What’s this liberal media’s hullabaloo and condemnation of Donald Trump all about? And lo and behold , even political saints … More
Category: Modeling
Rational Fools
Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen, coined the term “Rational Fools” nearly 35 years ago. In his famous paper, Sen … More
The Ship of Theseus sails in Water (and not H2O)
The difference between natural language and the language of science The problem of reference in philosophy deals with relations of … More
Wittgenstein contra Wahhab
The basic tenet of Salafi/Wahhabi Muslims is that the word of God, i.e., the Quran, is not open to interpretation; … More
The Evolution of Human Behavior?
On why scientists should not make unsubstantiated claims in popular science works especially where human beings are concerned It is … More
Bombs, Sectarianism and Blasphemy: What’s Art Got To Do With It?
March 4, 2013 Was coming back from an “Art Event” at the Karachi Arts council. I don’t go to such … More
I ♥ Game Theory; Let’s all be irrational, shall we?
Some nights back, my flight from Karachi to Islamabad couldn’t land due to bad weather in Islamabad and instead it … More
Newton’s ‘Quantum Revolution’ and the Death Knell of Materialism
In an earlier post on Einstein, I discussed Newton’s demolition of the mechanical philosophy. Since the topic of materialism is … More
Thrasymachus vs Socrates or: How I learned to stop worrying and love oppression!
One of the most important tenets of a rational outlook is to change one’s model of the world in light … More
Profits over people: Aaron Swartz and the dominant model of our world
For those who did not know, Aaron Swartz committed suicide on the 11th of January, 2013. He was being prosecuted … More
