Scenery on a Detour
A happy person is one who enjoys the scenery on a detour. Are you, enjoying, the scenery? Watch out for the Rabbit in your Headlights [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_In_Your_Headlights].…
House of Cards
Radiohead [http://www.radiohead.com/] just released a new video for their song “House of Cards”. It’s a ground-breaking experiment with capturing 3D images [http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead]. > Forget about your house of cards And I’ll do mine Fall off the table and get swept…
Jeopardy of Knowledge
> Once Einstein was on his way to deliver a speech to university students. His faithful chauffeur not only drove his car, but was always present amongst the audience during all his speeches. Einstein had delivered this particular speech so many times that his chauffeur had actually memorized it. On…
Solarium
As much as I like thought provoking films [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/category/entertainment/movies/], I also like thought provoking animations. Yesterday night, lying in bed, I was pondering over how the day went, and what I have for tomorrow, for the weekend, for the next few months. Caught…
Contrast by Nature
People get in their own way. So says a group of researchers, who also highlight [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121450609076407973.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today] the value of not overthinking a decision. The brain, they have found, appears to make up its ‘mind’ 10 seconds before we even…
The Universe is Fractal
A recent news article suggested [http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14200-galaxy-map-hints-at-fractal-universe.html?feedId=online-news_rss20] that the matter in the universe ‘may be’ arranged in a fractal pattern. With all the randomness of nature, that might not just be a coincidence between fact and fiction. The other night I was…
Don't Fail By Default
The author of the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling], recently gave a commencement speech at Harvard [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pucdJHjZaqs]. An excerpt … > Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. You might never fail…
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
What does it mean to be human? However vast this question might sound, the answers are infinite. This infinite nature of thoughts is the basis of humanity. Can science illuminate the answers? A panel of scientists share their answers [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/what-does-it-me.html] in a…