When you dig a little into the ground you will find gold. And if you are happy at your place, the heart of the Earth would be made up of gold. But if you keep pursuing your curiosity and dig further and further, you will find nothing but iron. That heart of gold is actually…
Don’t seek the death penalty, act for equality in your own home
The United States has one of the highest death penalty executions in the world. But that does not stop people from committing murders. What makes anyone think that making rape a crime punishable by death will have any effects in India? Is it just an act, or more of a show of power, of a…
Faith is beautiful
Faith is a beautiful thing. Anyone in the health profession probably knows the effects of a placebo. When we take a placebo, we believe it is a medicine and have faith that it will cure us. And when we pray, what different are we doing than taking a placebo? Whether we pray to a God,…
Perfection
I have always been amused by people claiming X is perfect or Y is perfect. Except when one points out some flaws in X or Y, their retort is that I should not be so picky about each individual detail. It always makes me laugh and reminds me a quote of Einstein - "No amount…
Guns, Moral Theology, and Biology
everyone has an opinion on how to stop, or if we can stop, these mass-murders. some say gun control and some say guns don't kill, people kill (I have heard it for years but my brain has yet to understand the logic in it). some point to Good and Evil and how we cannot stop…
History – a lesson
I love reading about history because it answers nearly all the questions we have today. By looking at history we do get an idea as to what falls on the right side of history and what falls on the wrong side of history. Paradoxically, we get these knowledge from history because it always repeats itself.…
Truth vs Lies
The thing about lies is that you can change it in any and as many ways as you want. If you don't like it you can re-word it. If it becomes politically incorrect over time you re-interpret it. You can bend a lie any way you like and it will oblige to your emotions. Unfortunately,…
Lying Leaders
Politicians and rulers lie because it works. Because people are born believers. People are suckers for simple, easy to understand answers for complicated problems. Seeing the world in black-and-white makes life easier by giving us only two choices, when reality is nothing but 50 shades of grey. It is true that first impressions are usually…
“Belief” in Science?
It makes me very sad when someone asks me “do you completely/100% believe in science?” I am not sure if it is a failure of our education system, or a desire of students to earn diplomas and degrees but not an ‘education’. How do you have a scientific conversation with people who do not even…
I think, therefore I exist
If you do not ask questions, you are not thinking. If you do not think, you do not exist. I ask questions not by nature, but out of a desire to get to the truth. Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum.
The Philosopher-Scientist 