But what about mathematicians? There is nothing more enraging than formalized ignorance. Especially when cloaked with intimidating concepts and large words. This rant started of when I read the (rather onesided) spat between Sabine Hossenfelder and Paul Austin Murphy. She refuted the validity of panpsychism due to the lack of…

Just saw the Teslabot demonstration from Tesla’s AI days. And it looked -nice. At least for the first minutes I was of the opinion that Tesla was unto something big. After thinking about it, I am not so sure. Let me explain: Narrative vs Needs It is well known, that Musk taps into…

TL;DR: Money The details of german gas contracts are very well hidden secrets. Not much is known: The contracts are “Take or Pay”. This means that a given volume of gas has to be payed for, even when it is not needed. And they are long running. …

China is determined to follow the footsteps of Japan — and tries to catch up. Nobody who reads the news on a regular basis can escape China’s housing crisis. And things seem to escalate pretty quickly. So it is time to look at the bigger picture. The Numbers Officially Chinas population peaked…

It is almost five years since I got my first 3D printer and since then buildplates have gotten much better. Nonetheless it is a good idea to look at the past. Masking Tape How do you recognize an older 3D Printer owner? Answer: he has loads of masking tape on the shelves…

What is a flow battery? The batteries we are used to consist of an anode and a cathode as fixed materials. But what if both were liquids and could be stored separately in tanks of arbitrary size? That’s the essence of a flow battery. The basic assumption is that the battery body itself is expensive…

When I registered at Medium I just wanted to get access to some interesting technical articles about programming. Then a TV series got my anger and I started to write about it. Not really to be read, but to let off some steam and reflect on it. And it helped…

You may have seen the Photos and read headlines as “It’s like finding a pocket calculator in King Tuts grave” But that distracts from some serious lessons that are still valid today. What is amazing about it and what is not? We knew that Greeks were capable of creating intricate jewelery from gold and build complicated gadgets. The astronomical…

Sometimes the answer is too awkward to consider. We are always asking whether the virus broke out of the lab. This is highly unlikely. Security protocols in Labs are strict, the samples most of the time small, maybe even frozen and always in controlled environments. …