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Social Loafing in Student Project Work and Minimal Group Paradigm

2021-09-19

Why do students protect group members who do not contribute? Perhaps the minimal group paradigm can explain that behavior.
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Accurate Data … no matter the story

2021-08-17

I knew there were other cases, just not that many. A case for getting actual data.
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Recommendation: The ABC’s of Morality

2021-04-22

A beautiful book on traditional, well, somewhat libertarian-conservative, morality.
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Some Hope for the Future (Calvin and Hobbes)

2021-04-13

Given that last two postings were rather negative, simpledisorder.com had a beautiful Calvin and Hobbes inspired motivator.
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Societies (Associations, Clubs, etc.)

2021-04-13

Just some thoughts on the use of joining societies, more as a personal note than a generally interesting posting.
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Online Hackathon Care Package

2021-01-30

We recently did an online hackathon. To create at least some feeling of presence, we did send out care packages, which were well-received.
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The Mind Parasite has Arrived in the German Student Population

2020-07-31

I've been criticizing for years the attitude of making racism socially acceptable by being racist against people with white skin color. Unfortunately, the mind parasite has spread, and I recently had my first written exam with this kind of racism.

Image from a German book about nature, from a short excerpt about a person who ostensibly smelled some plants and ended up with a scorpion nest in his brain.
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Supervising Written Exams with Classical Music

2020-07-25

Something to do while supervising written exams
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How the Internet Times Have Changed

2020-07-25

On the Internet, "you can state your views, but they have to be correct." (short comment)
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A different view on Black America: Larry Elder

2020-07-13

A short recommendation of an interesting video concerning Larry Elder.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.