Schrodinger’s Cat
Probably the most misunderstood idea in all physics. Stephen Hawking said, “when I hear of Schrodinger’s cat, I reach for my gun”. Everybody seems to have taken a pot […]
Prisoner’s Dilemma
So here is the famous prisoner’s dilemma, the basic problem which is used to kick off all introductions to game theory and which finds a surprisingly large number of applications. […]
Balance
In school, we were taught that there was balance in nature. But disrupting any part of the ecology could upset this equilibrium and have far reaching effects across the biome. […]
Out of Africa
A new fossil find in Morocco is overturning many notions in human evolution. The new finds are believed to be 300,000 years old. This is about 100,000 years older than […]
Suicide Bombs
On Wednesday, Tehran witnessed its first major terrorist attack in 4 decades. Six attackers opened fire at the parliament and at the tomb of Ayatollah Khomeini. The standoff lasted over […]
Neo-Mamelukes
As an Indian, watching Pakistani media is a surreal experience. The extent to which the Pakistani media focuses on India is far in excess of the attention paid to Pakistan […]
Puzzle 8: Father and Son
A man and his son were travelling in a car. There was a horrible accident and the car crashed. The man was killed on the spot. His son was gravely […]
Small distances
In the last post, I looked at how far we can see. This time, lets try the opposite, what is the smallest length we can think of. Lets start with […]
How far can we see?
If you look up at the sky, how far are you really seeing? People have wondered this since ancient times. It turns out the farthest object within our solar system […]
My Cognitive Dissonance
While describing a gathering of Hedge Fund managers Hamilton Nolan wrote, Investors imagine that their “business” and “personal” behaviors can be separated, but of course what they do in business ends […]
