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Hermann Dr. Rochholz. Germany's Freefall
Introduction
Evaluating the System
Opinion versus Facts
The Other Point of View
Statistics
Statistical Errors and Statistical Abuse
Imagination
Consequences
Physics, Technology and Math
Efficiency
The Last Percentages – Cutting Losses
Standards and Guidelines
Technical “Spoilsports”
Wind Turbines
Electric Scooters
Outer Space Transporters
Carbon Fiber Concrete
Elbow Pads and Citybike Frames
Summary of the “Spoilsports”
Perfection Mania
“The Good Old Days”
The Terrible New Times
Fashion – Perfecting the Body
Delusional Causes
Religions of the Modern World
Plastic Waste
Burning (Plastic) Materials
Consequences
“Side Effects”
Our Luxury Problem: Food and Toxin
Toxins in Food
Meaning and Abuse of Religious Views
Organic – What’s That?
Poison – What’s That?
The “Poison” Glyphosate
Psychological Tricks and Manipulations
DDT – Modern Colonialism Included
The Good German Chlorine Chicken
Gene Food
“Superfoods”
Measuring and Detecting Poisons
Arguments…
Energy and Supply
Systems
Unit of Energy
The Energy Requirement
Origins of Energy
Thermal Energy
Energy Demand of Humans
Society, “Devourer” of Fossil Energies
Germany’s Energy
Power Plant Types
Nuclear Power Plants
Coal and Gas Power Plants
Renewable Energies
Hydroelectric Power Plants
Solar Power Plants (Solar Energy)
Wind Turbines
Installed Power and Load Peaks in Germany
Modern Energy Problems
Storing Energy
Storing Gas
Transporting Energy
Fossil Energy – Unanswered Questions
Population Density
Mobility
The Efficiency of Internal Combustion Engines
Conflicting Goals
Reproducibility
Electric Cars
Comparing Combustion Engines and E-Cars
Ignored Trifles
Additional Power Plant Capacity for E-Cars
Hydrogen
Network Overload from Electric Cars?
Charging Stations
Bidirectional Connection of Electric Car Batteries
Pseudo Arguments
Positions of Professor Quaschning
Science and Faith
Conspiracy Theories and Their Parallels
Technical (Il)logic
Methods and Psychology of Conspiracy
Faith or Knowledge
Modellings
Limits of Knowledge
Knowledge of the Basics
Fallacies
Delusional Believers
Nuclear Power is Cheap. Safety makes it Expensive
The Risk is Small, but Present
Compromises
Compromises vs. Private Interests
Normal Insanity
Elon Musk
Flight to Mars
Starlink
Hyperloop
Electric Air Taxis
Japanese Trains
“Carbon Dioxide Fans”
Rezo’s “Evidence”
Green Counterproductivity
Nuclear Power Plants
Raccoons, Wolves, Beavers and Other Invasive Species
Dying Bees
Killing Weeds with Heated Steam
Grain, Corn and Organic Potatoes
“Renaturalization”
Australian Bushfires
Causes
Kant Sends His Regards
Self-Deception
The Modern Trade in Indulgences
Implementing Demands
Anti-Logical Psyche
Cognitive Dissonance
Selective Perception
The Addiction to Conformity
Dunning-Kruger Effect
Backfire Effect
Secondary Effects
Boss Effect
Rochholz Effect
Creating Personal Truth
Opinion, Prejudice and Conviction
Affect Heuristics
Hand-Picked, Universally Valid Standards
“The Normals”
Normal Pathological Traits?
The Addiction to Please
Asia
Europe
Computers
Professorships
Shortage of Skilled Workers
Real Work
Non-Knowledge
Volkswagen (VW)
Planned or Unplanned Obsolescence
German Press Strategies
Manipulated Unemployment Figures
Expropriating the Elderly
Manipulation Instruments of a Democracy
Pseudo Solutions
“Coffin Nails”
The G36 Rifle
Fire Protection at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)
Soft Skills Are Not Hard Skills
Insider of German politics
Education and Training
Education
The Education-Suicide Society
Official Denigration of Science Education
How Do You Come Up With These Ideas?
Dissemination
Lack of Frustration Tolerance
The Fun and Happiness Society
Analyses
Assembly Line Work
If You Want It – Then Do It Skillfully!
The Circumstances
Smartphones and Computers
One-Dimensional System Analyses
Results of this Policy
Abuse of Education for Political Purposes
Anxiety-“Education” of the Germans
Germans “Democracy”
The Error Unculture
Politically Opportune Lies
Idealized Frauds?
Intelligence and Profession
Pigeonhole Arguments
Framing
Additional Communication Unculture
“Application Example”: A Discussion about CO2
The World of Politicians
The World of Journalists
Framing Manuals
“DER SPIEGEL” News Magazine: Claas Relotius
Another passage from the Framing Manual:
Analysis of Journalistic Opinion Making
Examples of Journalistic Morality
Incompetence at its Finest
The “Fact Finder”s
Democratic Press Censorship
Summary
Calculations
Glossary
Quotes
Bibliography
Anmerkungen
