Patrick Jans
Patrick is a second year Econometrics student and a second year MC member. He plays korfbal in Groningen for the Parabool, while in the summer he likes to go surfing. Furthermore, he enjoys traveling around the world and likes to watch football.

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Patrick Jans
Moore’s law

Moore’s law

In the fast-paced world of technology, few concepts have proven to be as influential as Moore’s Law. This observation was originally made by Gordon Moore in 1965, co-founder of Intel, which has guided the exponential growth and progress the digital world has made for...

The Ewing Theory

The Ewing Theory

What happens if your team’s best player goes down with an injury, leaves for another team or retires? Your team should be less successful, right? Well, as it turns out, this is not necessarily always true. Sometimes, a team can inexplicably flourish without their...

The rise of pitch invasions

The rise of pitch invasions

With the conclusion of the English football season, emotions always seem to run high. The fear of relegation or the thrill of a promotion or even a championship tend to do that to football fans. After the final whistle it is not rare for fans to spill out of the...

Quantum Internet

Quantum Internet

Quantum Internet - it sounds like a typically made-up scientific term used in some movies, which ignores all laws of nature in the process to further the plot. In the case of quantum internet however, this idea seems far from fiction. Scientists are already working on...

Are we alone in the universe?

Are we alone in the universe?

Are we alone in the universe? A question that has occupied and fascinated human mind for generations. But with the enormous size of the universe, we can’t possibly be alone right? – Patrick Jans