I like the arc. I've been interested in cross-species mind reading for awhile,
to my usual vapid dilettante extent. A recent pop-sci article is here:
https://theconversation.com/bees-can-learn-remember-think-and-make-decisions-heres-a-look-at-how-they-navigate-the-world-203837
I've recently gon
I don't follow Indian politics. But these seem scary:
Religion and the decline of freethought in South Asia
https://freethinker.co.uk/2022/04/religion-and-the-decline-of-freethought-in-south-asia/
India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks
https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158
Hi Glen
In so far as the report of dropping the periodic table and evolution from
the Class 10 syllabus, it is essentially a question of Hindu class and
caste dynamics operating in India.
Traditionally, education / knowledge in India was the domain of the Higher
castes like Brahmins (Pundits), th
There was this incident a few months ago where Scott Adams made unbelievable
remarks about segregation. Someone that was once sort of a cool guy, seemingly
degenerated into madness. In conservative circles in the U.S. there’s a
strong resentment of Black Lives Matter, and one story that I hav
Well, it's possible that our inferred concept of purpose is, as in
exaptation vs. spandrel, flawed. While we're arrogant enough to try to
engineer the world such that it teaches our offspring some particular
things are more important or valuable than other particular things, the
extent to which
feeling a little like the cross product of (Vonnegut) Harrison Bergeron
and George Santos ?
On 6/1/23 12:07 PM, Sarbajit Roy wrote:
Hi Glen
In so far as the report of dropping the periodic table and evolution
from the Class 10 syllabus, it is essentially a question of Hindu
class and caste d
Thanks Steve, for reminding me of the Harrison Bergeron reference, very
apt, it's been a while since I read Vonnegut. (I didn't know who George
Santos is .. but now I know a bit about him).
In the meantime, green shoots emerge with the few remaining educated people
in Modi's party beginning to den
I vaguely remember some official saying that self-driving cars would be
outlawed in India, for fear it would take jobs away?
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Thanks Steve
At the present time the roads are mostly so bad and filled with pedestrians
and cows or camels darting about that self driving vehicles would be a
non-starter anyway.
I'm constantly amazed when I see Westerners in our capital New Delhi
crossing roads at pedestrian crossings (crosswalks) on their g
