Under Construction
Introduction
Deep Thought is the name of the supercomputer in Douglas Adams' science fiction novel A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. This supercomputer had been built by an intelligent species to get an answer to the intriguing question of the meaning of life, the universe and all the rest. When the supercomputer spit out the answer “42” after several million years of computing time, the commissioners were dissatisfied and had an even bigger computer built to better understand the question posed. Consequently, deep-thought.org deals with the fundamental questions about life, the universe and all the rest. In our German mother tongue, the term Welträtsel has become established for these fundamental issues of our understanding of the world, which we use for the German edition welträtsel.org.
Welträtsel
The German term 'Welträtsel' (engl. 'grand enigmas') goes back to a controversy among scholars in the late 19th century. They debated animously whether science will be capable of clarifying the fundamental questions of our understanding of the world.
The origin of life
The question of where the first life came from is one of the seven mysteries of the world described by Emil du Bois-Reymond in 1880. Werner Ahrendt substantiates his assumption that the first forms of life originated on the seabed.
Stone Rows at Carnac
The stone rows of Carnac are a well-known tourist attraction in Brittany. But what was the primary purpose of this Stone Age monument?
Wave of colds in winter
Respiratory infections are most common during winter months. Why is this the case?
Oddities in the theories of physics
Most laypeople admire physics for the insights that famous individuals such as Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein have provided. Physics has also gained great recognition among philosophers of science, whose approach has often been recommended to other scientific disciplines for imitation. On closer inspection, however, the state of knowledge in physics is not so good.
Business Concepts – an Introduction
Anyone who wants to start a new business is confronted with a variety of different questions. These range from very pragmatic questions such as “What do I have to do to formally set up a company and e.g. open a bank account for it?” to fundamental questions such as “Is my idea any good? Does it already exist?”, "How big is my market?" and ”Given my idea, which competitors am I actually up against?” And, and, and ... The list of questions goes on and on. But before I embark on the “adventure” of setting up a company with a new business, I should first develop as detailed an understanding as possible of what I'm getting myself into. The three-realms/four-perspective model presented below can be used to systematically assess the viability of a business.
Think different - in vendo veritas
It is not only in wine (“in vino veritas”) that there is sometimes a grain of truth. Even in advertising (“vendo” in Latin) there is sometimes an important kernel of truth that is worth thinking about more closely.
They are all crazy!
Do amateur researchers mainly spread nonsense or can they contribute to the progress of science?