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Homeopathy has been around for more than 200 years, and people still spend money on it as if it were a serious medical treatment. I find that pretty unbelievable. It's based on ideas that don't make much sense scientifically, and properly controlled studies haven't provided convincing evidence that homeopathic remedies work beyond placebo. The really worrying part is when people trust them instead of getting effective medical care... Read More

If you want to stay reasonably fit and healthy as you get older, I think there are two things you really shouldn't neglect: Strength training and cardio. Many people only start worrying about their health once something goes wrong. But what you do in your twenties can have consequences years later, and I'd rather invest some effort now than regret ignoring it later... Read More

Microwaves are incredibly practical. You put your food in, press a button and a short time later it's warm. Yet I've heard people claim that microwave ovens are dangerous because of their radiation or that they somehow make food unhealthy. I don't think we need to be scared of the microwave sitting in the kitchen, so here's a quick look at how it actually works... Read More

The Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics sounds almost too crazy to be a serious scientific idea. Imagine that there could be different versions of reality in which events turn out differently. That's the kind of thing you'd normally expect in a science fiction movie. But the Many-Worlds Interpretation is an actual proposal about how quantum mechanics should be understood, and I find the idea fascinating... Read More

Hey everyone! My moped days are officially over. I've deregistered my moped, and next on the list is getting my car driver's license. I'm really looking forward to driving a car, but I have to admit that ending this part of my life makes me a little sad too. We had some pretty great times... Read More

Hey everyone! Today I want to write about something a bit more personal: How I ended up working in the metal industry. I've been training as a machining technician for about a year now, and the funny thing is that this wasn't some carefully planned career choice. Quite the opposite. A few bad decisions, a lot of coincidence and the first company that offered me a job somehow got me here. Luckily, it seems to have worked out pretty well... Read More

I've written a new article about vaccinations. It's one of those subjects where people seem to have very strong opinions, and the discussions can get pretty heated. But vaccinations have already prevented an enormous amount of illness and saved countless lives. That's why I think they deserve a proper place on my website, separate from the general article about the immune system... Read More

A treatment doesn't always need an active ingredient for a person to notice an effect. Sometimes expectations alone can influence how someone feels. That's part of what makes placebos so interesting. And the opposite can happen too: If you expect something to make you feel worse, it sometimes actually does. That brings us to the nocebo effect... Read More

For quite a while, I associated meditation with esotericism and spiritual mumbo-jumbo. After looking into it a bit more, though, I realized that there doesn't have to be anything supernatural about it. You can simply practice paying attention, calming down and relaxing. And that's actually quite interesting to me... Read More

Have you ever been in a dream and suddenly realized that you were dreaming? That's what lucid dreaming is. Sometimes you can even decide what to do next instead of simply letting the dream happen. I've been experimenting with it myself, and I find the whole thing pretty fascinating... Read More

Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The idea is that inserting needles into certain points on the body can influence the flow of an invisible life energy and help with pain or illness. It may be traditional, but that doesn't automatically mean it's effective. And honestly, the claims about mysterious energy channels sound like nonsense to me... Read More

For the past few months, I've been spending a surprising amount of time reading about esotericism. Why? Because people kept telling me I couldn't call something nonsense if I hadn't even looked into it. Fair enough, I thought. So I joined forums, talked to people and even bought a few books. I wanted to understand what these ideas were supposed to be about before making up my mind... Read More

I've added a new page to my website where I'm keeping track of my gaming collection. Consoles, games, mobile phones and all the other stuff I've owned over the years. I like making lists of these things (partly because it's fun to look back at them later), and my website seems like a good place to keep everything together... Read More

There's a quote attributed to Arthur Schopenhauer that I quite like: "Health is not everything, but without health, everything is nothing." Since I'm always looking for ways to improve my own health, I've put together a new page about the immune system and what we can realistically do to support it... Read More

Many people are interested in their zodiac signs and read their horoscopes with pretty high expectations. Astrology (which, by the way, is quite different from astronomy) supposedly tells us something about our personality, our strengths and weaknesses, and even our future. You find horoscopes in newspapers, magazines and all sorts of other places. I want to take a closer look at why I think the whole thing is nonsense... Read More