INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE. NEWS, COMMENTARY & INSIGHT Hjerneforskningen er kun lige begyndt Giver det mening at stille kriminelle til ansvar for deres handlinger, når nu hjerneforskningen har vist, at vi ikke har fri vilje? Dette spørgsmål stiller Nikolaj Theil i kommentaren ’Amagermanden hinsides skyld’, bragt i Information d. 23.11. Årsagerne til kriminelle handlinger har oprindelse i hjernen og er ikke et udtryk for ’jegets’ frie vilje. Det giver derfor ikke mening at snakke om skyld og straf. Men her er en fundamental fejl: Selv om hjernen beskrives som årsag til alle handlinger, glemmer forfatteren at fortælle, hvad der menes med ’Jeget’. Denne idé spores tilbage til de antikke filosoffer, men er især forbundet med den franske filosof René Descartes. Problemet er, at for at Jeget kan opleve, hvad hjernen præsenterer i kontrolrummet, må Jeget naturligvis selv have kropslige sanseorganer, som samles i et nyt kontrolrum osv., i et uendeligt loop. Har vi fri vilje? Hvad mener vi, når vi taler om at have fri vilje?
Orion Magazine - nature / culture / place Greenpeace: “Overfishing Denier” Failed to Disclose Industry Millions Greenpeace is asking the University of Washington to investigate Dr. Ray Hilborn — a professor at its School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences — for failing to disclose that he has accepted millions of dollars in research money, and for “consulting” services, from fishing industry groups. Hilborn, whom Greenpeace calls an “overfishing denier,” is a well-known opponent of stringent regulations aimed at protecting sustainable levels of fish populations. In response to the allegations, he issued a statement accusing the environmental group of bringing up the funding issue because it is “unable to attack the science I and my collaborators do.” While his positions are often cited by the fishing industry, what was previously not known is that Hilborn has accepted $3.5 million in corporate research funding from 2003 to 2014. In addition, he stated that some of the organizations Greenpeace labels “industry groups” are actually small fishing communities in Alaska. “Dr. Speak Truth To Power Related
Wonkette — The D.C. Gossip Big 4 Audit Firms Play Big Role in Offshore Murk Global accounting giants are prime architects of the offshore money maze – and supporting characters in an array of offshore scandals For more than a decade, tax gurus at PricewaterhouseCoopers helped Caterpillar Inc., the U.S. heavy equipment maker, move profits produced by its lucrative spare-parts business from the U.S. to a tiny subsidiary in Switzerland. Little changed except the bookkeeping. Parts were still shipped from suppliers to a warehouse in Morton, Illinois, and then shipped from the warehouse to independent dealers. By 2008, partners at the “Big 4” accounting firm worried the strategy might be threatened by Caterpillar’s decision to move some managers from Switzerland to the U.S., a shift that would underline the parts business’s small footprint in the mountain-peaked tax haven. Thomas F. “Get ready to do some dancing,” Quinn said. The colleague, managing director Steven Williams, replied: “What the heck. U.S. Photo: Daniel HoherdGlobal clout Offshore players U.S. Quick hits
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