The Collaboration Paradox
Paul Erdős is undisputedly the most prolific mathematician to ever have lived. He published over 1500 papers while he was alive, and worked with over 500 collaborators. It is perhaps the number of collaborators which stands out even more so than the number of papers published.
Though it may seem paradoxical, most people have fewer collaborators than their own collaborators do on average. This is known as the “friendship” paradox and is normally framed as your friends having, on average, more friends than you. Weiterlesen
Dialog oder Dualismus – Die Wahrheitsfrage als Charaktertest und Schicksalsfrage
Seit Jahren spotten auch deutsche Intellektuelle darüber, dass Millionen vor allem ärmere Wählerinnen und Wähler in den USA für Donald Trump und damit auch gegen ihre eigenen Interessen gestimmt hätten. Aber ich frage – ist …
