I recently visited my cousin after eons and had the fortune of spending some quality time. My cousin, who is about 17 years old, is full of life and quite chatty. Naturally, we discussed all sorts of things. During the conversation, he excitedly began sharing details about his fitness journey. He to...
The title of the article might seem silly or like a clickbait. But, it's not.
I am not being facetious. Asking whether water is wet is akin to asking whether conscious experiences like wetness are real, and if they are, are they features of the thing experienced (in this case, water), or something cr...
I am currently reading Max Benett's "A Brief History of Intelligence" - which is profoundly engaging - in which Benett charts the major evolutionary breakthroughs in the development of intelligence. With each chapter, he offers fascinating insights on how intelligence, as we understand tod...
I was listening to Raj Shamani's podcast with Dr. Vidita Vaidya, Neuroscientist, TIFR Mumbai, recently, and one particular segment where Raj questions Dr Vaidya on social media addiction stood out for me. I think it's somewhere around 1:37.25 to 1.45.
In the movie Her (2013), Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore Twombly, a lonely writer who is on the verge of separating from his wife Catherine, played by Rooney Mara. To cope with his loneliness, he purchases an OS (Artificially Intelligent Operating system), which is designed to adapt based...
