technocrit

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2w ago

VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files
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technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2w ago
The flatpack version is slow and crashy AF.

2w ago

The Epstein Files include a copy of the Bash manual

Fedz are too busy murdering minorities to research this material and prosecute these privileged pedos.

There are lots of reasons why many "scientists" are lowlifes. Most of these problems are a direct result of capitalism, not "science" per se. Thus these problems apply to many occupations beyond just "science".

The indoctrination system overtly favors the extremely privileged. That's why so many pale, privileged bros are "scientists". And when people aren't pale skinned, they're usually from the privileged classes on non-euro/usa countries. When these people become "scientists", they become part of the system of guard labor(1, 2), maintaining their own privilege by filtering out the unprivileged.
"Science" under capitalism is almost entirely funded and developed for the violent enforcement of capitalism or the violent extraction of profits from exploiting people, animals, and the planet. The people who rise to the top of this system have no real ideals of principles beyond personal privilege.
The point of a "career" in "science" is, like any career, to hoard and maintain privilege(1). In order to justify their privilege, many "scientists" adopt fash ideologies like capitalism, etc. that provide justifications for their large piece of the pie.
The STEM grift. Just search like "stem science criticism".
Lots of "science" is wrong, fake, phony, etc. Just look at the field of "AI", string theory, etc. And now there's so much "AI" research. And corporate "research". The MIC. There's really not that much "science" that's actually beneficial for humanity. It seems like the majority is actually quite harmful... And even those doing "good science" are generally just lucky, while still supporting and working within the same trash system.

It's kind of amazing how people are so indoctrinated into this system that apparently nobody even understands the question. I would just emphasize that I'm talking mostly about career "scientists" under capitalism (not individuals who take a scientific approach to knowledge). I'm saying this as someone with an advanced degree who has seen many, many people turned into lowlifes by this system. Kids come into college wanting to make video games and they end up with career murdering people on the other side of the planet, etc. They barely have a choice.