I have not been writing content on this blog for a long time. Partly because I have been busy with other stuff. Partly because I have been waiting for something really valuable to arrive t
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Category: Philosophy
End the Extension Legacy
Extension legacy of the chief of the army staff (COAS) of our country really needs to be buried. There are loads of supposedly capable generals present in the army at all the times. Why lean
Read moreDemocratic Something
Now, this is very crucial advice from Russell. Russell lived on this planet for almost a century. During his lifetime he also studied various political systems. One of them is socialism or communism. The problem
Read moreA Review of the Emotion Machine
I finished reading the emotion machine at last today. I wrote a review of it on goodreads. You may kindly peruse the review here. The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of
Read moreRamblings of a Wandering Mind
One of my uncles has had a great influence on the way I have thought and acted in life. My uncle has happened to be in the army. He is quite self-righteous. At some time
Read moreA Few Thoughts About Conquest of India
I think such lies are being taught in Pakistan that Muslims took over India and the Hindus were really benign and peaceful. I think this is a flawed world view. The present-day Indians (belonging to
Read moreLegitimized Corruption
One should not grow up to have ideological differences with power brokers. This kind of mindset has consequences on the human personality. For one thing, you can end up developing a mentality that easily finds
Read moreNeural Correlates of Belief
We have been working on some of Sam Harris’s Ph.D. thesis. The idea is to see how religious beliefs affect consciousness. Here is our research article that recently got published in a nice conference. It
Read moreMy Two Cents for the Separatists
A few days ago, I saw a comment on a friend’s wall on facebook. It had stuff about provincial autonomy, injustice, inequality and separatism in Pakistan. I replied to that and here are my responses.
Read moreThe Era of Blindness
The decade of 40s has a very special place in my consciousness. I personally think that it was in this decade that the humanity radically shifted its course of history. Before these years, humanity lived
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