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I don't know how fair that is - or put it another way, it lets him off the hook a bit (as it implies he's no worse than anyone else who has made that much money). But lots of people do set up companies without doing anything as dodgy as this seems.

Roll on ETIAS which might speed things up a little

Not so sure on that, at least for ferry traffic. Doesn’t ETIAS rely on a biometric check to tie the visa to a person, which will mean everyone out of the car and giving a fingerprint as opposed to waving a passport around.

Shitheads shouldn't have given them a massive majority then, it's not like they changed.

Are UFC fans typically a Tory demographic? Sounds like labour could make massive gains with a few popular sports stars on side.

Doesn’t ETIAS rely on a biometric check

Not as far as I can tell. You don't even need an e-passport.

Maybe apathy and not voting vs being Torys, both allowed huge majority.

Or maybe they all voted "not tory" but as their votes were split between the "not tory" party candidates that best suited them they were failed by the FPTP system.

ETIAS will work with EES for non-eu passport holders (hello UK) and this will require a biometric check / data. In theory quicker than the traditional stamping passports process but who knows, and I suspect for vehicle traffic it will be slower and more cumbersome.

“As well as ETIAS, the European and Schengen countries also operate an Entry/Exit System (EES) to keep track of a non-EU passport holder's movements throughout the zone. The system records a traveller every time he or she crosses a European border and stores the following information:

Passport holder's name
Type of travel document used
Biometric data (facial image and fingerprints)
Date of entry and exit
Place of entry and exit”

Interesting, can you share your source?

There are so many 3rd party websites trying to sell something that I feel I've been fed partial information.

https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/c7b2a863-cb6c-4299-a9c6-801b073a5b0f_en?filename=European%20Travel%20Information%20and%20Authorisation%20System-ETIAS-memo_en.pdf specifically says biometric data is not collected but that is the ETIAS application process rather than the border check.

https://etias.com/articles/the-etias-travel-experience

I’ve been on the very fringes of looking at the impact of biometrics on travel and anything such as ETIAS etc is limited for security purposes if you can’t tie it to an actual individual who may have access to multiple passports, either real or bendy ones. I suppose in reality the problem will be EESnot ETIAS but it looks like it’ll be the same machine managing both at the sharp end.

Roll on ETIAS which might speed things up a little and close a loophole for people with loads of passports.

I suppose only for multiple non EU passports

Potential academic fraud that has led to years of research and billions of pounds of wasted investment in treatments
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/22/2111914/-Two-decades-of-Alzheimer-s-research-may-be-based-on-deliberate-fraud-that-has-cost-millions-of-lives

Really interesting, thanks for posting that!

The scientific method is the best tool we have to generate knowledge, but damn if stories like these don’t expose its shortcomings.

It's not an issue with the scientific method, it's an issue with the peer review process

There’s a fire in Hankley common earlier today (where Skyfall is filmed)

Which is part of the scientific method, no?

Isn't the scientific method just hypothesis, test, analyse, conclude etc. with emphasis on repeatable methods. The way results are published and critiqued is separate?

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I'm no scientist. I would have thought that validation is central to its integrity though.

Rise of the machines continues.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62286017

"This is of course bad."

I came to post this, crazy story!

Isn’t it both? The western scientific method isn’t perfect, ironic hubristic claims aside (not you personally). It is however, far and away the best method we have.

Do correct me if I’m wrong, I’m not a pro at this.

Scientific knowledge is valid until new scientific knowledge proves it invalid. The pyramid of knowledge that results is a feature, but also a problem. In this case, there would’ve been thousands of doctors denying patients treatment for Alzheimer’s, basing their assessments on conventionally held scientific knowledge that was later proven wrong. Even if doctors and patients’ families claimed their patient had Alzheimer’s, their theories would’ve been dismissed because they ran counter to better established “scientific fact”. Thousands if not millions of people were harmed because important decisions were taken based on forged facts.l

That’s not ideal, and I believe humans can find a way to improve it someday.

That robot is no more sentient than a car door and they crush fingers all the time

That's what they want you to think.

The validation comes from the repeatability of the method used. Doing the same test should have the same result. What the result means is separate and in this case it looks to be the results were manipulated and not picked up by the peer review.

Have you not been reading the news?

Not really. I tend to get all my news from a curated website.

Oh well fingers crossed. 🤞