[Fis] Information, misinformation, disinformation

[Louis Kauffman]

In scientific communities, evolving criteria for acceptable information goes on all the time and is
a marker for freedom of thought, not for censorship. At the same time, it is the case that such communities often are caught in orthodoxies and fixed 
viewpoints that require certain generations to simply die out to be rectified. We make progress in scientific knowing by having evolving criteria for 
acceptable results. Note also that the criterion for acceptability is the independent production of those results by other researchers. Under such conditions this is the 
opposite of censorship. Alas, sociological and political results are much harder to reproduce. But it is nevertheless possible to discriminate between
lies, fabrications and actual accounts of events. I say possible and to the extent that people are educated to think for themselves and to think critically, it becomes more
possible.


> On Jun 5, 2023, at 2:24 AM, konstantin lidin <lidinkl at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> the concept of disinformation is completely subjective.
> According to Shannon, lies (noise) this is irrelevant information. Relevance is compliance with the goals of the participants in the information transfer process. Any message is relevant (truthful) if it corresponds to the picture of the world of the sender and recipient of the message. For example, a message about the existence of demons is truthful information for a believer in demons, but the same message is disinformation for an atheist.
> Declarations on combating disinformation are a reason for the introduction of stricter censorship by EU and EC officials. Obviously, if this project is implemented, special sensors will be assigned that will determine the level of reliability of messages and punish messages that contradict the official picture of the world from EC officials
> From: Fis <fis-bounces at listas.unizar.es> on behalf of Michel Petitjean <petitjean.chiral at gmail.com>
> Sent: 05 June 2023 02:58
> To: fis <fis at listas.unizar.es>
> Subject: [Fis] Information, misinformation, disinformation
>  
> Dear All,
> Europa declares that fighting disinformation will be legal obligation.
> Let me ask some questions:
> - Who is able to recognize misinformation vs. information?
> - When misinformation is recognized, who is able to establish an
> intentional character, so that it is disinformation indeed?
> - Who will be in charge to do the tasks above?
> Well, in some simple cases disinformation can be recognized.
> Just curious, would we all agree when such of these cases is stated to
> have occurred?
> Better would be to massively educate people rather than to censor.
> All my best.
> Michel. retired scientist.
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