The Castle of Crossed DestiniesWhen does a story really become a story? Is it when the seed of an idea for the story takes over a storyteller’s mind? Is it through the…Jan 26, 20211Jan 26, 20211
Science vs PseudoscienceHow do you distinguish between science and pseudoscience? Karl Popper, a philosopher of science, thought hard about this problem, and…Jan 20, 20211Jan 20, 20211
Reflections on 2020During the first few weeks after the lockdown began and we all started settling down — in a manner of speaking— to deal with the new…Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021
Vitruvius who was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BCE asserted that any…Both Vitruvius and Sullivan made their observations about the structures of buildings primarily. But it should be obvious that they are…Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
[Representations] Talk 0: Wherefore RepresentationsIt’s taken a bit of time but I’m finally publishing the slides of my first “representations” talk. They are fairly comprehensive and self…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
Plagiarism AlertJust a while ago I came across something extremely bizarre and disturbing: the strangest case of plagiarism. Someone has parts of my PhD…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
ಇವನೊಬ್ಬ ಮನುಷ್ಯನೆ / If This is a ManI came across this hard hitting and timeless poem by Primo Levi. I couldn’t help but make an attempt to translate it into Kannada.Nov 29, 2020Nov 29, 2020
Core of a Tech Company: Good EngineersGood engineers are obsessive problem solvers. They want to solve hard problems. Harder the problem, greater the high they get.Nov 28, 2020Nov 28, 2020
[Talk Series: Representations] Talk 0: Wherefore representations?I had previously mentioned about a talk series. It’s happening starting this Sunday. Find details below.Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020
