Psychology in a Crisis (and check the sources) 2020-05-21 | Reading time: 3 minutes A comment on the value of psychology in a crisis like Corona and the importance of checking the sources.[show the article]
Sorcerers vs Wizards 2020-05-19 | Reading time: 2 minutes How do you approach complex issues? Do you go by analyzing the details, working them out, and acting then — or so you grasp the overall picture and somehow make it happen?Image: Pathfinder.[show the article]
Loving to Solve Problems — like a Cat seeing a Ball of Wool 2020-05-16 | Reading time: 1 minute One of the perks of a university job — solving problems.[show the article]
Needed Rule for Symposia: The Time-Keeper Speaks Last (and has only the remaining time) 2020-03-25 | Reading time: 2 minutes A common occurrence with scientific conferences — a speaker goes over her allotted time and no-one stops her. There could be a rather simple rules to stop this behavior.[show the article]
Ethics between Medicine, Psychology, and Media and Computer Science 2020-03-23 | Reading time: 2 minutes What are the ethical requirements when you want to use participants to find something out? Well, that varies widely according to the domain your are in.[show the article]
Ethics and User Centered Design / User Experience 2020-03-22 | Reading time: 4 minutes Some — originally — late night thoughts on ethics and user centered design or user experience.Image: MP from Reibert (1994)[show the article]
Science and “The Good Cause” 2020-02-19 | Reading time: 1 minute Science should follow good journalism: Don't become part of a cause, not even a good one.Image: Spiegel (1995)[show the article]
Consensus in Science 2019-12-03 | Reading time: 1 minute A great one-page editorial about the issue of consensus in science.[show the article]
Recommendation: Steven Pinker: “An Unnecessary Defense of Reason and a Necessary Defense of the University’s Role in Advancing It” 2019-10-16 | Reading time: 1 minute Steven Pinker's Keynote talk at the 2nd Heterodox Academy Annual Conference in June 2019 is well worth listening to.Image: Half Hour of Heterodoxy Logo[show the article]
Climate Change Activism 2019-10-15 | Reading time: 4 minutes Some thoughts on Fridays4Future, Students4Future, and Scientist4Future -- and strikes at schools and universities.Image: Pale Blue Dot.[show the article]
