Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
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Re: Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
#2This doesn't seem to make sense. By more accurately predicting where crimes will occur, the police departments can reduce the amount of patrols needed.
Re: Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
#3I don't know enough to agree or disagree, but to me having academics even ask questions on the ethics of their work is the most important thing; if one's work affects the real world then you can't duck responsibility for it.
Re: Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
#4This doesn't seem to make sense. By more accurately predicting where crimes will occur, the police departments can reduce the amount of patrols needed.
If they inaccurately predict where crime will occur, their recommendations could cause an elevated number of patrols in some neighborhoods.
Re: Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
#5This doesn't seem to make sense. By more accurately predicting where crimes will occur, the police departments can reduce the amount of patrols needed.
Nothing that these people are doing makes sense or demonstrates any capacity for forethought.
Re: Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
#6This doesn't seem to make sense. By more accurately predicting where crimes will occur, the police departments can reduce the amount of patrols needed.
I urge you to read Minority Report, or watch the movie.
Re: Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
#7This doesn't seem to make sense. By more accurately predicting where crimes will occur, the police departments can reduce the amount of patrols needed.
I would agree with that, if we lived in the futuristic utopian society of Star Trek:TNG. But our world appears to be closer to a cyberpunk dystopia, where you can't trust the powers-that-be to use that kind of technology for good, peaceful, and just ends. Instead, they'll use it to advance their own greed and hate fueled agendas, and to perpetuate existing structural biases.
Re: Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
#8This doesn't seem to make sense. By more accurately predicting where crimes will occur, the police departments can reduce the amount of patrols needed.
I urge you to read Minority Report, or watch the movie.
On that note, I encourage everyone to read more PKD in general. You can't go (too) wrong reading any of his stuff. Valis is pretty f'in weird, but still harmless. I think.
Re: Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
#9So-called Black Lives Matter costs black lives by making policing less effective. The "Ferguson Effect" has been documented. Recent headline: "104 shot, 14 fatally, over Father’s Day weekend in Chicago" https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/6/20/21297470/chicag... .
Re: Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
#10This doesn't seem to make sense. By more accurately predicting where crimes will occur, the police departments can reduce the amount of patrols needed.
I urge you to read Minority Report, or watch the movie.
The book ("The Minority Report") and the movie have radically different messages.