scholarly journals There is a real danger that covid-19 will become entrenched as a disease of poverty

BMJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. n986
Author(s):  
Christina Pagel
Keyword(s):  
Real Danger

The AI Delusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Smith
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Knowledge Discovery ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Real ◽  
Intelligent Machines ◽  
Black Boxes ◽  
Real Danger ◽  
The Way

We live in an incredible period in history. The Computer Revolution may be even more life-changing than the Industrial Revolution. We can do things with computers that could never be done before, and computers can do things for us that could never be done before. But our love of computers should not cloud our thinking about their limitations. We are told that computers are smarter than humans and that data mining can identify previously unknown truths, or make discoveries that will revolutionize our lives. Our lives may well be changed, but not necessarily for the better. Computers are very good at discovering patterns, but are useless in judging whether the unearthed patterns are sensible because computers do not think the way humans think. We fear that super-intelligent machines will decide to protect themselves by enslaving or eliminating humans. But the real danger is not that computers are smarter than us, but that we think computers are smarter than us and, so, trust computers to make important decisions for us. The AI Delusion explains why we should not be intimidated into thinking that computers are infallible, that data-mining is knowledge discovery, and that black boxes should be trusted.

Crime and Punishment

1901 ◽  
Vol 47 (198) ◽  
pp. 638-639
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Crime And Punishment ◽  
The Law ◽  
Real Danger

Dr. Robert Anderson, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in London, has written an article in the Nineteenth Century for February on “Our Absurd System of Punishing Crime.” He finds that there is an increase in “professional” crime which might be suppressed, and ought to be dealt with in a more intelligent way than at present. Dr. Anderson is of opinion that this real danger to the Commonwealth is mainly due to the lenient sentences which have become the rule consequent on the decrease of ordinary crime. In effect, he concludes that professional criminals should be deprived of the liberty they abuse, even for life. It is evident that the free discussion of these problems must precede any such changes in the law as Dr. Anderson and others advocate, and we trust that our Association will take its part in guiding public opinion on questions of such importance to the nation.

Screening of child health reserves by the local immunity indices

2001 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-83
Author(s):  
N. Kh. Amirov ◽  
D. I. Sadykova ◽  
O. I. Pikuza
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Sensitive Indicator ◽  
Anthropogenic Influences ◽  
Independent Group ◽  
Local Immunity ◽  
Inflammatory Processes ◽  
Indicator Systems ◽  
Special Relevance ◽  
Real Danger

Under the conditions of an increasing ecologically unfavorable situation and the increasing influence of a large number of anthropogenic influences, the resistance of the child's body decreases, which inevitably manifests itself in an increase in morbidity [5]. In recent years, the so-called eco-dependent states, which affect the nature of the course of many pathological processes, have been allocated to an independent group [1,2]. Thus, more and more often, inflammatory processes in children are initially low-symptom, without causing a real danger, but later on, the manifestation of the disease, which threatens the child's life, quickly occurs [4]. Therefore, the tactics of prenosological diagnostics based on the development of new sensitive indicator systems for testing health reserves is acquiring special relevance.

Misinformation

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-155
Author(s):  
Alberto Acerbi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Selective Advantage ◽  
The Real ◽  
Broad View ◽  
Cultural Traits ◽  
Real Danger

This chapter takes a broad view of misinformation: the spread of factually false claims is as old as cultural transmission itself, and to assess the real danger represented by social media we need to understand what kind of cognitive triggers are activated by successful information, online or offline. The chapter critically reviews some hypotheses for which digital media are especially suited for the spreading of misinformation, and then it explores in detail the idea that some cultural traits possess features that make them particularly well suited to be retained and transmitted, conferring on them a selective advantage relative to other traits. From this perspective, misinformation can be manufactured building on features that make it attractive in an almost unconstrained way, whereas true news cannot, simply because it needs to correspond to reality. Misinformation can be designed to spread more than real information does,—whether this is consciously planned or not.

MALCOLM SINGER (b. 1953)i am a little church (1976)

2020 ◽  
pp. 287-289
Author(s):  
Jane Manning
Keyword(s):  
Jaw Muscles ◽  
Musical Rhythms ◽  
Real Danger

This chapter discusses minimalism through the work of Malcolm Singer. Here he manipulates his numerically based systems with expertise and elan. The quirky originality and innately musical rhythms of e. e. cummings’s poetry is captured quite beautifully. The work’s tessitura is not high, but dynamics are often very light, hence the stipulation (on the score) for soprano. Absolute clarity and precision are essential, and there is no room whatever for rhythmic hesitancy or insecurity. Highly repetitive phrases in a similar pitch area (especially around E at the top of the stave) can become quite tiring vocally, and there is a real danger of seizing up through neglecting to relax throat, neck, and jaw muscles when preoccupied with counting tricky rhythms.

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