Read Time:4 Minute, 17 Second Schrödinger’s cat is a famous paradox often misunderstood as a quirky quantum thought experiment where a cat is both alive and dead. However, this is a misconception, and it’s no wonder if it left you puzzled! In reality, Schrödinger’s cat …
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Step into the streets of Urra, where human connection is a forgotten art, and the hum of life has been carefully tuned to the rhythms of utility and order. In this post-emotion society, conversation has faded into oblivion, poetry has…
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I read the news today, oh boy… Just kidding. I stopped reading them a long time ago. Let me know when they put something new in them. 9.13 a.m. I’m stripped from dreamland by the screeching sound of the railway…
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Does reality seem boring to you? Do you sometimes wish you were somewhere – if not anywhere – else instead? If you answered yes to these two questions, don’t worry, I got you. Even if you answered no, stick around…
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Liebe Leser*innen Mit dem fortschreitenden Wintereinzug und dem damit verbundenen Erstarren des sozialen Lebens endet die Vorlesungszeit und macht Platz für die Lern- und Prüfungsphase. Auf Enthusiasmus und Euphorie folgen oft Momente der Niedergeschlagenheit und Hoffnungslosigkeit. Angesichts der bevorstehenden Herausforderungen…
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An even more evil laugh than the first time echoes through the halls of CAB as Nic asks Josie to write the next Präsikolumne. Instant regret flashes across his face as a sparkle of pure joy starts to form in…
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After revisiting the tuition fee increase covered in our last issue, former Swiss tax official Serge Gaillard has proposed a new budget that may enrage many on the sidelines. In the last polykum about pessimism, I wrote about the tripling…
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Was ist Wahrheit für euch? Die Nachrichten der grossen Medienhäuser, die als Kind gehörten Erklärungen, die Erzählungen von Freund*innen, …? Wahrheit ist nicht immer so binär, wie wir es gerne hätten. Unsere Autorin macht sich auf die Suche nach «der»…
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Die modernen Naturwissenschaften beanspruchen, uns die Welt und die Ordnung der darin enthaltenen Dinge verständlich zu machen und dadurch zur Verbesserung der menschlichen Existenz beizutragen. Doch selbst an der ETH Zürich blieb diese Ansicht nicht ohne Kritik. Ihrem Namen, Ruf…
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It was raining. Everyone was running to places they had to be with hectic steps, as if dancing in the rain. The crowd was overflowing from pavements onto the bike lanes. Next to them were cars, lined up waiting for…
