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I have always been of the opinion that the most irrational element in the structure of modern science is its democratic outlook towards truth. Science approaches things from the perspective of a whole society, and not individual. This standard is quite euphemistically termed objectivity. If you look deeper, you will find objectivity to be nothing […]

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I have always been of the opinion that the most irrational element in the structure of modern science is its democratic outlook towards truth. Science approaches things from the perspective of a whole society, and not individual. This standard is quite euphemistically termed objectivity. If you look deeper, you will find objectivity to be nothing […]

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This is the old “building” of Government Primary School No. 2, Abdul Hakim. It was as boundlessly public as it looks in the pictures when a Mai first escorted me to the school in 1995. I stood aghast. Later that day, when I had successfully got myself “admitted” to the school, chosen a favorite master […]

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This is the old “building” of Government Primary School No. 2, Abdul Hakim. It was as boundlessly public as it looks in the pictures when a Mai first escorted me to the school in 1995. I stood aghast. Later that day, when I had successfully got myself “admitted” to the school, chosen a favorite master …

My First Alma Mater in Punjab Read More »

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It doesn’t matter for physics if humans are living beings or machines. It doesn’t mean anything to arithmetic if your calculations are about earth or heavens. Science doesn’t care. It doesn’t even care if you’re scientific or unscientific in your beliefs. That’s how all inanimate things operate in nature. From cross to hemlock, nothing feels […]

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It doesn’t matter for physics if humans are living beings or machines. It doesn’t mean anything to arithmetic if your calculations are about earth or heavens. Science doesn’t care. It doesn’t even care if you’re scientific in your beliefs or unscientific. That’s how all inanimate things operate in nature. From cross to hemlock, nothing feels …

Knowledge vs Scientific Knowledge Read More »

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It was in 2010 that I first published this idea in the preface to Zaar. I’m still not sure if anyone else has ever looked upon Aristotle’s theory of mimesis (imitation) from this angle because I don’t read a lot. Now that it’s been more than eight years planning to render the critique in English, […]

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It was in 2010 that I first published this idea in the preface to Zaar. I’m still not sure if anyone else has ever looked upon Aristotle’s theory of mimesis (imitation) from this angle because I don’t read a lot. Now that it’s been more than eight years planning to render the critique in English, I have finally decided to rid myself of the guilt of depriving the world of...

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Time’s up, Diva, time’s up, hey! Get me younger as you play. Here’s the day and here’s the way. Walk away or will you stay? Knowledge is what actions say, Not what wanton words portray. Yesterday is certainty; Ah, tomorrow, oh, today! Let’s remember that we love; Let’s forget the price we pay. I don’t […]

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Time’s up, Diva, time’s up, hey! Get me younger as you play. Here’s the day and here’s the way. Walk away or will you stay? Knowledge is what actions say, Not what wanton words portray. Yesterday is certainty; Ah, tomorrow, oh, today! Let’s remember that we love; Let’s forget the price we pay. I don’t know the good from bad: That I know and still I pray.

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