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
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A 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
Read moreInternet of Guns
It is really not my type of a thing to be talking about guns, working with them or even wondering about them. I like to think about and work on projects that can improve the
Read moreOn Money and Motivation
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
Read moreThe Age of Modern Institutions
I am a diehard fan of George Friedman. I really love the way he writes. For me, he is a very profound writer who has the ability to stretch fantastic imaginations, blend them with reality
Read moreOf Thought Experiments
I was surfing the web. Initially, it was just random, Brownian surfing. Then I thought about surfing with a purpose. I thought what should I surf the web for? Then I thought about surfing the
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