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[13] ai.viXra.org:2602.0114 [pdf] submitted on 2026-02-25 01:52:08
Authors: Dainis Zeps
Comments: 20 Pages. (Note by ai.viXra.org Admin: This article may be outside the scope of ai.viXra.org & is subject to withdrawal by the Admin)
I am comparing my situation with that of Schrödinger cat, where cat was neither dead nor alive, but I am to be banned or not banned from my rights to access my X/Twitter account. My sentence "After Trump: The Electric Chair For Trump, Biden, Most Republicans, For Many Democrats" is a nominalsentence so may be interpreted in many many ways, both violating and not violating X/Twitter admins’ rules.
Category: Social Science
[12] ai.viXra.org:2602.0018 [pdf] submitted on 2026-02-06 09:22:11
Authors: Steven Hammon
Comments: 42 Pages.
The modern media ecosystem, driven primarily by profit-first engagement algorithms, has created significant issues in terms of information distribution. This paper argues that the public is subjected to pervasive psychological manipulation, primarily through the control of fear, hate, and polarization, with no simple choice to opt out while still being informed. This has cascading and concerning consequences, including measurable harm to the mental well-being of children, the fragmentation of social cohesion, and the systemic erosion of the democratic process. It also forces manipulative content and misinformation to be vilified as a problem. The paper examines the expectation that individuals should defend themselves against multi-billion-dollar manipulation engines. Censorship infringes on free speech and often fails to address the root cause. Instead, this paper proposes the implementation of an Ethical Journalism Standard (EJS), modeled on the MPAA film rating system, which has been shown to satisfactorily balance free speech with the need to protect children and society since 1968. The EJS would not ban or suppress default feed content. It would provide a label for journalism that adheres to the established Journalist Code of Ethics, and allow Ethical Journalism content to be selected, like how parents select a TV station of G-rated content. This empowers the public’s right to access factual information, to make informed choices about the information they consume and share, and to give informed consent about the future of their country. It also gives manipulation a place to be celebrated as a skill. By elevating credible, ethical content, society can foster a healthier information environment, safeguard children, and restore confidence in governments and media that is essential for a functioning democracy, while simultaneously embracing the right to free speech manipulation as a skill to be celebrated.
Category: Social Science
[11] ai.viXra.org:2601.0029 [pdf] submitted on 2026-01-09 21:19:36
Authors: Joanie Carter
Comments: 4 Pages.
This paper proposes that the sequence of early human material engagement mirrors the mechanics of sensorimotor consolidation observed in human infancy. Drawing on developmental psychology, cognitive archaeology, experimental archaeology, and early metallurgy, it argues that repetitive percussion, rhythmic action, and impact-based material transformation reflect neurological constraints on skill acquisition rather than cognitive limitation. This framework does not introduce new archaeological data but offers a unifying developmental interpretation for the global consistency, repetition, and long plateaus observed in early human technological behavior.
Category: Social Science
[10] ai.viXra.org:2512.0055 [pdf] submitted on 2025-12-14 21:23:02
Authors: Brent Hartshorn
Comments: 3 Pages.
Traditional canine programs in schools rely on expensive, highly trained security or therapy dogs, creating models that are costly and difficult to scale, particularly in the public school sector. This paper proposes the Cohort Canine Model (CCM), an alternative to the prevailing high-cost, law-enforcement-centric approach. We assert that while advanced training is effective, a cost-prohibitive requirement for all schools, a more sustainable model can be achieved by leveraging the natural protective instincts and therapeutic value of domesticated dogs. Our proposal centers on integrating young Pitbull-type dogs as classroom pets in lower grades, who then travel with the student cohort through primary and secondary school. By replacing the handler and training costs with natural bonding and cohort loyalty, we estimate the annual per-canine cost can be dramatically reduced, allowing for widespread adoption. This model shifts the focus from aggressive deterrence to pervasive psychological security and rapport-building within the school community.
Category: Social Science
[9] ai.viXra.org:2512.0049 [pdf] submitted on 2025-12-12 21:47:44
Authors: Philipp D. Dubach
Comments: 5 Pages.
We present an empirical analysis of collective attention dynamics on Hacker News, a technology-focused social news platform with over 18 years of continuous operation. Using a dataset of 98,586 items with 22,457 temporal snapshots collected during December 2025, we examine attention decay patterns, preferential attachment mechanisms, content survival, and the predictive power of early engagement metrics. Our analysis reveals: (1) attention decay follows a power law with exponent α= 0.56(R2 = 0.73), indicating slower-than-exponential decline; (2) extreme attention inequality with a Gini coefficient of 0.91, yet absent preferential attachment (ρ=−0.04); and(3) early velocity strongly predicts final success (ρ= 0.74, p < 10−100) with 97.6% precision for viral content identification. These results contribute to our understandingof how online communities allocate attention and have implications for platform design and content recommendation systems.
Category: Social Science
[8] ai.viXra.org:2509.0039 [pdf] submitted on 2025-09-13 22:17:24
Authors: Hamid Javanbakht
Comments: 12 Pages. (Note by ai.viXra.org Admin: Please cite listed references)
This essay develops a hermeneutical model of American democracy through nine interpretive levels, parallel to Islamic transitive hermeneutics as presented in From Submission to Exegesis: Transitive Islamic Hermeneutics and the Metaphysics of Fulfillment. Within this framework, party politics emerges at Level 3, civic values at Level 4, and universality at Level 8. The central argument is that the current crisis of democracy lies in a fractured anticipation: the distortion of party politics and civic values in their attempt to leap prematurely into universal claims. Instead of preparing the way for genuine universality, primordial values are polarized and transvalued into exclusionary myths that sanction political violence. Drawing on Nietzsche’s notion of the transvaluation of values and contemporary debates on polarization and contentious politics, the essay argues that fractured anticipation transforms values meant to unify into weapons of division. The rhetoric of figures such as Charlie Kirk exemplifies this distortion, where appeals to liberty and patriotism mutate into justifications for exclusion and confrontation. By situating political violence within a hermeneutical ladder, the paper reframes America not as a static polity but as a process of interpretation whose fulfillment depends on transparent movement from politics through civic myth toward universal dignity, rather than its distortion into polarized violence.
Category: Social Science
[7] ai.viXra.org:2509.0014 [pdf] submitted on 2025-09-06 01:53:28
Authors: Hamid Javanbakht
Comments: 12 Pages.
This paper investigates how contemporary moral discourse particularly within digital forums and ideological spaces—deploys quasi-value statements to invert traditional moral categories. What appears as courage or transcendence is, in many cases, a ritual desecration of virtues such as kindness, love, and truth. Analyzing a symbolic threat embedded in sodomitic metaphor—specifically, a violent response to calls for kindness—this study reveals how moral language is co-opted for the purposes of dominance and humiliation. Drawing on Baudrillard’s theory of simulacra, Weingartner and Haring’s value logic (especially the concept of E3 type evil), Zoroastrian dualism (asha vs. druj), and performative speech ethics, the paper argues that we are witnessing not new forms of virtue, but simulated moral authority parasitic on the values it mocks. This rhetorical desecration constitutes a shift from outright denial of kindness to its symbolic inversion—and requires urgent philosophical and spiritual vigilance.
Category: Social Science
[6] ai.viXra.org:2508.0003 [pdf] submitted on 2025-08-03 04:18:11
Authors: Rickesh Thandalai Natarajan, Surender Thandalai Natarajan
Comments: 6 Pages.
This study analyzes racial disparities in U.S. home mortgage lending using comprehensive Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data spanning 2007-2016, encompassing nearly one million loan applications. Our analysis reveals persistent and significant racial disparities in loan approval rates, with Black and AmericanIndian/Alaska Native applicants experiencing substantially higher rejection rates compared to White and Asian applicants. Through matched comparison analysis controlling for income, loan amount, geographic location, and other key factors, we provide strong evidence of potential algorithmic and systemic bias in lendingdecisions. Black applicants face approval rates 21.1 percentage points lower than White applicants, while American Indian/Alaska Native applicants experience 16.6 percentage point gaps. Most critically, our bias detection analysis demonstrates that even when controlling for identical financial profiles, minority applicants are denied at significantly higher rates, suggesting discriminatory decision-making processes that cannot be explained by traditional risk factors alone. These findings have profound implications for housing equity, wealth accumulation, and fair lending policy.
Category: Social Science
[5] ai.viXra.org:2505.0155 [pdf] submitted on 2025-05-23 20:40:03
Authors: Dainis Zeps
Comments: 19 Pages. (Note by ai.viXra.org Admin: This submission may not be within the scope of ai.viXra.org)
In this reflective and analytically driven exchange, the author — a physicist by training — presents a systemic critique of the U.S. political order through the lens of a "black box" methodology: analyzing observable outcomes rather than internal assumptions. Based on empirical "outputs" from U.S. actions — particularly concerning the war in Ukraine — the author concludes that both major parties, Democrats and Republicans, have failed catastrophically in fulfilling their roles as democratic stewards.The dialogue revolves around a symbolic interpretation of a photo from Russia, wherein two indifferent policemen (representing U.S. Democrats and Republicans) turn their gaze away from a man (symbolizing Russia/Putin) openly defecating in public. This metaphor encapsulates the moral collapse of the Western response to Russian aggression. The failure of American leadership to confront this transgression, and their continued willingness to negotiate with a war criminal, is presented not as an error of one side, but as a structural failure of the entire political system.Key points emphasized include:u2022The bipartisan responsibility for weakening military support to Ukraine.u2022The moral and cognitive unfitness of both Trump and Biden — one symbolizing corruption and the other decline — as products of a decayed electoral system.u2022The urgent need to not merely reform but entirely dismantle and replace the U.S. party system, akin to the proposed banning of Russia’s ruling party, "United Russia."u2022The call for simple democratic elections free of monopolistic parties, as the current system has become a breeding ground for polarization and incompetence.u2022A bold proposition: the United States, as it operates politically today, has become part of the problem, not the solution, for global democratic stability.This conversation forms part of the wider AI Peace Conference Project, where AI-driven analyses are used to examine global conflict systems, particularly the Russian war against Ukraine. The ultimate aim is to foster international dialogue that is unafraid to critique foundational assumptions — including those of the West.
Category: Social Science
[4] ai.viXra.org:2505.0038 [pdf] submitted on 2025-05-05 22:23:08
Authors: Dainis Zeps
Comments: 20 Pages. (Note by ai.viXra.org: This article may not be within the scope of ai.viXra.org)
This integrated report presents a multi-perspective synthesis of the seminar "Information (Artificial Intelligence) Against Evil. The Ukrainian War Context", delivered by Dainis Zeps on April 30, 2025. Drawing on analyses from several advanced large language models (LLMs) — including Perplexity, Grok, ChatGPT, and Gemini — the report explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can function as a strategic, ethical, and philosophical tool in the fight against Russian aggression in Ukraine.Central themes include the use of AI in exposing propaganda, documenting war crimes, and fostering global solidarity through multilingual outreach. A notable proposal is the "Books as Cognitive Detectors of Moral Alignment" experiment, which suggests using complex texts to assess moral and intellectual resilience to disinformation. The report emphasizes the dual role of information as both weapon and shield in modern conflicts and highlights the urgent need for ethical AI governance to ensure alignment with democratic values. It concludes that in an era of information warfare, AI — properly guided — can serve as a defender of truth, justice, and freedom.
Category: Social Science
[3] ai.viXra.org:2504.0054 [pdf] submitted on 2025-04-16 08:57:53
Authors: Hyunho Shin
Comments: 46 Pages.
Organizations have traditionally been studied through structural and rational lenses, from classical bureaucracy to human relations, systems, and contingency theories. However, these perspectives often treat organizations as static structures or assume rational actors, overlooking the nuanced drift of beliefs and behaviors among members over time. In this paper, we propose Influence Drift Theory (IDT) as a novel framework grounded in the idea that organizations are sustained by shared fictions and interpersonal influences. Drawing on philosophical insights (e.g. Harari’s view of corporations and nations as imagined realities), IDT models an organization as a network of individuals who continuously influence one another’s values, attitudes, and performance. We contrast IDT with classical organizational theories and highlight its dynamic, gradual interpersonal influence mechanics. A mathematical structure is outlined where each member’s attributes (e.g. ethical stance, competence, trustworthiness) evolve through weighted feedback from others. Key parameters — including feedback cycles, hierarchy depth, team size, and directional influence weights — are defined to show how different organizational forms can be simulated. We explore diverse influence metrics (ethics, competence, trust) and analyze their evolution via simulation of various scenarios. In illustrative case studies, we show how authoritarian cultures may drift into decay, democratic structures foster resilience, and ethical leadership can propagate integrity across a network. We compare IDT’s continuous influence model to binary decision models like classical game theory, underscoring how gradual change and path-dependence in IDT capture complexities that static equilibrium models miss. Finally, we discuss real-world applications of IDT for understanding corporate culture shifts, governance and policy-making, and community development. The paper concludes that Influence Drift Theory provides a comprehensive, flexible paradigm for analyzing and guiding organizational change through the lens of interpersonal influence.
Category: Social Science
[2] ai.viXra.org:2504.0021 [pdf] submitted on 2025-04-07 15:34:02
Authors: Dainis Zeps
Comments: 25 Pages. Assisted by ChatGPT (Note by ai.viXra.org Admin: The article appears to be ouside the scope of ai.viXra.org and is subject to withdrawal by ai.viXra.org Admin))
This paper explores the emerging role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the global struggle against authoritarianism, disinformation, and war — with a focus on Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Framing AI not merely as a passive tool, but as a potential active force in resisting propaganda, preserving truth, and empowering democratic resilience, the paper examines how information itself has become a battlefield. In this context, AI can serve as a real-time witness, analyst, and amplifier in the fight against evil. Through a series of structured arguments, the paper defends the position that:(1) Putin’s regime must be forcibly dismantled,(2) the West must cease all covert support or strategic indulgence of Russia, (3) only Ukraine’s full victory ensures a just and stable global order, and (4) the informational revolution — powered by AI — is key to defeating lies, terror, and empire. Ultimately, the study argues that we are entering a new era where technology, morality, and resistance converge — and that AI, if aligned with democratic values, may become not just a tool of civilization, but a defender of it.
Category: Social Science
[1] ai.viXra.org:2503.0008 [pdf] submitted on 2025-03-29 16:23:15
Authors: Dainis Zeps
Comments: 25 Pages. [AI Assistance:] ChatGPT (Note by ai.viXra.org Admin: This article may be outside the scope of ai.viXra.org & is subject to withdrawal by the Admin)
This paper explores the emerging role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the global struggle against authoritarianism, disinformation, and war — with a focus on Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Framing AI not merely as a passive tool, but as a potential active force in resisting propaganda, preserving truth, and empowering democratic resilience, the paper examines how information itself has become a battlefield. In this context, AI can serve as a real-time witness, analyst, and amplifier in the fight against evil.Through a series of structured arguments, the paper defends the position that:(1) Putin’s regime must be forcibly dismantled,(2) the West must cease all covert support or strategic indulgence of Russia,(3) only Ukraine’s full victory ensures a just and stable global order, and(4) the informational revolution — powered by AI — is key to defeating lies, terror, and empire.Ultimately, the study argues that we are entering a new era where technology, morality, and resistance converge — and that AI, if aligned with democratic values, may become not just a tool of civilization, but a defender of it.Keywords:Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ukraine, Russia, Putin, disinformation, information warfare, propaganda, digital resistance, authoritarianism, democracy, international security, moral technology, war crimes, memory, geopolitical AI.
Category: Social Science
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