Sanket PatilThe 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…3 min read·Jan 26, 2021--1--1
Sanket PatilScience vs PseudoscienceHow do you distinguish between science and pseudoscience? Karl Popper, a philosopher of science, thought hard about this problem, and…2 min read·Jan 20, 2021--1--1
Sanket PatilReflections 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…7 min read·Jan 1, 2021----
Sanket PatilVitruvius 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…2 min read·Dec 10, 2020----
Sanket Patil[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…1 min read·Dec 6, 2020----
Sanket PatilPlagiarism AlertJust a while ago I came across something extremely bizarre and disturbing: the strangest case of plagiarism. Someone has parts of my PhD…2 min read·Dec 6, 2020----
Sanket Patilಇವನೊಬ್ಬ 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.1 min read·Nov 29, 2020----
Sanket PatilCore 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.5 min read·Nov 28, 2020----
Sanket Patil[Talk Series: Representations] Talk 0: Wherefore representations?I had previously mentioned about a talk series. It’s happening starting this Sunday. Find details below.2 min read·Nov 19, 2020----