A brief harm-benefit analysis
“My decrees I will make for the benefit and piety of the sick, according to the best of my ability and judgment; I will preserve them from harm and arbitrary injustice.” Excerpt from the Oath of Hippocrates (460 bis 370 v. Chr.) When Pfizer or BioNTech write that their vaccine...
Facts and figures
„Mathematics satisfies the mind through its extraordinary certainty.“ Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630), German Astronomer Of apples and pears How do you actually add the two fractions 1/24 (04/03/2020)and 713/12.432 (14/11/2020)? Even if your last maths course was a little while ago, you instinctively know that the result cannot...
