Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • On the amorphous behavior patterns of a Hindoo maniac

    Once there was a big gathering of  people for the celebration of a particular festival of India. As is usual in such gatherings in American Universities they become multinational celebrations. After the cultural events were over the people scattered into their own groups and continued their chit chats. In one of the groups that I…

  • On the nature of incomplete knowledge

    Its a fallacy to be pre-positioned that only a complete knowledge about something gives us a handle on it. Its possible to predict without complete knowledge. Thats our scope in this vast nature. You don’t have to know the whole universe to be able to drive on I-81. You don’t have to know everything about…

  • On brain

    Thinking is like talking in your head. And it makes sense. Its like we hear ourselves inside our head, like the voice came from somewhere within “this” sphere. That just means we can not reify the construction of our brain at the smallest scale. The more we try to the more we find that its…

  • On nature of information

    What is information?? To my mind a piece of useful data or derivative thereof which can be intelligently dealt with is an information. The first example that pops up in my mind is where some one “informs” us about a schedule, a change of plan or the essence of an event. It inherently contains data…

  • What is Science !

    What is Science !

    How much do I really appreciate what Science is ! A question I have asked in my mind and I have pondered for a while in answering, while writing this article. I have always found this sort of out of the circle thinking a favorite pastime of mine. As far as I can recall, into…

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