Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, reviewed here more from a philosophical rather than a literary perspective.
Philosophy, Books
Humor, Email Flotsam
Meeting Bingo Game
This one is a hilarious piece I found on the Web. If you really like it, you have to wonder — am I still doing too much techie stuff and too little management?
Articles and Essays, Creative, Philosophy, Physics
Constraints of Perception and Cognition in Relativistic Physics
This post is an abridged online version of my article that appears in Galilean Electrodynamics in November, 2008. [Ref: Galilean Electrodynamics, Vol. 19, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2008, pp: 103–117]
It can be viewed as a good summary of my book, The Unreal Universe, with all the gory mathematical details. Originally written for a professional audience, this post may interest my physicist friends, especially those with a philosophical openness in their beliefs.
Humor, Email Flotsam
Mensa Word Play
Okay, they say this Mensa Invitational by the Washington Post is just as fictional as these words. But these words — man, are they funny!
Columns, The Wilmott Magazine, Quantitative Finance
Commodity Prices — Who’s Holding the Cards?
Here is a look at the causes and effects of the surge in food and energy prices. Among the myriad of economic reasons conjectured to be behind this so-called silent tsunami, I feel that the influx of institutional investment and speculation is the most likely cause. I present my personal views in this article. Originally written for the Wilmott Magazine, this article contains a bit of technical analysis.
Philosophy, Science
Genetics of Good and Evil
Morality is considered a cognitive manifestation. Can we find some genetic basis for what we consider good and evil? Could the philosophical domain of ethics come under the purview of evolutionary biology?
Humor, Malayalam, Email Flotsam
For Malayalees Only
Only my fellow Malayalees can enjoy this hilarious email I got, unfortunately. If you cannot read Malayalam, please ignore this post.
Humor, Email Flotsam
Trick Question
Here’s an IQ question to help you decide how you should spend the rest of your day! […]
Humor, Malayalam, Email Flotsam
Moonwalkers
Here is a Malayalee view on what really went on with the fake moon landing pictures!
Science
End of Evolution
Does evolution still work among human beings? Or, have we messed up the potential genetic advantages of random mutations to such an extent that we have stopped evolution on its track?
Philosophy, Science
Evolution–Inverted Logic
Evolution is one of those funny things — since we are its end products, our thought processes are not quite big enough to grasp all its implications. At least, not right away. Here is a look at what logic means, and what beauty means in terms of evolution.