The Brains Last Stand
In 1950 a famous engineer, Claude Shannon, wrote a paper called “How to Programme a Computer to Play Chess”. This paper contained what is nowadays referred to as Shannon’s number, and came up with the estimate that a normal game of chess can have 10120 different outcomes. From these conditions, it is quite remarkable how…
The Hottest Article Ever Written
The clock just passed 3 in the morning… I’m thinking to myself that this might be the last few hours that I have left, crawling like a zombie to my parents’ bedroom. I’m sweating bullets, fetal position engaged. My dad is a doctor; he’ll know what to do! Negative, all that could have been done…
Friday evening as a LundaEkonom (A Lund special)
*In a time before local restrictions 15.00 Grand Hotel (Bantorget 1) The afternoon begins at 15.00 at Grand Hotel with an aperitif and some light snack, as the LundaEkonom just finished half through her semester. It’s 5 o’clock somewhere right? 17.00 at Malmstens Fisk & Kök (Mårtenstorget 1, Lund) The evening continues towards Saluhallen, more…
November Horoscopes
As the final mercury retrograde of 2020 is coming to its end, it is time to turn a new page and look ahead to what the month of November has in store for us. When a planet retrogrades it is astrologically in a sleeping state. The Planet Mercury rules communication of all forms so, during…
Fashion: Taking it slow
– And making changes that matter The Industry Our clothes have the powerful ability to tell a story without saying one word. The way we dress can signal things about our personality, profession, political or religious beliefs, social class, the weather, where we are going, what we are doing and even what historical period we’re…
Not another C*****virus article?!
“Oh no, not another Corona based article” you might think, but worry not! This is just a reflection about what I, and probably many others, have learnt during these times of social distancing. 1. I love to bake, but I’m honestly not very good at it. Endless sourdough attempts, a kitchen covered in flour and…
A Quarantine Daydream about Studio 54
We all remember and long for the days of pre-social distancing due to covid-19. The days where we could go to an actual class instead of zoom, stand carefree with our friends in a packed queue outside of Grönt o’ Gott and lastly, attend our favourite nation in the evening in trust that we would…
How to be a Swede (if you‘re not)
When you move to another country, or maybe even continent, interactions with a new culture can be challenging and difficulties in understanding how to adapt often befall. In 2018 international students constituted 20% of the total students in Lund, of whom students on Masters’s program were as high as 60%. In other words, the presence…
The Godmothers: Episode 1
Should one be optimistic or pessimistic about the future? Would you rather kill your best friend or 1000 people you do not know? What should you say if you want to be edgy at parties? And is it possible to love Avocado, even if it’s brown? We are happy to release the very first episode…
General Knowledge: The murder at Locus Peccatorum
Do you feel like CSN is not enough? Well, I do too. But when we think about it, the situation is pretty good, after all. If we would jump into the time machine and travel back in time, all the way back to 1829, there would be a whole different situation. And no, the students…
