“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
– Victor Frankl, in Man’s Search for Meaning
As a Holocaust survivor, Victor Frankl went through some of the most horrific experiences ever known to man. Yet, from within the …
Category Archives: Science
Victor Frankl, Seven Habits, and REBT
The Real Tablet Revolution
This is the slate I used growing up as a school kid. There was sibling rivalry over whose was shinier or had a larger “screen size”.
They are still used by some school children in India. Millions of them go to school today like this (image credit):
With heavy burdens on their back, no wonder …
Timeless vs Real Time
If I were a book, you will put me in a bookshelf after you’ve read me. Later, I’ll probably lie in an attic and find my way to a library. My life would span a few decades, or even more. If I’m exceptionally good, I’ll be a timeless classic.
If I were your personal diary, I …
Clinical Depression in the Context of Human Evolution
If evolution ensures survival of the most adaptable species, how did it not vanquish mental depression in humans? This question has been on my mind for several years, and it is time to examine it in the context of a new hypothesis proposed by two scientists.
Background
Between 30 to 50% people suffer from a major depressive …
What The Hell Is Divinity?
A few blog posts and conversations with friends have made me unquiet about the concept of Divinity: What is Divinity and what does it mean?
Background
My friend Asuph wrote about Divinity in 2004, when I had not even started blogging. He uses Pirsig’s Metaphysics of Quality from Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to describe what …
Do New Scientist’s Headlines Make Sense?
When I was in school, I was asked to participate in a debate: “Science: A Cure Or A Disease?”. Yes, my school sucked.
Since then, I’ve been observing how the discipline of science remains largely misunderstood or not understood at all.
New Scientist has just published “13 more things that don’t make sense”, a sequel to their highly …
Religion in Environmentalism
In the discussion surrounding my popular post Religion vs. Gender Equality & Feminism, there was a reference to religion and environmentalism. As if on cue, the Pope has now said:
“Is it not true that inconsiderate use of creation begins where God is marginalized or also where his existence is denied? If the human creature’s relationship …
Posturing From My New Chair
After months of sitting on my computer on a backless settee, I began to realize that my back has a spinal cord, and that it’s made up of individual vertebrae.
But that’s not what this is about. While my new chair does indeed improve my posture, this is a new posturing using Posterous.com.
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Mentally Challenged, Raped, Pregnant. Abort?
While Barack Obama proclaims White House support to the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities to which India is a signatory, the Indian Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment in a unique case of young woman in India. My apologies, but the subject necessitates a lengthy post.
Background
Born in 1991, this woman …
My Online Social Map Visualization
A few weeks back, HyperActiveX asked me something on Twitter.
“What is your data flow? Have you mapped it yet?” or something to that effect. This had been on my mind for quite a few months and I always pushed it to the back burner. Quadrant I vs. Quadrant II. The usual story.
But his tweet pushed …
