Category: Thoughts on Science

  • Nature is a rule-book, immensely complex, gigantic and subtle …

    So we do live in a time, when quantum mechanics is actually not making it much into our psyche, given it’s a well carved out niche, on the slopes of which we are doing all our chores, yet not realize so, and given that we have taken into grant, some of its most ill quoted…

  • The Vedanta Syndrome of the political one upmanship

    The Vedanta Syndrome of the political one upmanship Let me cut my usual drama on some of my articles to the end and come straight to the point, where it concerns the true state of affairs of my native Odisha. As many of you know, those of you who read my articles and those who…

  • Making a mole of the Mountain

    I think the way the affairs of Vedanta University and all the other mega industrial projects are going in Odisha it’s sending some waves in my heart and mind. Something is terribly wrong and despite of the seemingly innocuous democratic affairs people are not seeing the tiger in its true color. Let me be a…

  • What is Falsification? As a scientific method.

    Let me start with a very simple example. Mr Despondent and Mr Swizzle have a spirited discussion. Since Mr Despondent is by nature a spiritless dull fella and Mr Swizzle is not dull but a little more spirited despite of the fact that he is not on much spirit when he is in any discussion…

  • Safety of science in India, is Indian Democracy in control of science in India?

    I have teachers from where I come from, who are the alumni of IITs and likes and they are all engaged in some sort of activities related to science and research, say teaching. They are also of the best quality as I have come across, but when it comes to finding a structure that recognizes…