Monthly Archives: February 2024

Transparent or opaque?

Posted on February 23, 2024 by koenfucius

(featured image via Dall-E 3) Transparency, especially related to people’s incomes, may not be as desirable as we think Relativity is widely associated with Albert Einstein (even though many people have, at best, only a vague idea of what the … Continue reading →

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Are agriculture and nature poles apart?

Posted on February 16, 2024 by koenfucius

The trickiest of decisions are those where either/or is out of the question. The farmers’ protests in Belgium have been continuing unabated this past week, though an agreement was reached this morning. One of their grievances is their feeling that … Continue reading →

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The asymmetry of importance

Posted on February 9, 2024 by koenfucius

(featured image: <Bus stop.jpg> made with Dall-E). We tend to assume that in interactions with others, their view of the importance of the interaction matches ours. That assumption may be wrong, and can be problematic “No man is an island, … Continue reading →

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A large number of small amounts

Posted on February 2, 2024 by koenfucius

(featured image: Het Luilekkerland, Pieter Bruegel the elder, Wikimedia Commons/PD) Our intuition struggles to correctly interpret the combination of very large and very small numbers The medieval mythical land of Cockaigne, graphically represented by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in his … Continue reading →

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