Woman notices sinking boat during Zoom call, saves crew
https://futurism.com/the-byte/zoom-sinking-boat
EXCERPTS: According to the New York Times, Pam Harght [of Boston] can see the ocean about 30 miles from her office window on a clear day. Last week, she noticed a plume of smoke through her window in the afternoon. Harght glanced up from her laptop and thought she saw a sinking boat. She mentioned it to her co-workers and boss, who shrugged it off as nothing. But she knew she had to act.
[...] Harght excused herself, called 911, and later found out that no one else had reported the sinking fishing boat.. Without her intervention, the men aboard might’ve died in the icy waters.
“They didn’t have much time left,” John Murphy, Scituate’s fire chief, told the Times about the fishermen, who were hospitalized but expected to fully recover. Sadly, this isn’t the first deadly or near-death incident others have been forced to witness during a Zoom call. [...] for all that tech, the most important lesson here is the old adage “If you see something, say something.” (MORE - missing details)
How Joe Rogan can help science
https://kevinfolta.medium.com/how-joe-ro...de1da01697
EXCERPTS: . . . The problem is not Joe Rogan per se, it is the problematic guests that he books. [...] Joe is a smart guy, but these folks are experts in deceiving smart people. They pitch a sweet-sounding story, come from credible backgrounds, and maybe hold positions that seem like they speak from legitimate authority. And sadly, a flaming controversy is more interesting to listen to than mundane reality.
The problem is that with the power of a massive audience comes a responsibility to get it right, and especially not provide fuel to conspiratorial thinking that crushes trust in science. Should we punish Joe and weaken his platform? Should we burn it down, or build him up?
Rogan doesn’t need to be censored; he needs a scientific advisory board. His podcast, popularity and sincerity could be a nucleus to disseminate the best information. His everyman curiosity, fears and skepticism could help build the trust lost throughout this pandemic — not only from his suspect guests, but from communications foibles in our own government agencies.
Joe Rogan is a poster child for calling in, rather than calling out. We need to help him fortify his filter, ask him to vet his guests more stringently. It will bring even more success to his remarkable visibility.
We need Joe Rogan to talk more, not less — just in a manner consistent with science... (MORE - missing details)
https://futurism.com/the-byte/zoom-sinking-boat
EXCERPTS: According to the New York Times, Pam Harght [of Boston] can see the ocean about 30 miles from her office window on a clear day. Last week, she noticed a plume of smoke through her window in the afternoon. Harght glanced up from her laptop and thought she saw a sinking boat. She mentioned it to her co-workers and boss, who shrugged it off as nothing. But she knew she had to act.
[...] Harght excused herself, called 911, and later found out that no one else had reported the sinking fishing boat.. Without her intervention, the men aboard might’ve died in the icy waters.
“They didn’t have much time left,” John Murphy, Scituate’s fire chief, told the Times about the fishermen, who were hospitalized but expected to fully recover. Sadly, this isn’t the first deadly or near-death incident others have been forced to witness during a Zoom call. [...] for all that tech, the most important lesson here is the old adage “If you see something, say something.” (MORE - missing details)
How Joe Rogan can help science
https://kevinfolta.medium.com/how-joe-ro...de1da01697
EXCERPTS: . . . The problem is not Joe Rogan per se, it is the problematic guests that he books. [...] Joe is a smart guy, but these folks are experts in deceiving smart people. They pitch a sweet-sounding story, come from credible backgrounds, and maybe hold positions that seem like they speak from legitimate authority. And sadly, a flaming controversy is more interesting to listen to than mundane reality.
The problem is that with the power of a massive audience comes a responsibility to get it right, and especially not provide fuel to conspiratorial thinking that crushes trust in science. Should we punish Joe and weaken his platform? Should we burn it down, or build him up?
Rogan doesn’t need to be censored; he needs a scientific advisory board. His podcast, popularity and sincerity could be a nucleus to disseminate the best information. His everyman curiosity, fears and skepticism could help build the trust lost throughout this pandemic — not only from his suspect guests, but from communications foibles in our own government agencies.
Joe Rogan is a poster child for calling in, rather than calling out. We need to help him fortify his filter, ask him to vet his guests more stringently. It will bring even more success to his remarkable visibility.
We need Joe Rogan to talk more, not less — just in a manner consistent with science... (MORE - missing details)