Article 5, paragraph 3 of our basic law in Germany states: Art and science, research and teaching are free. Freedom of teaching does not absolve faithfulness from the Constitution. It contradicts my understanding of democracy that the vast majority of lecturers and researchers cannot work freely in this field due to fixed-term employment contracts. In … Continue reading More freedom for teaching and research
Wealth is distributed very differently among individuals, which becomes evident when compared to a random distribution. Such a distribution occurs, for example, when a thread is randomly cut into many pieces, with the scissors being set at a random location each time. If the wealth of all people in Germany were distributed in this form, … Continue reading Intangible wealth
It is difficult for scientists in Germany to continue working in academia long-term after completing a doctorate. They have to compete with each other for a small number of permanent positions. As an alternative, why not place the narrow bottleneck for long-term perspectives in research directly after the doctorate? On a fallow land, near the … Continue reading Perspective academia
This post is only available in German. Im Kulturpalast wird die neue Akustik ausprobiert. Nun wurde die große frontale Bühne durch einen Weinbergsaal ersetzt – angemessen für eine Demokratie. Ich hoffe nun auf eine neue Qualität und einen kultivierten Klang in Dresden. Moment Monument. Es stand wie ein Triptychon außerhalb der Frauenkirche. Der Moment ist … Continue reading Moment in Dresden
For a scientist there is a need to communicate and discuss research findings. There are many ways to communicate. Besides the written form and a structured oral form—such as a talk or a lecture—informal personal communication is another common way to exchange ideas. Good communication within the scientific community also helps to be well integrated. … Continue reading Networking by personal communication
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This post is only available in German. Etwa eine viertel Millionen Menschen gingen im September 2016 in Deutschland auf die Straße, um gegen Freihandelsabkommen zu demonstrieren. Mehrere überregionale Zeitungen berichteten hierzu mit Schlagzeilen wie „Zehntausendfacher Protest gegen TTIP und CETA” und befassten sich dann zu einem großen Teil mit der Frage, wer nun wie viele … Continue reading Free trade
This post is only available in German. Krähen segeln im Sonnenuntergang an den Twin Peaks in San Francisco im Wind, im Jahr 2008. Dies beschreibt zwar obiges Bild, ist aber weder relevant, noch aktuell und somit keine Nachricht. Für Nachrichten waren für lange Zeit in Deutschland die klassischen Medienhäuser zuständig. An ein hoch profitables Geschäft … Continue reading Competing of the media for the profit
A whale jumps out of the sea, here off the Valdés peninsula in Argentina. Curious people might ask why whales jump at all. Up to now, science has no clear answer to this. In my understanding, it is the task of science to explain such observations. It is not enough merely to discover such new … Continue reading Competing science
