Philosophy & Science Entropy | 26 Jan 2007
Some say that one of the main differences between science and philosophy is that science makes progress while philosophers go round in circles endlessly discussing the same questions. Toni Vogel Carey isn’t convinced.
George Sarton, a founder of the relatively new field of history of science, speaks for the many in calling science the only discipline [...]
Meditation-Introspection & Poetry Entropy | 18 Jan 2007
Abhang is form of devotional poetry sung in praise of the Hindu god Krishna, also known as Vithala and Vithoba. Abhangs were first sung by Tukaram in his native language, Marathi. Tukaram was a seventeenth century poet, who lived in a town named Dehu, which is located near modern day Pune. He was a popular [...]
Meditation-Introspection & Thought Provoking Entropy | 16 Jan 2007
This is an inspirational feature by Subroto Bagchi dealing with life’s paradoxes..
Life is full of contradictions. As we grow up, we begin to get surrounded by the many contradictions of our professional lives. A school teacher is expected to teach values in the classroom, but the system wants her to give preference for admission to [...]
Philosophy Entropy | 03 Jan 2007
I was a free man until they brought the dessert menu around. There was one of those molten chocolate cakes, and I was suddenly being dragged into a vortex, swirling helplessly toward caloric doom, sucked toward the edge of a black (chocolate) hole. Visions of my father’s heart attack danced before my glazed eyes. My [...]