Friday Squid Blogging: More on Squid Fishing

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Posted on April 21, 2023 at 5:04 PM • 96 Comments

nobody • April 24, 2023 2:30 AM

Do you think that covid19 vaccine works and it is worth to take it?. Please take it. I will not force you not to do it.
Do you think that N95 masks and the like works?. Please wear them. Again I will not force you not to do it.
Just the only thing I want is that you extend me the cortesy and not to force me to take the vaccine nor to wear a mask.

nobody • April 24, 2023 4:08 AM

@JonKnowsNothing
First I am really sorry that you are sick but you need to take care of yourself as I am taking care of myself.
Current available vaccine (as was clear for me before but it seems clear enough for everybody now) does not prevent the virus to spread so sadly covid19 is here to stay.
Do you believe that you can eradicate it? try first with the common cold or the flu, they have been around here longer. Good luck by the way.
About taking the vaccine, it is all about taking chances.
On one hand you have a non properly tested vaccine with an already proven chance of suffering serious side effects and unknown long term side effects.
One the other hand you have a chance for the infection to complicate and because of that you can go to the hospital or even die (both depending heavily on you age and health condition).
I am medium age healthy male so I took my chances to not to get vaccinated (I already got covid19 by the way, milder symptoms than a normal flu).
About wearing masks, it is also about chances.
On one hand you can reduce the chances of getting viral infections, not only covid19 but also common cold, flu, etc…
On the other hand you have permicroplastic inhalation risk. Also you are rebreathing the dirt that accumulates in the mask: that stuff is meant to get out of your body, not in.
I believe that for maintaining a strong and healthy immune system you need to get sick from time to time so again I decided that the best for me is not to wear any masks.

nobody • April 24, 2023 4:46 AM

@JonKnowsNothing

I really value your opinion and the comments you post in this blog and also believe that the world is a better place with you on it but I think it is not fair for you to ask people just not to go out in crowds or to movies or to restaurants. Being alive is not enough, you need to live your life too.

nobody • April 25, 2023 2:25 AM

@JonKnowsNothing

Insurance companies and the like are just soulless entities born from a soulless world.
People are just numbers to them and treated as such.
I hope that the treatment gets cheaper and in doing so it will become a better option for your insurance company and you will get it.
Of course if anybody tells me to stay away from them I will do so. Even if I gave you the impression that I am a selfish person that does not care about others I can assure you that it is not the case.
With my posts I wanted to say that covid19 vaccine and wearing masks is not black and white, each person must weigh their options and must not be treated like a criminal for not doing so. Until recently it has been quite a witch hunt for people like me and has not been pleasant.
I wish you strength and the best of luck.

nobody • April 25, 2023 3:15 AM

@no comment

If we can perfectly replicate the workings of a human brain in a human made artifact, then what is the difference with a real one?
Is it that one is born and the other one is just created? or that one is organic and the other one artificial?
Will it not be alive?. Can we switch it on and off as we please?
It is an example of nowadays science without any kind of ethics.
We ask if we can do it but never if we should do it.
We are becoming monsters, maybe born from ignorance, but monsters nonetheless.

nobody • April 25, 2023 4:27 AM

@ResearcherZero

Do you think that the problem is just a couple of lone individuals?
Many people live paycheck to paycheck and just do what they are told.If not they get fired and then the fun begins.
The corporations that employs them are just soulless things with only one think in their mind: make money no matter what.
So call me pessimist if you like but I believe that this is only the beginning (I really hope I am wrong).

nobody • April 25, 2023 5:06 AM

@ResearcherZero

AI is indeed very useful but also very dangerous. I must be used with great care.
AI ethical implications is something that requires also the greatest of our cares.