Aung San Suu Kyi is detained 4 more time! big surprise! i find this a joke that the western world, especially the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia who cry foul over suppression of democracy have mere words on this.
i wonder where the knight in the shining armour (read Bush) is. i don't understand why there's so much double standards when it comes to dealing with burma, sudan, zimbabwe as opposed to dealing with iraq and iran?
maybe, there's no oil there! right?
i feel awful with the mere words from the world community on this. ugh! the hypocracy.
even the msm like nyt, washington post etc. who normally would open the articles for comments by readers merely report this as just another non-event. shameful journalism.
i ended up posting this on my blog since i couldn't do so as i normally could on sites like nyt, washington post etc.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
philosophy
i remember having read this Problems in Philosophy: the Limits of Inquiry more than a year ago. i was impressed.
i liked the argument put forth in it, that humans might be limited by their cognitive closure explaining or resolving philosophical problems. more of my thoughts on this @ a later time.
ok, my thoughts now.
i think sentience was selected for its ability 2 solve immediate problems of survival and probably procreation @ a later time than solving philosophical problems. just consider this simple scenario, i can survive without thinking about philosophical problems, but i wouldn't be able 2 survive without food, clothing, shelter etc..
disclaimer:@ this point in time, i'm a believer in evolutionary theory but am willing 2 give this up if i find a more compelling theory in future.
i liked the argument put forth in it, that humans might be limited by their cognitive closure explaining or resolving philosophical problems. more of my thoughts on this @ a later time.
ok, my thoughts now.
i think sentience was selected for its ability 2 solve immediate problems of survival and probably procreation @ a later time than solving philosophical problems. just consider this simple scenario, i can survive without thinking about philosophical problems, but i wouldn't be able 2 survive without food, clothing, shelter etc..
disclaimer:@ this point in time, i'm a believer in evolutionary theory but am willing 2 give this up if i find a more compelling theory in future.
Monday, May 26, 2008
numismatics
while in mysore over the weekend of 24/25may2008, i was able 2 get my hands onto 5 coins. the guy hawking them was very talkative, to the piont where he claimed he knew a lil bit of french, italian, spanish, chinese and japanese! when i proded him 2 say something in spanish, i thought what i heard was french. :) anyways, the coins are: 
1.20 cents south african coin minted in 1996 with "AFERIKA BORWA" on what i think is the obverse
2.10 agorot israel coin, minted 1985 probably
3.10 cents of all places from sierra leone, 1964, with sir milton
margai on the obverse
now the next two, i cannot verify the authenticity yet.
4.left facing elephant on the obverse with perpendicular lines and dot in the center on the reverse. the guy claimed it was from the period of tipu sultan. needless to say, i'm yet to find a pic on the internet matching this one!
5.some arabic or urdu inscriptions one side and 2 in the middle of a circular pattern on the other. this was supposedly from the nawab of hyderabad times! i'm dissapointed to note that the coins i've seen online from that age have what looks like charminar on the obverse.
these last 2 coins have quite a bit of grime on them, so i'm in the process of cleaning them currently. i shall post what i find later.
1.20 cents south african coin minted in 1996 with "AFERIKA BORWA" on what i think is the obverse
2.10 agorot israel coin, minted 1985 probably
3.10 cents of all places from sierra leone, 1964, with sir milton
margai on the obversenow the next two, i cannot verify the authenticity yet.
4.left facing elephant on the obverse with perpendicular lines and dot in the center on the reverse. the guy claimed it was from the period of tipu sultan. needless to say, i'm yet to find a pic on the internet matching this one!
5.some arabic or urdu inscriptions one side and 2 in the middle of a circular pattern on the other. this was supposedly from the nawab of hyderabad times! i'm dissapointed to note that the coins i've seen online from that age have what looks like charminar on the obverse.
these last 2 coins have quite a bit of grime on them, so i'm in the process of cleaning them currently. i shall post what i find later.
Friday, May 23, 2008
philosophy
one of the works i've thoroughly enjoyed.
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Philosophy/axioms.php
note:if u want to read the original 60 page version, email me and i shall sent it over 2 u.
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Philosophy/axioms.php
note:if u want to read the original 60 page version, email me and i shall sent it over 2 u.
postAmericanWorld
stumbled on this http://www.newsweek.com/id/135380 via http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/default.aspx and my thoughts are below.
Posted By: amarMabbu @ 05/23/2008 2:16:34 AM
Comment: my observations and things 2 ponder:
1.would any other culture/country in america's shoes have done anything differently?
2.maybe one likes and seeks change as long as it is the other person doing it.
3.maybe this behaviour is more deeply engrained in the human genome that anyone/culture/country that rises 2 the top wants to remain there and try and put down others trying 2 claim that spot.
4.maybe it's the selfish interest of the genes that matters more than the ideology that arose from it.
Posted By: amarMabbu @ 05/23/2008 02:22:48
Comment: i want to give credits 2 the original page http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/default.aspx that brought me 2 this first chapter.alas, i wanted to post the above thoughts of mine on the tnr site, but couldn't do it 4 free.
Posted By: amarMabbu @ 05/23/2008 2:16:34 AM
Comment: my observations and things 2 ponder:
1.would any other culture/country in america's shoes have done anything differently?
2.maybe one likes and seeks change as long as it is the other person doing it.
3.maybe this behaviour is more deeply engrained in the human genome that anyone/culture/country that rises 2 the top wants to remain there and try and put down others trying 2 claim that spot.
4.maybe it's the selfish interest of the genes that matters more than the ideology that arose from it.
Posted By: amarMabbu @ 05/23/2008 02:22:48
Comment: i want to give credits 2 the original page http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/default.aspx that brought me 2 this first chapter.alas, i wanted to post the above thoughts of mine on the tnr site, but couldn't do it 4 free.
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