Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Outsourcing science
Outsourcing science into India I am initiating a piece of debate that can be personally un-tasteful to some or at the outset an irrelevant one. But I am of such an opinion and I have a view which is based on such an opinion. Therefore howsoever crippling it may be towards my own good, I…
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Are laws of nature logical??
Are laws of nature logical?? Complex, they are, for sure. How we scientists describe the laws of nature can be a simplistic way of presenting them, even if we quantify them in exactitude. [and solitude from other laws] But the way they interplay themselves in real life is as natural and complex as the original…
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Where are WE heading ??
This is an “instantaneous” essay I wrote as I see our standing in the world, or as I can think. Disclaimer: I can be completely wrong-witted and you may be completely dumb-witted. Where are we heading really?? in a normal sense nowhere. But in a subtle way we are moving into a brighter future for…
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Spontaneous symmetry breaking, an insight.
If we “look” a little deeper into this its easy to find the reason. While the gravity is symmetrical, the fluctuation which may be present in the air which is much smaller in scale compared to the gravity can push the pencil in a particular direction. While the air fluctuation is not a part of…
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A recession in Science
A recession in Science. 6th December 2009 Is a scientific recession as imminent as one in economy? Scientific explorations aren’t often directly influenced by a ”demand and supply” and a market volatility. You’d think that I am out of my mind to suggest that. [and add to that the mind of few others and I…
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