Christianity in Europe nowadays

Christianity is growing worldwide. But the opposite is true for Europe. Few days ago, I watched somebody presenting a statistic in tv. During the 2020s, the number of Lutherans and Catholics together for the first time in history dropped below fifty percent of the population. Catholics still make twenty-five percent of Europe’s population. Once almost […]

Ishibashi

Ishibashi is asteroid #7710 and also known as 1994 WT2. Ishibashi belongs to the Cybele group and measures seventeen kilometers in diameter. Ishibashi’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 3.42 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.06, a period of revolution of 2’309 days, and an inclination of 6.3 degrees. Ishibashi was discovered by […]

My Grandfather’s Fate

Once an American friend of mine told me that it amuses him when he hears how Europeans argue with each other using sentences like: “Your grandfather did this and that to my grandfather!” This would only prove how long we Europeans already live in peace with each other. We need to go at least two […]

Ishidagoro

Ishidagoro is asteroid #5829 and also known as 1991 CT1. Ishidagoro measures 3.7 km in diameter and belongs to the asteroid-family Matterania. Ishidagoro’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.22 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.09, a period of revolution of 1’205 days, and an inclination of 5.8 degrees. Ishidagoro was discovered by […]

STEM Crisis: Teachers versus AI

Some people and really not few have troubles in understanding basic STEM facts. Even an educational system designed for outdoing other educational systems has proven to be unable to change this. More types of schools don’t guarantee better teachers. People at least blame their lack of skills and knowledge on their teachers. These are the […]

Ishidatakaki

Ishidatakaki is asteroid #9091 and also known as 1995 VK. Ishidatakaki measures 4.3 km and belongs to the Nysa/ Polana asteroid-complex. Ishidatakaki’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.44 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.21, a period of revolution of 1’395 days, and an inclination of 2.4 degrees. Ishidatakaki was discovered by Kobayashi […]

STEM Crisis: Germans’ Real Math Skills

Germany only weeks ago suffered its second PISA shock. But the PISA survey also revealed that Germans still are quite good in science. So it is even more astonishing that I only few days ago had to read that logarithm and exponential function would be the very same thing. That’s of course complete nonsense. Logarithm […]

Ishigaki

Ishigaki is asteroid #10179 and also known as 1996 DE. Ishigaki measures 6.3 km in diameter and belongs to the asteroid-family Maria/ Roma. Ishigaki’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.61 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.14, a period of revolution of 1’542 days, and an inclination of 16.2 degrees. Ishigaki was discovered […]

On the Enmity between Human Mathematicians and AI

Some mathematicians founded the Association for Human Mathematics (AHM), which has the goal to “protects mathematics as a human endeavor against the threat of artificial intelligence”. So some mathematicians hate AI because they fear that AI threatens their profession and in particular their jobs. They even complain about OpenAI publishing “solved” mathematical problems in bundles […]

Ishiguro

Ishiguro is asteroid #7354 and also known as 1995 BR1. Ishiguro measures 7.5 km in diameter. Ishiguro’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 3.16 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.13, a period of revolution of 2’053 days, and an inclination of 3.6 degrees. Ishiguro was discovered by Kobayashi Takao (小林 隆男) at the […]