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Average Beauty
If you consider yourself average, you are probably more attractive than you think you are. Here is why. Continue reading
Do You Believe in God?
Don’t answer that! I can tell you whether you believe in God or not. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Science, Work and Life
Tagged atheism, cognitive neuroscience, god concept, quiz
Are You an Introvert?
Take a quiz to see if you are an introvert or an extrovert – a techie or a manager. Continue reading
Posted in Science, Topical, Work and Life
Tagged introvert, life, quiet, Susan Cain, work life balance
The Student Debt Crisis
This is a guest post by Sofia Rasmussen exploring the ramifications of student loan burdens. Continue reading
Bye Bye Einstein
This last post in the series explains why I believe it is time to say goodbye to Einstein, and why I look forward to how our worldview develops in the light of this CERN discovery of material superluminality. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Quotes, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, Philosophy, Physics, relativity, Richard Feynman, Untitled
Why not Discard Special Relativity?
This second post in my series on the superluminality observed (or suspected) at CERN looks at why we cannot accept it.
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, CERN, Maxwells Equations, Philosophy, Physics, relativity, Richard Feynman
Faster than Light
When they discovered particles going faster than light at CERN, they didn’t want to believe themselves. They were practically begging the rest of the community to find a mistake in this discovery. Why would they do that? This post and its follow ups will try to shed some light on this strange lack of faith.
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, Maxwells Equations, Philosophy, Physics
Free Will — An Illusion?
Are our lives just moving along on their own preordained paths, while we, like the epiphenomenal froth, think that we have control and free will? Continue reading
Only a Matter of Time
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? Continue reading
Half a Bucket of Water
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. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged Philosophy, Physics, quantitative finance, relativity, space and time
On Rationality and Delusions
What do we mean by rationality? Why do we think it is a good thing to be rational? Continue reading
Posted in Books, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged dawkins, Philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
Blind-Sight
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”? Continue reading
Posted in Books, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged dawkins, Philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
A Plausible God
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. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged dawkins, Philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
The God Delusion
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.[...] Continue reading
Posted in Books, Creative, Philosophy, Science
Tagged dawkins, Philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
Talent and Intelligence
If hard work does not entitle us to fat bonuses, perhaps our “talent” does? This is the third in the series of posts based on an upcoming column of mine in the Wilmott Magazine. Continue reading
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Of truth and beauty — in physics and philosophy Continue reading
Posted in Creative, Philosophy, Physics, Quotes, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, Philosophy, Physics
Global Warming and the Flu
An unreal look at global warming. Are we a virus on the earth? And is the global warming a bout of fever? Published in the Singaporean newspaper, Today, on 1 Dec 2008. Continue reading
Posted in Columns, Environment, Philosophy, Science, The Today Paper
Tagged Columns, Philosophy, Physics
Why the Speed of Light?
Another post in the latest blitz of physics/philosophy articles, this one presents an idea that the significance of the speed of light a la Special Relativity is a consequence of our perception rather than an assumption. Continue reading
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