[FOSDEM] Academic Freedom vs CoC at FOSDEM

[Daniel Pocock]

On 08/10/2021 19:24, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/10/2021 18:19, Benny Siegert wrote:
>>> Is it a good moment to contemplate the relationship between Academic
>>> Freedom and CoCs?
>>
>> No, it's not. Certainly not about anything relating to vaccination
>> skepticism. This is not the hill to die on.
> 
> The email in question was about the privacy issues with the certificate,
> there was no reference to anti-vax movements


Oddly enough, Novak Djokovic is imprisoned 200 meters away from where I
studied engineering and computer science.

Novak has conjured an anti-vax mob just 500 meters away from one of the
world's most respected labs.  I'm not mad about that: if we want to beat
this pandemic, we need to understand what lies behind social phenomena
like that.  In 2021 I published photos that I took in the same street.

Academic Liberty requires us to listen to each other and contemplate all
sides of the story.  It does not compel us to agree with each other.

I share evidence.  Emails from "Boarder Force".  A map.

https://danielpocock.com/novak-djokovic-codes-of-conduct/

I share these insights with the community, just as I forecast Covid
before FOSDEM 2020.  This email appeared on the FOSDEM list on exactly
the same day the Doherty Institute published their initial findings in
January 2020:

https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2020q1/003046.html

https://www.doherty.edu.au/news-events/news/coronavirus

Suggesting that a concern about Academic Liberty is equivalent to
anti-vax phenomena is incredibly offensive to the entire academic community.

Regards,

Daniel

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