Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Science category.
Why American kids don’t take up science & technology careers?
Filed in Science, Technology, Unsung Blogger.., May 1, 2009, 5:12 pm by SukumarUpdated 2 May 2009: Received some wisdom from twitterers – @Shogun1947 @priyraju @akumaran
Prolog
On my internal to company blog i had introduced a new idea a few months back – in the prolog section of every blog post, i provide a link to interesting posts i had read that week. To my surprise, this has become [...]
Building a Belief System Part 2 – What holds us back?
Filed in General Interest, Science, May 4, 2008, 5:54 am by SukumarUpdated May 11, 2008: Archana Raghuram joined the conversation with a nice book review of Phantoms in the Brain.
Prolog:
Last week we covered what the ultimate belief system would look like using Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit. Thank you all for the stimulating discussion. As i said in my previous post, i want to keep [...]
Building a belief system – Why do we believe what we believe?
Filed in General Interest, Science, April 27, 2008, 5:14 am by SukumarProlog:
Dharampal’s Beautiful Tree is a 457 page book. I have read it once before i did my last post. But for me to summarize the book accurately i need to read it at least 2 more times and i am in the middle of my 2nd pass. Meanwhile, i thought i will cover something that [...]
Alternative Medicine: Take 2
Filed in General Interest, Science, February 21, 2008, 11:27 am by Priya RajuIn my previous post, I had outlined some basic methods to distinguish good medicine from barking mad therapies. In this post, let’s dig deeper to see how the tricksters abuse science to confound lay-people.
Chain of Evidence
First, I have to debunk some ill-conceived notions about science & formal medicine. Science does not dismiss unproven healing methods, [...]
Crispy Dosas in the Microwave Oven
Filed in Food, Science, Uncategorized, February 17, 2008, 8:47 am by SujathaThis is a follow-up to Sukumar’s post on Why can’t you make toasted bread and crisp dosas in your microwave oven?
A week ago, I saw an ad on the television about a new microwave. Whirlpool India has introduced MagiCook 22C Grey 22Ltr Convection Microwave with a Micro Tawa option, which can make a Dosa, Pizza, Parathas [...]
