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Strengthening my belief that the majority don’t get the real meaning of scientific proof hence don’t understand what unscientific means. Read this article in i09. Although this survey is hardly proof of widespread epidemic of ignorance among recent science grads, it does suggest that many science programs educate students only in the technical aspects of…
Ignobly great
The ignoble awards are out. If I would ever be a billionaire, I would give out some of the billions to the winners. And then maybe it’ll loose its ‘ig’ and be called as Kaa awards MEDICINE: Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, andDan Meyerof Antioch, Tennessee, USA, for their penetrating medical report “Sword Swallowing and…
Vodafone half marathon – cheering and some bike stunts
Yesterday was the world’s richest half marathon. People of all ages, and sizes ran. I didn’t. My last attempt taught me that running 21kms without practice leads to a lot of ache. So I went to cheer the runners. At India gate saw this group of kids who had modded there regular bicycles for doing…
Booghie, Bhainsa aur Boomba
Bansilaal bade thakke hue thhe. Soche bheeru ke adde mein thoda thharra maar len. Maarne ke toh maar liya, ek seesa aur apni dhoti mein khos vo baahar nikle. Baahar unki booghie khadi thi. Aur saath mein bhainsa. Ab bansilaal apne bhainse se pyaar bada karte thhe. Bole le pee tu bhi. Aur pilay diye…
Rasas in “Goldfinger”
I have been listening to the song Goldfinger from the James Bond movie. I have always liked the song. After seeing this video of the live concert did I realize why the liking. I could identify at least 6 rasas. The way Shirley switches from one to the other is remarkable too. She should have…
Mother nature and her errant child
There are scientists claiming to have cloned a human baby. There has been a lot of debate going on over this issue. But the underlining question among this and a large number of other issues is,” Is interfering with mother nature right?” Here I am assuming that there is a force which is regulating the…
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