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It is in their overlap that I expect breakthroughs. \">Philosophy</a> </li> <li class=\"cat-item cat-item-8\"><a href=\"http://www.thulasidas.com/category/topical/physics\" title=\"Physics was my first love. This category contains the posts closest to my heart. Twenty years from now, if this blog survives, this category will probably hold my most enduring insights. And two hundred years from now, if I am remembered at all, it will be for these insights; not for the kind of person I am, the money I make, nor anything else. Only for my first and last love...\">Physics</a> </li> <li class=\"cat-item cat-item-10\"><a href=\"http://www.thulasidas.com/category/topical/quant-finance\" title=\"Quantitative Finance is my professional field. I write columns for a well-known periodical in the field called The Wilmott Magazine. 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