The name Charles Darwin is familiar to anyone who has completed high school or has read about him otherwise. Since his name appears in a high school textbook, his contribution to science is assumedly very basic and important.
“The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection” was what he had proposed around 1850. When a student now [...]
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What I learnt from Darwin
Posted in Education, Environmental Concept, Science, tagged Book Review, Charles Darwin, Economy of nature, Evolution, History, Inspiration, Natural Selection, Recommended reading, Species, The Origin of Species on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Absolute uncertainty
Posted in Environmental Concept, Introspection, Science, tagged Chaos, Environment, GMOs, Nano-particles, Perspectives, Philosophy, Science on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Post no. 16
Consider the following sequence of events:
A man strolls into a lonely country road. As he walks, he notices some activity happening at the horizon. He walks towards that area and it becomes a little more clear. He notices that there is a group of people there. As he walks further towards the group, he hears [...]
Science and nature – Fukuoka’s views
Posted in Environmental Concept, Ideology, Introspection, Science, tagged Environment, Farming, Masanobu Fukuoka, Philosophy, Science, The one straw revolution on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“All I could give them was one straw”….
Very recently I read the book “The One Straw Revolution”. I was raving about it to my colleagues, more so on the evening of the 17th of August. On the morning of the 18th, I got the news of the death of Masanobu Fukuoka, the author of the [...]
Our foundations are out of order!
Posted in Education, Ideology, Introspection, Science, tagged Chaos, Education, Environment, Perspectives, Philosophy, Science, The Matrix on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a scene in the movie ‘The Matrix’ where Neo decides to save Morpheus from the clutches of Agent Smith and the other agents despite the fact that it would certainly be a suicide mission. The dialogue below is from the scene that follows the above decision:
Tank: Okay. What do you need, besides a miracle?
Neo: Guns. [...]
E=mc2 versus Eco-philosophy
Posted in Education, Ideology, Science, tagged Albert Einstein, Eco-Philosophy, Education, Environment on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Albert Einstein is revered and respected by every student while in secondary school and thereafter. Though most of us don’t understand what his contribution is to our world, he did say things and prove stuff which only a handful of people have understood in the entire world. His scruffy image with the out-of-control hairdo is [...]
