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Very Special Operation Suggestion

How about building a pontoon bridge to Snake Island and parking a 40-mile convoy on it?

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Very Special Operation Suggestion

How about building a pontoon bridge to Snake Island and parking a 40-mile convoy on it?


Jul 25, 2020

A Cluster-Based View on School Openings

I 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…

Pandemic

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A Cluster-Based View on School Openings
A Cluster-Based View on School Openings

Jun 8, 2020

A Cluster-Based Epidemiological Model

In 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…

Epidemiology

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A Cluster-Based Epidemiological Model
A Cluster-Based Epidemiological Model

Jan 17, 2020

Simulations 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…

Demographics

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Simulations for the Non-Malthusian Model with Variable Target Levels
Simulations for the Non-Malthusian Model with Variable Target Levels

Jan 12, 2020

A 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…

Demographics

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A Simple Non-Malthusian Model
A Simple Non-Malthusian Model

Jan 3, 2020

Malthusian 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…

Demographics

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Dec 29, 2019

What 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 Sanders

6 min read


Apr 12, 2019

A 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…

Demographics

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A Short Explanation of the “Tempo Effect”
A Short Explanation of the “Tempo Effect”

Feb 6, 2019

Is “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…

Science

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Is “Deep History” An Artifact?
Is “Deep History” An Artifact?

Jan 14, 2019

A 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…

Homeschooling

3 min read

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