A great debate is about to erupt nearby about whether monetary rewards can have a positive or a negative impact on academic research and scholarship. There are purists who believe that giving monetary rewards for
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Category: Spirituality
Search Based Software Testing Using JUnit
I was talking about JUnit the other day. I heard a few voices from the audience asking about a significant benefit of JUnit. It appeared that for them JUnit was quite ordinary. JUnit allows to
Read moreSerendipity and Randomly Generated Ideas
I just finished writing my thoughts about randomly generated ideas. As I reflected on my writeup, more ideas crossed my mind, randomly. So I just want to write them here. As I suggested, randomly generated
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A few days back, I was traveling with a friend in his car. He was driving and I was sitting right beside him. Apart from being a good driver, he is also a wonderful speaker.
Read moreTwo Priceless Treasures
Here is a nice recitation of two priceless treasures. http://www.ubqari.org/data/amal/Do_Anmou_Khazanay.mp3 Photo by Ben124. If you found an error, highlight it and press Shift + Enter or click here to inform us.
Read morePriming With Games
I came to know about the term priming while reading Malcolm Galdwell’s award winning book, Blink. I read it a long time ago and I found it quite inspiring. The idea behind psychological priming is
Read moreNeuroscience of Servitude
One way to to classify human beings is according to the types of roles they assume in employment and similar spheres of life. According to this the world can be divided into three types of
Read moreSome Street Epistemology
Legend has it that once upon a time a few Mongolian soldiers approached a sultan in central Asia. They wanted to complain to him about some misconduct of his soldiers with their people. The sultan
Read moreMy Ideal Pakistan
My little nephew is in China nowadays. He was asked to write a short essay about his vision of an ideal Pakistan. Here is what he wrote: Pakistan was founded in 1947. Having said that,
Read moreTolerance in Islam
While we deeply despise the barbarism of Israel against the Palestinians, it is equally important for us to remain humane and respectful of the existential rights of other religions. Islamic state in the Iraq and
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