Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • What is personality?

    What is personality !![1.30 pm, IUCAA guest house, waiting for lunch, probably a friend will call any minute now] I am trying to hit a nail on something which is quite subjective. And its much wider than any one can emancipate just by himself. But its much like trying to describe the taste of coffee.…

  • What is personality?

    I believe such questionnaires are but a very short and limited way of describing personalities. Otherwise the psychologists would be the ones to completely predict human behavior from their “unattractive” system of description of human behavior. Human behavior changes with every other thought and possibly the psychologists are the least aware of human thoughts in…

  • How did I spend the last week !!

    Talking about Indian tourers, a young lady that traveled from Mumbai to Pune by herself, that seemed to me like a lifestyle trip rather than one of urgent commute of a frequent flier like me, boarded the bus. And I did enjoy the busy crowd, enjoyed the cleanliness of a “restroom” right across the high-way.…

  • The idea behind experiments in high energy physics.

    He espoused the idea that it constitute of atoms, tiny elementary units that aren’t any further divisible. That these atoms have peculiar properties unlike the properties exhibited by the pebble itself, is in itself something, to be taken note of and to be explored in details.

  • The value of science in communication..

    The value of science in communication.. Once upon a time there was a Mr Wolf who decided without thinking for the second time that he is going to take up a career in science.  He communicated his wish to Professor Wolfenstein who was living right besides his house. Professor Wolfenstein delivered an enlightening lecture about…

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