Some time ago, I had a meeting scheduled with a guy. I was running late, the traffic was heavy and I reached the spot 9 minutes after our session was about to begin. As I burst into the room, hastily I said, ‘Let’s make a start! Traffic was really bad and delayed the appointment!’. The…
How can a physical mesh of neurons generate feelings uncoupled with the physical world? We know the anatomy of a dog’s body and the working of its brain but still not know what it feels like to be a dog. How does the brain produce a subjective experience of a being? For decades, scientists have…
We constantly complain about the moral disintegration of our age. And we have pretty good reasons to do so. The ethical transgression is a bulwark of the news and here’s what pops up when we tune in to the channel: Businessman booked under financial fraud Distrust in leadership; citizens growing politically polar Scientists doctoring data…
