Competency, Proxies, and Political Standing: A Conceptual Diagnosis or On the Rhetoric of Democratic Inclusion.
Latest addition to the Anti-Enlightenment project: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18063791
#democracy #philosophy #politics #psychology #society #humancondition #voting #rights #ageism #consent #governance #suffrage #rhetoric #law #inclusion #competence #tea #essay
Have you ever wondered why Democracies have virtually no competency requirements? 🧐
👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/12/26/democracy-competence-and-the-curious-case-of-the-missing-test/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
This is a topic of my latest preprint. Have you ever wondered why election results look like they do? Browsing social media comments makes one wonder why we don't have minimum standards.
#democracy #philosophy #politics #psychology #society #humancondition #voting #rights #ageism #consent #governance #suffrage #rhetoric #law #inclusion #competence #blog #podcast #tea #teddybears
#USA Nowadays
#FunctionalMelancholic
Lack of the 3 C's:
#Community
#Competence
#Character
"So how do we actually survive this transition without completely losing our minds?
I think it has to start with a kind of mental decolonization.
You have to stop measuring your worth by the metrics of a machine that's currently just grinding you into dust. If you can't afford a house, chances are it it's not a character flaw or personal failure. It's a structural one."
#Shorts La #compétence tue la notion de #métier, c'est notre ennemi à tous (FRANCK LEPAGE) #travail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd30eTRjSIw
The Inca masonry masterpiece: a 45-minute snooze-fest revealing that rocks stacked by a civilization with 10 million people wasn't actually done by aliens 🛸🪨. Astounding revelation: humans used hands and tools before Europeans showed up with their *superior* techniques 😂. Who knew ancient people could be so... competent? 🤷♂️🔍
https://www.earthasweknowit.com/pages/inca_construction #IncaMasonry #HumanIngenuity #AncientCivilizations #Archaeology #AlienMyths #Competence #HackerNews #ngated
Metal teaches what modern systems have forgotten: reality has structure, standards cannot be corrupted, and weight must actually be borne.
Use metal as your standard — does it work when reality tests it, or does it just produce documentation about working?
In the forge, honest work meets honest resistance. No committees. No credentials. Just manifestation.
🔗 https://kairos-prometheon.com/en/blog/2025-12-18-metal-manifesto/
#philosophy #liberty #individualism #reality #competence #sovereignty #craftsmanship #metalworking
Ce sont ces même gens qui :
1/ gèrent vos "identités numériques garanties".
2/ souhaitent des backdoors (dans les logiciels existant qu'apparemment ils peinent à maitriser déjà ô0)
#Compétence? #PasEnFrance! #certitude ^^'
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ug64elynwv5wsbg6cgr75hc3/post/3ma7gk2pecb24
Looking at #HammvSmith, the wild #SupremeCourt case in which #Alabama is desperate to give the #DeathPenalty to someone who their own #courts found #IntellectuallyDisabled, despite it violating the #8thAmendment of the #constitution according to many past rulings. Alabama argues that his #IQtest scores range between 72 and 78, above the limit of 70. Defense counters that experts agree that #IQ is a flawed measure, that he has issues that aren't going to show on IQ tests, and that 72 is so low that the margin of error would reach below 70.
Meanwhile, the courts found multiple times that he was not competent for #execution, and let's be really honest here, everyone, even the #prosecutors, think he is #MentallyDisabled. This feels to me like #DoubleJeopardy and nitpicking: the courts already said he didn't meet the standard of #competence, and the #prosecutor is basically asking the supreme #court to have lower courts ignore facts whenever a state wants to kill people.
We've been conditioned to police tone over substance, to value the appearance of decorum over actual #competence or #character. We've let the people with power redefine #professionalism to protect themselves while weaponizing it against everyone else.
#WorkplaceCulture #DoubleStandards #Leadership #Accountability
PsyPost: Personalization algorithms create an illusion of competence, study finds. “The findings provide evidence that when algorithms tailor information to a user’s behavior, that user may develop a biased understanding of the subject while simultaneously feeling overconfident in their inaccurate knowledge.”
A short meditation on the uncomfortable possibility that AI won’t destroy humanity – we’ll simply misplace our competence long before the machines bother to try.
🤖https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/skynet-isnt-problem-de-skilled-workforce-bry-willis-vmoze/
#blog #podcast #AI #FutureOfWork #TechEthics #SkyNet #AIAdoption #Change #Philosophy #Culture #competence #skills #future #enterprise #business #tech #technology #linkedIn #opinion #writing
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#elearning #storyline360 #digitallearning #pédagogieactive #compétence
Experiments show that self-handicapping--making a task harder for yourself--is a strategy to manage others' assessment of your competence. Succeeding while handicapped boosts perceptions of competence, and failing provides an excuse other than incompetence. Self-handicapping behavior occurs most often in those who are highly competent or are incompetent.
Summary: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-code-handicap.html
Original paper (not open access): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010027725002288
#LaSemaineCJUE
⚖️ 02/12 (A) : #Compétence – pratiques anticoncurrentielles #AppStore 🇳🇱 (C-34/24)
⚖️ 02/12 (A) : Plateformes en ligne en tant que responsables de traitement 🇷🇴 (C-492/23)
⚖️ 04/12 (A) : #DroitdAuteur – objets utilitaires 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 (C-580/23, C-795/23)
Our ethical code requires competence, which means constantly learning about new diagnoses and community resources. Never stop asking questions and seeking supervision. Your clients deserve your best knowledge. 🧠
#SocialWork #ClinicalSkills #Competence #Ethics
The ComeThinkAgain CETS platform is taking shape, and its content is now coming to life.
We have developed 12 micro-courses across three #educational levels: Primary, Secondary, and #VocationalEducation and Training; combining theory and practice in a flexible, blended format.
Each course is connected to key European #competence frameworks.
Discover how we’re shaping the next phase of professional learning for teachers: https://cets.comethinkagain.eu/
#Singapore mulls holding top #bank execs responsible for #AI #risks
"Singapore’s #centralbank has proposed a set of #guidelines tt will hold the board & senior #management of #financialinstitutions responsible for risks tt arise fr their use of #artificialintelligence.. Senior management will be in charge of ensuring the effective roll-out of AI-related #riskmanagement #policies & procedures, as well as to #guarantee te necessary #competence of personnel"
Urgently needed👆
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3136635/singapore-mulls-holding-top-bank-execs-responsible-for-ai-risks
Many animal species, including primates, birds, and fish, exhibit a sense of number known as #Numerical #Competence, allowing them to discriminate and compare quantities of objects.
This foundational ability is thought to be an ancient cognitive trait, suggesting that the basic mechanics for perceiving quantity are shared by humans and other animals.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Animals-that-could-do-Math-6762bb557b620f019ff7fbb3
Fat, Lazy, and Incompetent - Joe Lonsdale and Johnathan Bi
Une ambitieuse alternative au « Capital ». Sur le livre d’Ulysse Lojkine
