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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
