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,…
Bringing Down Heroes
"In India we have extreme opinions. We praise someone very highly, and in a few games we start pulling the same individual down. I always say it's important to be in the middle path. That's how you will enjoy the sport." - MSD We take pleasure in turning boys into "Gods", boys who are still…
The 47%
shouldn't the bigger story be the 30% of the households in this country who do not earn enough money (or do not earn enough to support two children) to pay federal income taxes, and how can we fix that? or the fact that the bottom 40% of the population owns only 0.2% of the total…
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…
Genes Now Tell Doctors Secrets They Can’t Utter
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/health/research/with-rise-of-gene-sequencing-ethical-puzzles.html?pagewanted=all And its only going to get more ethically complicated as we discover more genetic basis for diseases. What about the day you can buy a gene sequencing kit over the counter and know exactly what mutations you are carrying...would you want that red pill or would you like the blue pill and never know?
Stephen Colbert on voting
"If you don't choose your leaders, they will be chosen for you." - Stephen Colbert out-of-character before the taping of the Colbert Report. Democracy cannot be hijacked by Citizens' United, Koch brothers, or the unions if the electorate does its civic duties, is knowledgeable about issues, studies the contrasting policy proposals, and votes accordingly. Please…
“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 