Category: Philosophy
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Malice Meter and Hovering Guilt
In 1814, Pierre-Simon Laplace proposed a quiet discipline for evaluating testimony: multiply every human frailty that might distort a claim. Honesty, fear, pride, ignorance, crowd influence — even small discounts compound. I borrow his method and call it the “Malice Meter.” From the 1995 Ganesha milk miracle to a young Army doctor’s split-second denial born…
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Miniscule
The narrative explores the evolution of perception and measurement through a metaphorical journey from a gorilla managing one melon to humans who grapple with complex quantities. It highlights the progression from instinctive grasping to abstract understanding, emphasizing how the need for sharing and care drives our understanding of existence and knowledge.
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San Diego Battlefield Dispatch: Christiansen’s Combat Chess
On March 5, 2006, in San Diego, Larry Christiansen defeated Aleksander Wojtkiewicz in a 23-move chess battle characterized by aggressive tactics and drastic material sacrifices. Utilizing a Sozin Najdorf strategy, Christiansen’s initiative led to a decisive victory, emphasizing the importance of surprise and initiative in combat chess dynamics.
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Consciousness, Entropy, and the Arrow of Time
The world burns forward in war and irreversible entropy. Yet under anesthesia, I fell completely out of time—no duration, no flow, no experience at all. This essay explores why consciousness may be nothing more (and nothing less) than awareness of entropy change.
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Shiva’s Dance and the Patience of Entropy
Creation, maintenance, and destruction are interconnected processes driven by entropy, which shapes our experience of time. Life temporarily resists entropy’s spread, allowing unique planetary formations. Earth’s existence, from molten beginnings to potential freeze, illustrates this cosmic dance. Ultimately, all entities partake in perpetual cycles of change within the vast universe.
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Bibha Chowdhuri: The Unsung Pioneer Who Chased Cosmic Rays and Touched the Stars
Dr. Bibha Chowdhuri, a pioneering physicist in cosmic-ray research, rose above gender bias and historical obscurity in mid-twentieth century India. Despite her significant contributions, such as observing the pion, her work remained unrecognized for decades. In 2019, a star was named after her, finally honoring her legacy in science.