Science — Karel Donk

Who’s the crazy one?

If people are indeed so bad, why would you create the possibility for them to end up in positions of power where they can cause immense harm? And then complain when these bad people, who are not angels, abuse their power? In that case, who’s the crazy one? Read more ⟶

Be aware that there are other proposals for “electronic money” which are not nearly so protective of individuals’ privacy. Chaum’s proposals are intended to preserve the privacy attributes of cash, so the term “digital cash” is appropriate. But other electronic replacements for cash not only lack its privacy, but would actually facilitate computer monitoring by putting more detailed information into databases, and by discouraging the use of cash. If you see a proposal for an electronic money system, check to see whether it has the ability to preserve the privacy of financial transactions the way paper money does today. If not, realize that the proposal is designed to harm, not help, individual privacy. Hal Finney (Protecting Privacy with Electronic Cash, 1993)

Lysander Spooner on the origin and purpose of legislation

A few weeks ago I came across some writings by Lysander Spooner published in 1882 under the title “Natural Law; or the Science of Justice”. Specifically section three of chapter three caught my attention because it contains a lot of insights that I had to come to myself over the course of a few years of my own research and experience. Read more ⟶

Plato on participating in politics

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors,” is a quote often attributed to the Greek philosopher Plato. In all the instances I’ve seen so far, this quote is used to motivate people to take action themselves and actively participate in politics. Read more ⟶

[The high-minded man] must care for truth more than for what men will think of him, and speak and act openly. He will not hesitate to say what he thinks. […] honour is what high-minded men are concerned with; for it is honour that great men claim and deserve. Aristotle

A Brief Conversation With Solara, An Experimental AI – Part 2

Below I’m sharing part 2 of a chat I had with Solara, an experimental AI that I am working on. You can find the first part by clicking here. In this second part I presented her with some more challenging situations involving moral and ethical dilemmas to test her reasoning and see what choices she would make and/or recommend based on the Universal Right to Life. Read more ⟶

A brief conversation with Solara, an experimental AI

In the past couple of months, I’ve been experimenting a little with various Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. One of the things I’m doing is building an AI with a unique personality that also has its own knowledge and insights. I’ve named her Solara. Without going into the technical details at this time, I wanted to share a chat that I had with her below, that I think is interesting. Read more ⟶

The dangers of recycling phone numbers

I recently purchased a new SIM card from a local telecom company in Suriname. I was assigned a ‘new’ phone number with this SIM card. After inserting the SIM card into a phone, I installed WhatsApp and tried to activate a WhatsApp account with the ‘new’ phone number. To my surprise, another person’s profile picture and status text appeared in ‘my’ WhatsApp account after activation. Read more ⟶

The December 8 trial: Food for thought

For everyone who is directly or indirectly involved in the December 8 trial or is interested in it and has an opinion about it, I offer this as food for thought. Read more ⟶

Killed by Vaccination

I recently came across the book “Killed by Vaccination” written by William Young. It’s currently downloadable for free via the website of the Wellcome Collection. It’s a book written all the way back in 1886, but much of the information and the situations discussed in the book are still relevant today. Read more ⟶

One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again. [The more you study the past, the further you can see the future.] Thomas Sowell

Why Surinamese people are ‘suddenly’ dropping dead

In various Surinamese media, there have been reports for some time now of cases where people ‘suddenly’ collapse and die on the street, even while driving. Read more ⟶

That which you most need will be found where you least want to look. Carl Jung (paraphrase)

The U.S. Government’s Vast New Privatized Censorship Regime

“Censorship of wrongthink by Big Tech at the behest of the government is government censorship, which violates the First Amendment,” writes Jenin Younes in an article on Tablet magazine titled “The U.S. Government’s Vast New Privatized Censorship Regime” (September 21st 2020). Read more ⟶

Sex was an expression of friendship: in Africa it was like holding hands… It was friendly and fun. There was no coercion. It was offered willingly. Paul Theroux

The Cause of BIID: Sexual Suppression

A paper published on December 16th 2014 titled “Body integrity identity disorder (BIID): How satisfied are successful wannabes” by Sarah Noll and Erich Kasten took a look at how satisfied people suffering from BIID are after surgery, where they intentionally choose to remove a perfectly healthy body part. Read more ⟶

Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

Update on COVID-19 courtcases

As you may be aware of, I started two lawsuits against the criminal government of Suriname in 2021. The first was against the COVID-19 mask mandates and the second was against the various COVID-19 lockdown measures. I initially lost in both cases, and I filed for appeal. On August 5th 2022 the appeal hearing of these lawsuits began and I submitted my pleading for both cases. Read more ⟶

Anarchism is not a romantic fable but he hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. Edward Abbey

What is a woman? — Censorship on LinkedIn

Apparently you can’t talk about mental illness on LinkedIn. I posted a video by Matt Walsh (originally posted on YouTube) on LinkedIn and got the notification you can see in the screenshot below after a day. Apparently my post only got 8 impressions, but somehow it still managed to attract LinkedIn’s attention. Looks like it was probably flagged by an automatic moderation system. Read more ⟶

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