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Random thoughts
The German word for disappointment is “Enttäuschung“ which when literally translated means disillusionment/disenchantment. That really makes you think. You need to be under some kind of an illusion – a...
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Are you my friend?
Are you my friend, my friend? If so then please do reveal Whether you feel as I feel That it sometimes is all just a means to an end. Isn’t true friendship as Platonic a notion as a perfect triangle? …...
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Science and Mathematics
Mathematics deals with perfection, with absolute truths. Scientific theories on the other hand always have a sense of approximation. Whereas a mathematical statement like the theorem of Pythagoras...
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Can’t hear you
With the final match of the 2010 World Cup finals about to start in a few minutes, I decided to post a bit about those annoying little stadium horns called vuvuzelas. Kroor already wrote a post on this...
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The Tower of Brahma
Three needles are fixed on a flat plate. On one of these needles are placed sixty-four discs, the largest disc resting on the plate and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. The...
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Common knowledge
In this post, I want to talk about some puzzles which deal with common knowledge, or rather a change in the common knowledge. In logic, something is a common knowledge if it is known to all, if they...
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Swallow the feeling
I was e-mailed this set of pictures by a friend. The story goes that a French photographer sold these pictures for a nominal fee to the most popular newspaper in France and the newspaper edition was...
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Dogs love time series analysis… apparently
Location : MSB 240 Time : 9:00 a.m, Friday the 10th What on earth are people doing in a classroom on a holiday? : Time Series Analysis extra-class by Prof. Arun K. Tangirala So our protagonist, the...
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Nature in sync
What are the secrets behind the apparent synchronicity we find in nature? Watch these two videos. The first one talks about the weird phenomenon that happened at the opening of the London Millenium...
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Best new thing in the world today : Alarm clocks
Ever thought that getting up in the morning was the most difficult thing you had to do? There might be ways to make larks out of you owls yet. How you might ask. Well how indeed 1.) MIT developed an...
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Here ego’s nothing: Googlegangers
I just did a random search on google today to see if my blog is still around. After all, it’s been ages since I posted anything. (We parted ways when I left to split hairs and get a PhD in the...
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Epiphany
A hot summer evening in Chennai. Well, hot would be an understatement. As far as weather goes, it’s hot, hotter, Chennai. As I ordered a cup corn and turned around aimlessly looking for a place to rest...
View ArticleThe theory of intelligent falling
“Do you know every creationist has a blind spot?” – Randolph Nesse Evolution is only a theory. Yeah, so is gravity. And germ theory. But you don’t see people carrying banners that say “Teach the...
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