-
the new religion
The assumption that the scientific method, the scientific process results in like unmovable facts, that’s the problem. — Fabian A. Scherschel Throughout the world many governments have taken drastic freedom restricting measures to fight the pandemic justifying their decisions by referring to science. As most of the members of cabinet are not scientists themselves they rely on so called experts who have one or more degrees in one or more scientific domains. On one hand…
-
wLOG_0A
So the health crisis provoqued by the novel coronavirus has indeed prevented me from my intention to blog on a regular weekly basis as I have already missed writing on two weekends. But then I read Amanda Palmer’s call on Patreon this morning and with then already around 400 comments I sat down to answer the following questions: where you are? city? country? how long you’ve been in lockdown? what are the rules? are they…
-
wLOG_09
The first week under lockdown has passed since pandemic Covid-19 has started to show its exponential growth slope in Luxembourg. I have worked from home, mailing the parents of my pupils every week day and putting learning materials for my students online. Although most of them do have the possibility to use a computer connected to the internet, there seem to be issues in dealing with the new situation. On the one hand, a switch…
-
wLOG_08
I have a bad feeling about this. Today I went for a walk first through the forest, and then across the field. The sun was shining and the temperature was just right for keeping the hat in the pocket. I enjoyed breathing the clean air and listening to a podcast. Some mountain bikers and hikers crossed my way and in the wood a guy was sitting on a bench reading on a backlit e-reader screen.…
-
wLOG_06
This week has shown the first signs of winter with enough snow falling last Wednesday to create even more traffic jams as usual on the Grand Duchy’s streets. As I am really not fond anymore of driving around on this country’s overcrowded roads let alone in dangerous conditions, I did not mind to see the rain already returning the next day. I am following the news closely through Twitter, podcasts and I subsequently read linked…
"And the meek shall inherit the earth."
