# ZeroIdiot - Phlogging a dead horse

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## 14.01.2024 - SDF account validated

Finally I managed to validate the SDF account. It's awesome!

## 26.08.2022 - Science is the new religion

As long as I can remember I was always interested in the question how
things work and thus I decided to become a professional scientist. I
hoped that some day I would have accumulated enough knowledge to
understand what causes lead to which outcomes. And yes, I learned a
lot. But, the longer I did the job the more I got aware that this path
only leads to always increasing hubris. The first time I realized that
was when discussions with my colleague students about the question
what we could learn from Goethe's Theory of colors turned out into an 
anti-phenomenological shit-storm. "There is nothing except you can
measure it." Now, that's what I would call a narrow world view. I am
not a very religious person, but as I understand it, religion is about
"not knowing" but "believing". So what's the difference to a scientific
system in which scientists "belief" what they are told in their
training? Which scientist did ever "see" an atom? Which scientist did
ever "prove" the non-existence of meta-physical entities? Which
scientist did ever "observe" that the earth is not flat? None of them.
They just repeat dogmas they learned by heart over and over again.
They belief until someone even more authoritarian will tell them that
a "paradigm shift" happened and they should change their mind as quick
a possible. They replaced the old religions, they fought so fiercely,
with their own and ever since try to wobble your mind in the attempt to
justify (look at deplorable attempts like the one below). "O.k., just
let them belief whatever they want. That's only tolerant." you might
say. And right you are. But ... Look at the last two years of
uncontrolled health science hubris. "Trust the scientists", was the
parole. But yes, scientists also lie, scientists also manipulate,
scientists also discriminate. Nevertheless, society wants to belief
in the integrity of the scientific system. And you better follow the
majority point of view too, otherwise you will be deemed to be an
anti-vaxer or something even more stupid. 

Now that's the moment when something gets triggered inside of me.
Remember, being 16 and an angry young punk? First I wondered what
made me feel like that (the therapist told me). Then I learned how to
analyze it (the professor told me). Then I tried to transcend it (the
master told me). But now I know that I was simply right. The problem
wasn't religion or any other conservative system. It was simply the
arrogance and self-righteousness of a society build on authoritarian
hierarchies. So, "fuck science" or in a more elegant way "If you meet
the Buddha on the road, kill him".

=> 
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/why-scientific-faith-isnt-the-same-as-religious-faith/417357/

## 11.06.2022 - Anti-vaxers, the Wuhan virus and the majority flaw

Thinking about the phrase John Lydon coined in the last Sex Pistols
show and that I refered in my last phlog, I came along at lot of
articles, one of the unbearable ones was:

=> https://arena.org.au/get-the-feeling-youve-been-cheated/

The writer seems to be one of those leisure time social psychologists
that have been popping out of the ground in the last years to condemn
everyone who does not agree with the violent majority propaganda ever
increasing since the Wuhan virus started to spread. The so-called
anti-vaxers (a phrase solely coined by pro-vaxers to discredit and
stigmatize those people, sorry that I use it here) are one of the new
favorite enemies of such fascistoid anti-conspiracy experts.

And all those praters like to help themselves with sacrosanct
arguments like democratic principles. Pity only, that their idea of
democracy has nothing to do with freedom, but simply with the mastery
of majorities. Regrettably, in this kind of "democracy" the term
society is most often confused with majority, and the advocates of
these interpretations are always part of the latter. No wonder. But,
anti-vaxers are not outside of society, they are only non-majority and
an absolutely legitimate part of society. I will not use "in my
opinion" here, because for me this is no point of discussion. Everyone
has the absolute right not to do what the majority does. The
consequences are simply something a society has to deal with. People
not stopping to smoke, not reducing their alcohol or meat consumption
and so one are of the same kind. And to be honest, everyone of us can
be found in some of those categories. 

## 22.05.2022 - Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

I have been working for almost 25 years in the present job now. More
than 15 years on limited contracts, until they "saw no other way" as
to give me an unlimited position to avoid a legal dispute. Enough to
say that I work somewhere in academics. Although this is a relative 
constant environment it is also an absolutely blood-sucking system.
Resentment and envy everywhere. Together with colleagues that pretend
to cooperate with you on eye level but are constantly pulling threads
behind your back to be one step ahead, this makes up a system that
will inevitably lead to the famous John Lydon phrase popping up in
your mind.

But hey, I don't care, although it is hard to put a good face on a
terrible story all the time. I don't give a fuck about you suckers
(yes, this *is* an appropriate academic idiom here). Nevertheless,
enough is enough. This thing has been going on too long. It is time
to change something. 

## 21.05.2022 - Drums

Writing phlogs is nice but doing something you always wanted to do
is better. So I started learning to play the drums some days ago.
Better later than never. Hope the neighbours will like it.

## 15.04.2022 - Joining azogemini

I decided to join the azo-network and make my scattered ideas about
how to make the world a better place available to more people.

=> gemini://azogemini.ddns.net:1977

Edit 21.05.2022: Wait ... I am definitely not the kind of "Make-the-
world-a-better-place"-guy. Actually I can't stand those people
because they always think to know what a better world might mean to
others. I think I should write an angry phlog about this sometime.

## 17.10.2021 - Permacomputing

Strolling around gemini space I found something that really cheers
me up. I know that solderpunk had a brilliant idea when creating
the gemini protocol, but his gemlog about permacomputing really
makes me feel that there might be hope in this consumer-brained
lemming age. Pity I have been too slow and demotivated to promote
my own thoughts in such a brilliant way in the past. But, it's a
motivation not to stick to complaining but seeing thing more
positive. See the new DIY section ;-)

Edits 20.05./11.06.2022: Pity only that this concept comes in such
a hipster-phrase. Permathis, permathat. Always old wine in new
wineskins.

## 26.09.2021 - A late summer day

Sitting on the bench in front of the house. Looks like it's going
to be a sunny and warm late summer day. I am still wondering whether
I should spend my time writing phlogs.

## 21.08.2021 - Dynamic update client

Dynamic update client now works on the Rasperry Pi 3.
See www.noip.com.

=> https://www.noip.com

## 11.08.2021 - Lynx problem

Love to browse gopher with lynx. Compiled lynx 2.9.0. dev9. Some
problems with utf-8 characters.

Edit 22.05.2022: Deinstalled and reinstalled the Devuan default.
Fixed.

## 10.04.2021 - Flags and colors

Started to fill up the hole with all the useful links I collected for
so long. Difficult, as there are so many that are no longer
appropriate from my point of view. All this fucking ideologists' crap.
So many people who seemed to be on the "right" side and now demasked
themselves as faschist authoritarians. Doesn't matter the colours on
their flags. So sad ...

## 20.03.2021 - Maybe

Maybe I should do it. Maybe I could do it. Maybe it's not too late.
Maybe I may be.

## 17.03.2021 - Ascii art

Added some ascii art that looks a little like me. Well, maybe some
years ago ... ;-)

## 22.02.2021 - Declaration of independence

Free yourself from government and read "A Declaration of the
Independence of Cyberspace" by John Perry Barlow .

=> https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence

## 03.02.2021 - Fucking angry

Sorry to say that, but the rage against the plandemic will turn this
place into a more radical one. No, ... not really sorry. Sorry. Time
to speak my mind. Be prepared bastards.

Edit 22.05.2022: I was really fucking angry way back then. I am still,
but I try to convert this anger to something creative.

## 11.12.2020 - Guinness later

Came along here after some time. Gonna drink some Guinness later.
Will write down some useful thoughts thereafter (surely).

## 07.11.2020 - V2 online

ZeroIdiot v2 is online. Translated.

## 11.06.2020 - V1 online

ZeroIdiot v1 is online.