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Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite
UCC has paid huge sums to a criminal professor
This story is not for republication. I bear responsibility for the things I write. I have read the guidelines and understand that I must not write anything untrue, and I won't.
This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.
Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
Socratic Dialog Between ChatGPT-5 and Mind Agent Reveals Fatal and Deliberate 'Design by Construction' Flaw
This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!
This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".
According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.
People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.
AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent
Evaluating Semantic Reasoning Capability of AI Chatbot on Ontologically Deep Abstract (bias neutral) Thought
I have been evaluating AI Chatbot agents for their epistemic limits over the past two months, and have tested all major AI Agents, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Perplexity, and DeepSeek, for their epistemic limits and their negative impact as information gate-keepers.... Today I decided to test for how AI could be the boon for humanity in other positive areas, such as in completely abstract realms, such as metaphysical thought. Meaning, I wanted to test the LLMs for Positives beyond what most researchers benchmark these for, or have expressed in the approx. 2500 Turing tests in Humanity?s Last Exam.. And I chose as my first candidate, Google DeepMind's Gemini as I had not evaluated it before on anything.
Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
We have all known it for over 2 years that it is a genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza
Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support
With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza
China?s CITY WIDE CASH SEIZURES Begin ? ATMs Frozen, Digital Yuan FORCED Overnight Wed Jul 30, 2025 21:40 | 1 of indy
This story is unverified but it is very instructive of what will happen when cash is removed
THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty
A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed.
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RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
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Eurostar Unveils Gender-Neutral Uniform for Staff Wed Oct 01, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Eurostar has unveiled its first gender-neutral uniform, introducing a collection featuring skirts, trousers and Dr Martens boots designed to be "interchangeable and made to fit all genders".
The post Eurostar Unveils Gender-Neutral Uniform for Staff appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Fact-Checking Starmer?s Claim That Brexit Created the Small Boats Crisis Wed Oct 01, 2025 17:30 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has claimed that Brexit created the small boats crisis and the migrant boats should be called 'Farage boats'. This is nonsense, says David Barrett, and even Oxford University's Migration Observatory agrees.
The post Fact-Checking Starmer’s Claim That Brexit Created the Small Boats Crisis appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Why is ?Pandemic Preparedness? a Major Theme of the New US Global Health Strategy? Wed Oct 01, 2025 15:43 | Dr David Bell
Why is 'pandemic preparedness' a major theme of the US Government's new 'America First' Global Health Strategy, asks Dr David Bell. There are some sound public health principles in there, but the 'pandemic' con lives on.
The post Why is ‘Pandemic Preparedness’ a Major Theme of the New US Global Health Strategy? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Ed Miliband Pledges Legislation to Ban Fracking ?Forever? Wed Oct 01, 2025 13:22 | Will Jones
With energy bills heading skywards and renewable energy investment on the ropes, Ed Miliband's conference crowd-pleaser was to pledge a law to ban fracking 'forever' ? and sabotage a future Reform administration.
The post Ed Miliband Pledges Legislation to Ban Fracking ‘Forever’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Lammy Backtracks on Claim Farage ?Once Flirted With Hitler Youth? Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:21 | Will Jones
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has been forced to row back on his bizarre claim that Nigel Farage "once flirted with the Hitler Youth", which Farage has denied.
The post Lammy Backtracks on Claim Farage “Once Flirted With Hitler Youth” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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Well done on the press conference. Good points etc. One quibble, though. This isn't a very good argument:
"It claims Lisbon reduces the areas where governments can veto policy proposals."
This is very far from being a revolutionary socialist concern. Who cares if Gordon Brown or Brian Cowen lose or retain their vetos? Declan Ganley maybe.
Besides all of the above , it will also do the following. A statement from COIR whom many of us agree with on a number of issues.
STATEMENT:
1. The Lisbon Treaty comes with a heavy cost to Ireland: We'll lose control of our Taxes (Art.113), the EU can decide our immigration Policy (Art. 79), and we lose the right to attract foreign investment as we see fit (Art.207).
2. We lose power in Europe - no Commissioner for 1/3 of the time and our voting rights are slashed by 60% while Germany's increase by 100%.
3. For the first time, this Treaty states clearly - in Declaration 17 on primacy - that EU Law is superior to the Irish Constitution.
( A Draft the People succeeded in giving to themselves after 800 years of tyranny.)
The Charter of Rights attached to Lisbon is Legally binding and gives the EU the right to decide our Laws in important social areas like abortion and Family Law.
Is it not insanity for People to be undecided as to which way to vote?
"We'll lose control of our Taxes" But won't that mean might go down? Currently I buy lots from germany because their tax is lower.
"the EU can decide our immigration Policy" Might not be so bad. Are you afraid of an 'insert bigoted stereotype here' invasion?
"We lose power in Europe" Isn't this more democratic? Don't we have disproportionally large say now? (correct me if I'm wrong, I may be mistaken here)
"this Treaty states clearly....EU Law is superior to the Irish Constitution" Doesn't it also create a viable method for EU withdrawal?
"after 800 years of tyranny" Comparing EU power to English rule is stretching it a bit far.
"gives the EU the right to decide our Laws in important social areas like abortion and Family Law" Well, i'm pro-choice so I wouldn't mind but didn't they just explicitly state that this wasn't the case?
"Is it not insanity for People to be undecided as to which way to vote?" Not really
Hi Man. A No vote will not prevent you from consuming German stuff. It's your choice. If anything consumerism is promoted as never before. There is too much money involved in People consuming.
I fear no Cultural diversity , I lived in Africa and found it an educational experience and welcome different cultures in Ireland, it is refreshing and clears a stagnant mindset.
I do not understand your phrase ..lose more power...more democratic??
EU withdrawal from what? Please clarify.
I don't recall 'comparing' 800years of British Tyranny in Ireland to the forthcoming Orwellian EU Empire
or 'stretched it at all'??
There are 500million People who do not have the right to vote on this Treaty. They ,like the Brits are screeming for a Referendum on this Treaty. Most of us do not know how lucky we are. Are you willing to hand over hard fought for freedom to faceless unelected and unaccountables?
And last but not least , I am very glad that my Parents did'ent abort me as I would not be writing on this Web Site. Like you.
"The Charter of Rights attached to Lisbon is Legally binding and gives the EU the right to decide our Laws in important social areas like abortion and Family Law."
This would be a good thing. Successive Irish governments have clearly been inept and spineless when it comes to coming up with a coherent policy on social areas such as abortion. I would applaud if the EU forced our government to tackle this properly.
Inept in may areas indeed. But it does not warrent the total handover of the Country's Soverignty and Constitution.
The issue is much bigger than abortion.
From Irish Times today 15/05/08:
See also: http://www.no2lisbon.wordpress.com
PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT: THE GOVERNMENT is deliberately keeping the public in the dark about the detail of the Lisbon Treaty to ensure the referendum is carried, the People Before Profit Alliance claimed as it launched its No campaign yesterday.
Eddie Conlon of the group's steering committee said he would encourage everyone, including the Taoiseach, to read the Lisbon Treaty.
Earlier this week, Mr Cowen acknowledged he had not read the text "from cover to cover", but said he had negotiated 95 per cent of the treaty and knew exactly what was in it.
Mr Conlon said No campaigners had been accused of scaremongering but they seemed to be the only people who had studied the treaty. "I think when people read what's in the treaty they will find that what we say is true."
He said the treaty would lead to the further militarisation of the EU because it called on member states to increase their military spending and obliged them to make their facilities available for EU military activity.
Richard Boyd Barrett said the treaty was an obvious attempt by EU leaders to deceive the European public. "What's absolutely clear at the heart of this is an attempt to ram the treaty through that nobody can understand and to avoid, if at all possible, people having any say on it."
He said politicians on the Yes side never talked about the substance of the treaty. "In particular you do not see them address the specific aspects of the treaty that have been highlighted by the No campaign around the issues of democracy, around the issues of militarisation, around the issues of the threat the Lisbon Treaty poses to our public services."
He said the Lisbon Treaty was "a recipe for privatisation of public services in Europe, for the further militarisation of the European Union, for the creation of a European army that's going to have a more aggressive military role on the world scene."
We the people-
"A No vote will not prevent you from consuming German stuff" I never said it would. My point is that I buy from Germany because the tax is lower. If taxes were homogenised I would not need to.
"lose more power...more democratic??"
The way I see it, power in Europe is undemocratic now as Ireland has a disproportional amount of power in relation population size. I prefer systems where smaller groups don't have more power (proportionally) than large groups.
"EU withdrawal from what?" For the first time, the treaty sets out methods for countries to withdraw from the union.
"I don't recall 'comparing' 800years of British Tyranny....."
You pointed out the superiority of EU law over Irish constitutiution, then pointed out that we struggled 800 years for it, inferring that we are throwing away that struggle, going back to the days of rule by a foreign power.
"There are 500million People who do not have the right to vote on this Treaty. They ,like the Brits are screeming for a Referendum on this Treaty. Most of us do not know how lucky we are."
It is unfortunate for them that they cannot vote and they should be allowed to and we are very very lucky, but that is not a reason for us to vote no. If it is good for us, then we can vote yes and let other countries deal with their own problems.
"Are you willing to hand over hard fought for freedom to faceless unelected and unaccountables?""
Why will we be less free? Is free speech going out the window? are other rights going out the window? If we vote it in, we will be doing so out of our own freedom. Faceless? Unelected? Unaccountable? Why? All the positions will have offices, addresses, certainly pictures of the delegates. All positions are elected, maybe not by you but by representatives chosen by us, and representatives chosen by other countries. Like the taoiseach, who is unelected, rather chosen by people chosen by us. And why would they be unaccountable? A little too much 1984 for you I think.
"I am very glad that my Parents did'ent abort me as I would not be writing on this Web Site." As am I. What's your point?
Not everyone is going to agree on this, but in the end, we have the honour of being able to vote. Which just means we have to carefully take into consideration whether we like the way things will be with the treaty or not. I am for it, but I can well understand why people would not be. Its just down to which group is in the majority.
Mr Man wrote:
"My point is that I buy from Germany because the tax is lower. If taxes were homogenised I would not need to."
This is exactly the problem with federalisation: the process of homoginasition, instead of diversifying.
If all the EU-countries become one unit, how can the governments of Europe compete in achieving the best results by showing:
1) the highest economical performance, ie, providing the best monetary and budgetary policies to deal with the issues present in a certain economical unit
2) and in providing the safety for its citizens by ensuring political liberties and human rights under a functioning system of a democratic rule of law?
The assumed advantage of the low prices of Germany is lost by the very process of homoginasition, because the nature of homoginasition is abolishing the differences. By itself it is NOT an asset to buy any products from Germany - or from any other remote place- at a low price, if the transportation costs will raise the price of the product anyway.
Furthermore, low prices are NOT the only factor to consider either, especially if a country has higher buying power because of its increased internal competition. Real efficiency can be achieved ONLY on a case by case basis, when each country can determine which product it can and wants to buy from another country: from another EU country or from outside EU.
One of the main reasons of all economic downturns is the loss of democratic transparency and accountability of the political and economical leadership.
What Ireland can "gain" by transferring its powers as an independent economical unit, to an unaccountable, non-elected and non-transparent group in Brussels, is the opportunity of blind obedience to whatever Brussels will decide about us behind our back.
After Lisbon, there will be no independence for the people of Ireland to demand that the national leaders would provide resolution to any economical or other downturns.
Thanks for the news about your NO group. The blog is very well organised with a lot of useful information on the Lisbon Treaty:
http://www.no2lisbon.wordpress.com
Addendum to the former post:
The website of "We the people" is excellent too:
http://www.lisbonvote.com