Biden will substitute his ideology for facts too, remember the recent "A black man invented the lightbulb, not a white guy named Edison" speech? When facts don't support their ideology or political goals, politicians just to substitute their own. Biden does goes one step further, not only does he spread misinformation himself like Trump, he also advocates his "facts" should be taught in schools, a technique borrowed from North Korean leadership perhaps.
> "A black man invented the lightbulb, not a white guy named Edison"
There's a lot of truth in that statement since a black man was working under Edison and invented a lightbulb that could last a reasonable time period. Sure it's been simplified quite a bit, but it's nothing like Trump's "coronavirus is a hoax" lies
Actually, none of the statement Biden made is true as written (or spoken). What is true is that Latimer (who according to the Biden campaign is the black man being referred to) worked for Edison at some point, and a couple of years later got a patent on a design improvement. That does not mean that he invented it, nor does it mean that Edison didn't invent it (both things Biden explicitly stated). Just because you work for someone on some project, does not mean you can claim you invented it. If you could, t
I'm just pointing out the difference. If you google "Black inventors" you'll find Latimer in the first result credited for the light bulb. It's not like something Biden just fabricated.
Why on earth are you googling "black inventors" to find out who invented a light bulb??? What you are doing here is analogous to claiming that "The river Nile is not the longest river in the world, Mackenzie River is" because googling "Canadian rivers lengths" credits Mackenzie River as the longest river.
Google "inventor of light bulb", you get Edison pretty much all across. Google "longest river in the world" you get the Nile.
You aren't. You google "black inventors" to find some interesting fact to say to show you're valuing the history of black people. Biden's comment wasn't to light manufacturers, it was to potential voters.
Making up facts to make the audience feel better about themselves doesn't justifying accusing Edison of violating IP law, which requires all inventors to be listed on the patent application - which does not give that inventor any IP rights by the way, just credit for inventing it. I guess there is one other possibility - perhaps Biden didn't accuse Edison of stealing a black man's invention, but instead is accusing Edison of being back? If Edison was black, that would make Biden's statement all true, since
So people who complain about Trump's off-the-cuff remarks/tweets are just reading too much into his factoids too? "COVID is a hoax" was off-the-cuff remark too, as are almost all remarks from Trump.
Apparently stating "2 plus 2 equals 3, not 4" would qualify as just a "simplification of the truth" in your world as long it comes from a politician you support. You will then make excuses for the politician because you can find on the internet that "2+2=3+1", so obviously saying "2+2=3" is just simplifying the truth by omitting the "+1" at the end, right? Saying that 2+2 does not equal 4 is just a simplification to avoid confusion of another addition fact (3+1=4), correct? I think what you're doing is that
Not really: 1. Biden didn't have any words indicating an approximation, like "around", so you'd have to remove "around" from your simplification 2. Biden specifically denied the actual answer, said Edison did not invent it, so you'd have to add "but not equal not 9" to your simplification
What Biden said was more akin to saying "A white man was US president between 2009 and 2017, not some black guy named Obama" - a valid simplification in your book since Biden worked with Obama in the whitehouse just like Lati
Well it more comes down to who you consider the inventor of the light bulb and what you consider a light bulb. Is a wire in a jar that lasts 20 seconds a light bulb or does it need to last a reasonable time period. The light bulb came out of Edison's lab for sure, but he was more of a manager by that time, so it's quite possible the guy that later went on to patent his own improved light bulb was working on the version Edison patented as well.
The guy working under Edison invented a filament better than Edison's existing filament. Therefor he invented the lightbulb, right?
By that logic, I have personally invented AI-based epigenetics, as I invented a support vector machine tweak which worked better than existing SVMs, and SVMs are the most commonly used AI-based epigenetic item. Sure - I wasn't the first, and my method was later replaced by something better, and I invented it working for someone else - but those things don't seem to matter then
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Biden makes up facts too (Score:3)
Biden will substitute his ideology for facts too, remember the recent "A black man invented the lightbulb, not a white guy named Edison" speech? When facts don't support their ideology or political goals, politicians just to substitute their own. Biden does goes one step further, not only does he spread misinformation himself like Trump, he also advocates his "facts" should be taught in schools, a technique borrowed from North Korean leadership perhaps.
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> "A black man invented the lightbulb, not a white guy named Edison"
There's a lot of truth in that statement since a black man was working under Edison and invented a lightbulb that could last a reasonable time period. Sure it's been simplified quite a bit, but it's nothing like Trump's "coronavirus is a hoax" lies
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Actually, none of the statement Biden made is true as written (or spoken). What is true is that Latimer (who according to the Biden campaign is the black man being referred to) worked for Edison at some point, and a couple of years later got a patent on a design improvement. That does not mean that he invented it, nor does it mean that Edison didn't invent it (both things Biden explicitly stated). Just because you work for someone on some project, does not mean you can claim you invented it. If you could, t
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I'm just pointing out the difference. If you google "Black inventors" you'll find Latimer in the first result credited for the light bulb. It's not like something Biden just fabricated.
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Why on earth are you googling "black inventors" to find out who invented a light bulb??? What you are doing here is analogous to claiming that "The river Nile is not the longest river in the world, Mackenzie River is" because googling "Canadian rivers lengths" credits Mackenzie River as the longest river.
Google "inventor of light bulb", you get Edison pretty much all across. Google "longest river in the world" you get the Nile.
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You aren't. You google "black inventors" to find some interesting fact to say to show you're valuing the history of black people. Biden's comment wasn't to light manufacturers, it was to potential voters.
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Making up facts to make the audience feel better about themselves doesn't justifying accusing Edison of violating IP law, which requires all inventors to be listed on the patent application - which does not give that inventor any IP rights by the way, just credit for inventing it. I guess there is one other possibility - perhaps Biden didn't accuse Edison of stealing a black man's invention, but instead is accusing Edison of being back? If Edison was black, that would make Biden's statement all true, since
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I think you're reading too much into an off-the-cuff factoid from Biden
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So people who complain about Trump's off-the-cuff remarks/tweets are just reading too much into his factoids too? "COVID is a hoax" was off-the-cuff remark too, as are almost all remarks from Trump.
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Except that's an outright lie, not a simplification of the truth
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Apparently stating "2 plus 2 equals 3, not 4" would qualify as just a "simplification of the truth" in your world as long it comes from a politician you support. You will then make excuses for the politician because you can find on the internet that "2+2=3+1", so obviously saying "2+2=3" is just simplifying the truth by omitting the "+1" at the end, right? Saying that 2+2 does not equal 4 is just a simplification to avoid confusion of another addition fact (3+1=4), correct? I think what you're doing is that
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More like saying 4+5 is around 10. It's not exactly true, but it's a simplification
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Not really:
1. Biden didn't have any words indicating an approximation, like "around", so you'd have to remove "around" from your simplification
2. Biden specifically denied the actual answer, said Edison did not invent it, so you'd have to add "but not equal not 9" to your simplification
What Biden said was more akin to saying "A white man was US president between 2009 and 2017, not some black guy named Obama" - a valid simplification in your book since Biden worked with Obama in the whitehouse just like Lati
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Well it more comes down to who you consider the inventor of the light bulb and what you consider a light bulb. Is a wire in a jar that lasts 20 seconds a light bulb or does it need to last a reasonable time period. The light bulb came out of Edison's lab for sure, but he was more of a manager by that time, so it's quite possible the guy that later went on to patent his own improved light bulb was working on the version Edison patented as well.
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The guy working under Edison invented a filament better than Edison's existing filament. Therefor he invented the lightbulb, right?
By that logic, I have personally invented AI-based epigenetics, as I invented a support vector machine tweak which worked better than existing SVMs, and SVMs are the most commonly used AI-based epigenetic item. Sure - I wasn't the first, and my method was later replaced by something better, and I invented it working for someone else - but those things don't seem to matter then