2 days agoVery Special Operation SuggestionHow about building a pontoon bridge to Snake Island and parking a 40-mile convoy on it?1 min readVery Special Operation SuggestionHow about building a pontoon bridge to Snake Island and parking a 40-mile convoy on it?
Jul 25, 2020A Cluster-Based View on School OpeningsI tried to lay out an argument on Twitter why opening schools seems problematic from my vantage point. Unfortunately, it was somewhat involved and hard to understand when I attempted to explain it in a series of tweets. That’s why I would like to write it up in a more…Pandemic16 min read
Jun 8, 2020A Cluster-Based Epidemiological ModelIn the following, I would like to develop an epidemiological model that is capable of reproducing qualitative behaviors that are observable for the current pandemic, but are hard to explain from other vantage points. The stress here is on “qualitative.” The results below should not be interpreted as an exact…Epidemiology25 min read
Jan 17, 2020Simulations for the Non-Malthusian Model with Variable Target Levels[This is part of my series on Thomas Malthus’ “Essay on the Principle of Population,” first published in 1798. You can find an overview of all my posts here that I will keep updated: “Synopsis: What’s Wrong with the Malthusian Argument?” — Note that this is a work in progress…Demographics15 min read
Jan 12, 2020A Simple Non-Malthusian Model[This is part of my series on Thomas Malthus’ “Essay on the Principle of Population,” first published in 1798. You can find an overview of all my posts here that I will keep updated: “Synopsis: What’s Wrong with the Malthusian Argument?” — Note that this is a work in progress…Demographics28 min read
Jan 3, 2020Malthusian and Non-Malthusian Population Dynamics[This is part of my series on Thomas Malthus’ “Essay on the Principle of Population,” first published in 1798. You can find an overview of all my posts here that I will keep updated: “Synopsis: What’s Wrong with the Malthusian Argument?”] I have not blogged about my critique of the…Demographics10 min read
Dec 29, 2019What Was the Purpose of Extorting Zelensky?I have made a similar point already on Twitter, but it tends to get lost. So I wanted to write it up in a short post, also because the argument is too involved for a few tweets: My simple question is: What was the purpose of Trump’s phone call with…Bernie Sanders6 min read
Apr 12, 2019A Short Explanation of the “Tempo Effect”[This is part of my series on Thomas Malthus’ “Essay on the Principle of Population,” first published in 1798. You can find an overview of all my posts here that I will keep updated: “Synopsis: What’s Wrong with the Malthusian Argument?”] Here comes another installment in my mini-series on how…Demographics13 min read
Feb 6, 2019Is “Deep History” An Artifact?[This is part of my series on Thomas Malthus’ “Essay on the Principle of Population,” first published in 1798. You can find an overview of all my posts here that I will keep updated: “Synopsis: What’s Wrong with the Malthusian Argument?”] I am working on a critique of the Malthusian…Science19 min read
Jan 14, 2019A Question for Proponents of “Homeschooling”An earlier post of mine seems to have hit a nerve: Homeschooling is not illegal in Germany. It has by now more than four thousand views and about one thousand reads. I assume that means someone has read the whole post, but I don’t know. The post came about when…Homeschooling3 min read
