Category: State of affair

  • The Convenient choice

    Once the famed emperor Akbar (the great) ordered his citizens for establishment of a pond. Birbal (his most clever employee) instructed them to pour milk over night so the pond is filled with milk instead of water. The following morning the pond was found to be an ordinary water body. Everyone thought the rest of…

  • The malice of “pseudo science” and the misinformation onslaught !

    I am tempted to say this is a definition of pseudoscience … Pseudo science is the subversion of good practices of science to achieve ulterior motives of credits. It is so prevalent in how we do science today, that; it can work up-to a twilight credit, most 3rd rate science participants show an affinity towards…

  • Being a scientist has its own pitfall.

      The famous is an optimized representation of the rich. Only the cash dollars are missing. But that’s not the only pitfall of being a scientist. It’s a coveted honor, right? YES, the definite yes!! Being a scientist essentially means excavating truth in our own ways so as to make a fitting contribution towards what…

  • What’s the role of skeptics in a scientific world?

    Fortunately or unfortunately or as a random, arbitrary act of fortune, science has never been personal. What’s personal is what we know in terms of history, Maxwell committed suicide, in terms of anthropic tendencies, people of Kenya like to talk about

  • Various things this evening !

    (a virtual interview) It’s a Thursday evening here in my home. So I guess at some other places in the physical vicinity of this vast planet. Its Thursday everywhere just that some places would get it late. Do they need more intellectual power, because they get things late? Not necessarily, this is one example. A…