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Dokter’s Weekly Report #19

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When going to Norway for the holidays I thought I would still have time to write my weekly report, and other random write-ups. Instead I learned I needed a break, and spend more time with friends and family.

It was great being back, something I will write about more tomorrow.

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Science should be on the journalism curriculum – Read it
I feel very fortunate to have taken a few courses in psychology. There I didn’t just learn about the mind, but also how to read academic journals and understand the statistics.

Heatwave: Australia’s new weather demands a new politics – Read it
There is no question about it, Australia is a warm country. However, this [Australian] summer seems to be warmer than usual. Yet we are still bickering if we humans are to blame, as if, if we are not, we shouldn’t try to do anything about it.

Being away has made me change the way I see Ireland – Read it
An experience I can relate to, but in a different way. Something the missus and I experienced going to Norway to visit my family. Seeing how different it is there, then seeing how Australia seem to be changing for the worse. Yet we have similar hopes as the author, as Ireland, we also hope that Australia will change for the better, because we know it can.

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Not so hot anymore

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Tell a Queenslander it’s too warm for your liking and you will quickly be laughed at. As they assume Australia is the warmest country in the world.

I’ve met locals finding it hard to believe it can get warmer than 25 degrees Celsius in Norway. Thinking that 30+ degrees Celsius never happens there.

But on the flip-side, the same cocky bastards tend to whimper like scared little puppies if the temperature drops below 25 degrees Celsius.

As we are closing in on winter– in the southern hemisphere –the weather is becoming a bit milder. Which unfortunately is the hot topic some newspapers.

Apparently any temperature below 25 degrees Celsius is cold. As a summer here can easily hit 35+ degrees Celsius I can understand anything below 14 degrees Celsius seems cold, but claiming that 20 degrees Celsius is cold is nothing but hyperbole.

After living here for almost three years now, I get the impression that those who actually find 20 degrees Celsius are a minority. And I guess I’m more fortunate, coming from a country where one season the temperature might reach -30 degrees Celsius and the other might reach 30 degrees Celsius – so I’m used to both extremes.