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Memory and Entanglement: The Hidden Web of the Mind
Abstract Memory extends beyond a mental filing cabinet. It orchestrates our experiences into a dynamic web of connections. Neuroscience, quantum mechanics, and complex systems theory are evolving. They reveal a radical new perspective. Memory isn’t just stored; it’s alive. It is interwoven with time, space, and our perceptions. This blog takes you on a journey…
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Unlearning to Learn
Experimentation is about deliberate invalidation, tearing down mental walls to uncover new understanding. Embrace discomfort, reframe failure, and cultivate the addiction to discovery for breakthroughs through strategic questioning and consistent wrongness.
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Boredom
Is taking action essential? Indeed, it is. For in its absence, life succumbs to the dreariness of boredom. Boredom, intriguingly, addresses a complex challenge in the equilibrium of our mental state. Yet, what counterbalances boredom itself? Is it feasible to craft a scale for gauging ‘boreability,’ or does it transcend the realm of quantifiable measures?…
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Turbulent Fluid Attention Dynamics
But can a fluid be both laminar and turbulent at the same time? Surprisingly, the answer is yes! In a phenomenon called transitional flow, a fluid can exhibit characteristics of both laminar and turbulent flow.
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Richard Feynman
Feynman has radically influenced my thinking. His sayings have found their places both on my bedroom walls as well as in my mind and heart. His words have guided me throughout my life. For me, the greatest theoretical physicist who ever lived would always be an inspiration, a limitless motivating force, and a Genius.
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Risk and Reality
Risk is a fundamental concept in finance that can be difficult to define, yet it is essential for any investment decision. It is often confused with uncertainty. In reality, risk represents the imminent potential for negative outcomes to arise, stemming from the certainty that possibilities will be different from our expectations. Risk is certainty about…
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Mister Nobody’s Shelf Esteem
The road from Patna to Darbhanga is paved with concrete but carved by elements of nature. Every solar year, elemental flood gates open for much longer than game theory should permit. Water seeps through cracks, farmlands, livelihoods, and eventually touches concrete: one grain of sand at a time. Travelling from Patna, it takes three and…
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Where is Everybody?
“If there are so many stars and planets out there, Where is everybody?” – one of those friends.
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Races in Amusement Parks
Reflections from 31st December, 2011. “We are all rats. But not ordinary rats. We no more like cheese. We like to race. Life has become a rat race. We seldom know what we’re chasing. But we cannot afford to stop and think. There is no time to waste in thinking. Thinkers are mostly losers in…
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The Purple Envelope
“Keith, we never love people for what they are. We love their impressions in our minds.” A short story from 2012.
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Joy of Doing Nothing
“The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.” – Blaise Pascal I’ve been living through a terrible experiment for the past few months. And here is a summary of the results. Doing “nothing” is easier said than done. The idea of doing nothing after a while of…
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The Ultimate Question
“Oh great Deep Thought, have you attained the answer to the ultimate question? The question… to Life, the Universe and Everything?” An interesting subplot from Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” that sets the tone for this blog. Also, spoiler alert. Once upon a time, a race of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings sought to learn…