Karl Schmid
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Karl Schmid
@kjschmid.bsky.social
Professor of Crop Diversity and Breeding Informatics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Website: https://evoplant.uni-hohenheim.de
Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@kjschmid
Opinions are my own.
I say:

1) DNA as hereditary material was validated 80 yrs later hence knowledge about DNA was not required for Mendel

2) Occam's Razor suggests single causal mechanism of inheritance in 7 traits

3) Treat Mendelian genetics as special case of Hardy-Weinberg Eq and Fisher's 1918 model of quantgen.
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Liest sich wie die Beschreibung meiner Oberstufe an einem humanistischen Gymnasium in Augsburg vor 40 Jahren bzw. der Lehrinhalte man an einem guten Liberal Arts College
October 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
About half of the students in my courses come from outside Europe. Many of them work, or will work, in good jobs in 🇩🇪 and contribute to our economy & society.

What should I tell them if they feel unwelcome because #bundeskanzler believes they are a “problem” for how our cities look? #Stadtbild
October 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"Der Historiker ist nicht immer ein rückwärts gekehrter Prophet, aber der Journalist ist immer einer, der nachher alles vorher gewußt hat."

"The historian is not always a prophet facing backward, but the journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything in advance."

- Karl Kraus
October 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM