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Roger Penrose and the Non-Computational Nature of Consciousness

August 28, 2018by kunallal84 1 Comment

In his 1996 book Shadows of the Mind, Oxford mathematician Roger Penrose argued that consciousness is fundamentally non-computational. This means that no computer or algorithm no matter how powerful or sophisticated […]

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Consciousness, Review, SCience, SCience and technology, Uncategorized

Physics and Consciousness for the self-learner

August 20, 2018by kunallal84 Leave a comment

On this page, we attempt to create a one stop reference for people with diverse and non-specialist backgrounds  interested in learning physics, quantum computing and consciousness. As far as possible […]

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Consciousness, Review, SCience, SCience and technology, Uncategorized

Schrodinger’s Cat

June 12, 2017by kunallal84 Leave a comment

  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 […]

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SCience and technology

Prisoner’s Dilemma

June 11, 2017by kunallal84 Leave a comment

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. […]

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economics, Puzzles, SCience and technology

Balance

June 10, 2017by kunallal84 Leave a comment

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. […]

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economics, Opinion

Out of Africa

June 9, 2017by kunallal84 Leave a comment

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 […]

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history, SCience, SCience and technology

Suicide Bombs

June 8, 2017by kunallal84 Leave a comment

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 […]

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history, Opinion, Politics

Neo-Mamelukes

June 7, 2017by kunallal84 Leave a comment

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 […]

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history, Opinion, Politics

Puzzle 8: Father and Son

June 6, 2017by kunallal84 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Puzzles

Small distances

June 5, 2017by kunallal84 Leave a comment

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 […]

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SCience and technology

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