March 12th, 2010
Mind and matter is a problem in philsophy — how does a non-material mind make changes to the material world around us? Of course, it is a problem only in philsophy. We all know how to move about and do physical stuff, no mystery there. Still…
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February 22nd, 2010
Is Bill Gates being disingenuous in his philanthropic efforts? Some people think so, and see the associated tax benefits as the true motivation. I prefer to see goodness of concrete actions, rather than speculate on possible motives. After all, who am I to cast the first stone? Haven’t I sinned? Haven’t you?
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Tags: Bill Gates, commodity prices, greed
February 1st, 2010
January 25th, 2010
What is the purpose of philosophy? And why are philosophers paupers?
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Tags: Bertrand Russell, Philosophy
January 2nd, 2010
Here’s wishing you a Happy 2010… May your resolutions hold up longer than those of the years past. And may you find peace, happiness, good health and prosperity.
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Tags: 2010, Corporate Life, environment, new year, resoltuion
November 26th, 2009
I found this charity initiative that I believe will make a real difference. It is called “Giving What We Can,” and it lists a few recommended organizations that are efficient and focus on the extremely poor. Helping others can be more rewarding that helping yourself.
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Tags: charity, guru, income, pverty
November 23rd, 2009
November 17th, 2009
Some beliefs are superstitions, while some others are scientific theories. What exactly is the difference between them? Let’s listen to what Pirsig has to say about it.
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Tags: gravity, Newton, Philosophy, Physics, Pirsig, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
October 10th, 2009
Here is an unreal look at the what and why of time. Why do we have a sense of time when none of our five senses can sense it?
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Tags: Philosophy, Physics, physics and philosophy, space and time
October 6th, 2009
Memories of a classmate of mine from IIT who passed away recently. When I heard the shocking news, I wanted to write something about him. What came to mind were a couple of disjointed memories, and I thought I would share them here.
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Tags: death, deaths and births
October 2nd, 2009
When philosophers look at anything, it becomes a bit technical. Their technical analysis may sound boring and irrelevant. Here is an attempt to tilt things in their favor.
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Tags: Philosophy, Physics, quantitative finance, relativity, space and time
September 29th, 2009
September 25th, 2009
September 15th, 2009
A review of my forthcoming book, “Principles of Quantitative Development,” to be published by John Wiley & Sons in Feb 2010. This review is written by Shayne Fletcher, Executive Director, Nomura, and author of “Financial Modelling in Python,” reproduced here with permission.
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September 2nd, 2009
Switching from God, philosophy and other higher pursuits, here is a topic close to home. How do people make a lot of money? Can I do it too?
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Tags: banking, finance, life, madoff, mon, money, work life balance
August 22nd, 2009
Blind-sight is an interesting neurological syndrome, and a philosophical conundrum. It shows how we may have senses that we are not consciously aware of. If there are senses that we can be unaware of, how sure can we be of the “sensed”? Or of our “delusions”?
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Tags: dawkins, Philosophy, physics and philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
August 17th, 2009
Here is a concept of God that doesn’t violate the known principles of science, and should therefore be consistent with the so-called scientific worldview. Mind you, plausibility of the concept says nothing about its veracity; but it may say something about it being a delusion.
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Tags: dawkins, Philosophy, physics and philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
August 13th, 2009
An unreal review of the book The God Delusion. [...]The book gave me a strange feeling of dissatisfaction. You see, you may believe in God. Or you may not believe that there is a God. Or you may actively believe that there is no God. I fall in this the last category. But I still know that it is only my belief, and that thought fills me with a humility that I feel Dawkins lacks.[...]
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August 9th, 2009
The story of Helen Keller is the story of the dark reality that traps you in the absence of your senses. It is also an illustration of the role of language in breaking out of that darkness.
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August 5th, 2009
In this post, I get into the risky business of interpreting scripture. Why is it that we do not appreciate others interpreting our beliefs? Well, that is fodder for another post.
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Tags: philosophical inquiries, Philosophy, reality