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.
Dirty Talk
It may seem counterintuitive, but our obsession with hygiene isn’t always healthy. No matter how egoistic we get as a…
The Mystery of Jaisalmer – A travelogue!
November 2023 Our eyes opened, in the land of sand dunes, to the enchanting sound of kamancha, the traditional stringed…
The Power of Hope and Meaning: How Faith Can Heal or Harm
Faith can move mountains. It can kill you too. In the realm of human experience, faith is a potent force,…
Book Review: “In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonders of Complex Systems”
By Giorgio Parisi
In “In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonders of Complex Systems,” Nobel Prize-winning physicist Giorgio Parisi takes readers on an…
What is Life?
When you discover the truth, it can shatter your sense of reality. You may feel like you have wasted your…
Milinda and Nagasena: The Art of Debating
King Milinda was a powerful and intelligent ruler. He was also curious about Buddhism. One day, he met a sage…
The story of our Brain
Our species is unique in that we are born very immature, and our brains take a long 25 years to…
Conservatives are from Mars Liberals are from Venus
Conservatives are baffled by the liberals’ tendency to mock their own group. Liberals are perplexed by the conservatives’ readiness to…
India that is Bharat
What’s in a name? Names do not matter, but narratives do. People do not like or hate a name, they…