There is this crazy thought that has been bugging me for some time. While folks in India obsess about elections and about leaders who will, in all likelihood, do nothing, I am obsessed with a different kind of nothingness. I was talking with a physicist the other day, and she was not happy with the state of research in physics. She complained that there have been no notable breakthroughs in years. She remarked that the amount of output in terms of papers is really great, but

Origins For most normal human beings, the idea of a weekend usually comprises of resting, going out to have a great time, or simply drinking that bottle of whisky that was lying unconsumed for a long time. And yet for some, a good weekend is one, spent wondering about the similarities between AI (and by that definition computers in general) and the human brain. Well, I am not normal, and today happens to be a weekend, and hence a great day to rant about the supposed similarit

(I was ranting this just before my wedding) It is only on very rare occasions that you suddenly feel the spirit of rebellion kicking in and that intense urge to be a full-blown heretic kicks in. I feel today is one such day. And like the many brave (and foolish) heretics, who have attempted this before me, I shall try to prove (and fail) once and for all why astrology is stupid and problematic for the 21st century! Extending the argument, based on some historical (and scient

(This was written in my intellectual infancy aroudn 2021) Feynman was one of the most influential physicists of the modern age with some really weird ideas and a Nobel Prize. In his book “Feynman’s Rainbow”, Leonard Mlodinow (renowned theoretical physicist) explains how Feynman divided scientists into two categories based on how they look at the world. I am writing this piece based on my understanding of the book, the concept that the book talks about, and my understanding of