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I have a suggestion: Why not link laws to the harm for people and environment on a scientifically verifiable measure for people only, meaning employees, CEOs and board members alike get in the bind personally.

#law #CrimeAndPunishment #Objectivity #Prove #Science

It doesn't mean breweries get in the bind, but mean drunks do.
It means thresholds for corporations. Like CO² emissions will gradually with emerging tech become criminal. No private jets anymore. It's coach or better yet trains..

#Press and #balance

"There are several overlapping groups of people who, probably for different reasons, are more likely to prefer news that shares their point of view:
(a) the ideological and politically engaged;
(b) young people, especially those who rely mainly on social media for news;
(c) women; and
(d) less socioeconomically advantaged groups."

"In markets dominated by fewer brands — often publicly funded ones such as the BBC — respondents in that market also tend to express higher levels of preference for impartiality." In Britain, where respondents use an average of four news brands, the lowest number across the 40 countries studied, 62% of respondents say they prefer news displaying no point of view.

Camila Mont'Alverne et al, 2025: ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/articl

ijoc.orgWho Wants Impartial News? Investigating Determinants of Preferences for Impartiality in 40 Countries | Mont'Alverne | International Journal of CommunicationWho Wants Impartial News? Investigating Determinants of Preferences for Impartiality in 40 Countries
#news#media#study
The difference between the perspectives of classical physics and those of the Copenhagen School was therefore rooted in different views of the basic philosophical concepts: objectivity, phenomenon, causality and physical reality. The actual revolution in the philosophical foundations of physics consisted in Bohr’s seeing himself as obliged to redefine these concepts in order to retain them within the framework of the new physics. At the same time this meant a redefinition of the criteria of science.
—Suzanne Gieser, The Innermost Kernel
#bohr #physics #objectivity #phenomenon #causality #reality
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…this journalistic tactic of reporting what everyone says equally will result in a highly distorted information space. … The objectivity in journalism means truth. It doesn't mean reporting all sides equally. So you have to figure out the truth and report on it even if one group says that's not true. … The truth is what you report.
—Jason Stanley
#journalism #objectivity = #truth