame the photos they took to > document a parking ticket, really ticked him off when I very obviously > took photos at angles that showed the car was, in fact parked near a > sign that gave permission and curb markings that matched. -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
