What’s with the precautionary principle? Lomborg discusses the Precautionary Principle in his book, but none of his critics seem to refer to this discussion. They seem to ignore it, because they do exactly what he warns about. Lomborg essentially argues that the Precautionary Principle is being abused by scientist to attract unjustified large amounts of… Continue reading Lomborg vs. Lomborg-errors & Co. (Part 3/3)
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Lomborg vs. Lomborg-errors & Co. (Part 2/3)
Debunking Cool It Critique My short answer to the critique on Cool It is that it is mostly right about the details, but completely wrong about the big picture. The most comprehensive resource of critique on the book can be found on http://www.lomborg-errors.dk/. Kåre Fog and others have spent many years creating an inventory of… Continue reading Lomborg vs. Lomborg-errors & Co. (Part 2/3)
Lomborg vs. Lomborg-errors & Co. (Part 1/3)
After I discussed Lomborg’s latest book about climate change in my previous post, it came to my attention that there is a website dedicated to its flaws at http://www.lomborg-errors.dk/ . Initially I was very concerned because it indeed shows some very serious issues about the book and Lomborg’s methods in general. Upon closer inspection however,… Continue reading Lomborg vs. Lomborg-errors & Co. (Part 1/3)
Earth Hour – On the bright side
Those following me on Twitter may have noticed that I am a little bit skeptic about Earth Hour – an initiative that asks everyone to turn off their lights for one hour to raise awareness about global warming. It is a great thing when the whole world joins together for one hour to think about… Continue reading Earth Hour – On the bright side
Startup Camp and the Cultural Divide between those who Have Money and those who Want It
Startup camp Last weekend I participated in the first edition of the Melbourne Startup Camp. What happens when you put twenty five people, who may or may not know each other, in a room, divide them into three teams and tell them to start a company within less than 48 hours? What if you also… Continue reading Startup Camp and the Cultural Divide between those who Have Money and those who Want It
My winter in Melbourne
Some of you may wonder what I’ve been up to outside my Summer of Code project, so let me just write an update about the last couple of months. As I wrote before, I arrived in Melbourne on May 12th, spent about a week here and then traveled onwards to Canberra and Brisbane. In early… Continue reading My winter in Melbourne
If there was one thing you wish you had known before…
One of the questions in the student evaluation of the Google Summer of Code reads: If there was one thing you wish you had known before getting started in Summer of Code, what would it be? It is a very typical evaluation question and we all sortof know what it means and how to answer… Continue reading If there was one thing you wish you had known before…
The end of the Summer – let there be Summer!
Although there are still a couple of days left until the official Pencils Down date of the Summer of Code, I am now officially putting my pencil down because I need to catch a train to Adelaide tomorrow morning. I guess this really marks the end of my student period; even though I graduated in… Continue reading The end of the Summer – let there be Summer!
Weekly update route altitude profile
It’s a bit of a boring title, but it actually has been an interesting week. Although I found myself highly distracted by some unrelated but fascinating things, I still managed to get quite a bit done. The script that I used to download the SRTM data set and import it into a Postgres database can… Continue reading Weekly update route altitude profile
Is Google evil? And why the world is happy I’m not a CEO.
I have recently started following Umar Haque’s blog. Umair Haque is Director of the Havas Media Lab, a new kind of strategic advisor that helps investors, entrepreneurs, and firms experiment with, craft, and drive radical management, business model, and strategic innovation. He’s written a manifesto for the next industrial revolution and vouched to provide free… Continue reading Is Google evil? And why the world is happy I’m not a CEO.