What Ants tell us about Human Consciousness: Intelligence from Ignorance
Emergence is a revolutionary new idea that describes how simple things, interacting in specific ways, can give rise to complex self-organising systems.
Dumb ants can come together to built intelligent civilisation without a top-down control. All they react to is the pheromone signals. Our consciousness works the same way too.
Evolution of Durga – Connecting with the World
Travelling by train from Xian to Moscow, and interacting with different people of totally different cultures, I have come to…
Learning from Hunters and Gatherers
Where humans have multiple partners, does monkeys have multiple partners too? Where humans love sea food, does birds love seafood…
Free will by Sam Harris (Book Summary)
“Man can do what he will but we cannot will what he wills.”-Schopenhauer Are you reading this post of your…
Perfection: The Overrated Enemy of Progress
We’re often culturally conditioned to chase perfection. Yet, this stupid pursuit is not only overrated and boring but also detrimental…
Cognitive Dissonance
Would you kill something because you feel empathy towards it? I don’t mean killing it to reduce its suffering, but…
Nalanda University, Climate Change and the Spirit of India
Nalanda University has recently made headlines, though the attention stems more from political discourse than educational. This, however, is not…
History of Baroda
“We came to the city, by and by, and drove all through it. Intensely Indian, it was, and crumbly, and…
Book Review: Hiroshima- by John Hersey
Mr. Tanimoto, attempting to ferry survivors across the debris-strewn river, reached out to a woman floating in the water. Her…
Travel narrows the mind – G. K. Chesterton
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” However,…
How Europe got blue eye, fair skin and blond hair.
While our species, Homo sapiens, boasts surprisingly low genetic diversity, our physical traits hint at past adventures. During our vacation…