Graphic: Earthquake Basics, Nuclear Insanity
Corruption, Earth Orientation, Policies-Harmonization, Political, Strategy-Holistic Coherence, Threats, True Cost
Massimo Pigliucci on Ignorance Today
04 Education, 11 Society, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, IO Sense-Making
2011-04-22
NEW YORK – Ignorance is the root of all evil, according to Plato, who also famously gave us a still-current definition of its opposite: knowledge. For Plato, knowledge is “justified true belief.” That definition is worthy of consideration as we reflect on the perils of ignorance in the twenty-first century.
Plato thought that three conditions must be met in order for us to “know” something: the notion in question must actually be true; we must believe it (because if we do not believe something that is true, we can hardly claim that we know it); and, most subtly, it must be justifiable – there must be reasons why we believe the notion to be true.
Consider something that we all think we know: the earth is (approximately) round. This is as true as astronomical facts get, particularly because we have sent artificial satellites into orbit and seen that our planet is indeed roundish. Most of us (except for a lunatic fringe of flat-earthers) also believe this to be the case.
What about the justification of that belief? How would you answer if someone asked you why you believe that the earth is round?
Reference: Opening the World–Social networks and the formation of free [prosperous] communities
Advanced Cyber/IO, Budgets & Funding, Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Collective Intelligence, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Gift Intelligence, InfoOps (IO), International Aid, Key Players, Methods & Process, microfinancing, Mobile, Policies, Real Time, Strategy, Threats, ToolsGraphic: Opening the World 2 of 2
Citizen-Centered, ICT-IT, Innovation, Multinational Plus, Policies-Harmonization, Processing, Strategy-Holistic Coherence, Tribes
Graphic: Opening the World 1 of 2
Budgets & Funding, Citizen-Centered, Multinational Plus, Policies-Harmonization, Processing, Strategy-Holistic Coherence, Tribes
Taliban Tunnel Frees Over 500 From Prison
08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Cultural Intelligence, IO Sense-Making
106 Taliban Escape After Huge Prison Jailbreak In Afghanistan
Gus Lubin, April 25, 2011
Business Insider
Last night the Taliban brazenly tunneled into a major prison in Kandahar and broke out 504 prisoners, including 106 Taliban fighters, according to Al Arabiya.
The 1,050-meter tunnel went from a nearby house into the political wing of the prison.
The Taliban told Al Arabiya it had buses waiting at the end of the tunnel to transport prisoners to Taliban safehouses.
This is the second biggest jailbreak in Afghanistan, after militants blew up the front gates to free around 1,000 prisoners in 2008.
