Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the General Interest category.
Alternative Medicine: Take 2
Filed in General Interest,Science, February 21, 2008, 11:27 am by Priya RajuTweetIn 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 […]
The Real History of India – Part 5: IVC Religion & the Proto-Trinity
Filed in General Interest, February 19, 2008, 10:36 am by SukumarTweetProlog: When I started on this journey, i first looked at the Aryan Invasion Theory debates and had come across the Kurgan Hypothesis from Marija Gimbutas, a brilliant Anthropologist from Lithuania. As you know, i later switched strategies to look at the entire Neolithic plate and its mother goddess religion. Over the past few weeks, […]
Alternative Medicine: Take 1
Filed in General Interest,Science, February 15, 2008, 11:01 am by Priya RajuTweetTalking about oneself is crass solipsism at worst & a crashing bore at best. Be that as it may, I have to resort to some over-sharing – all for a good porpoise, I mean, purpose. Fear not, I won’t make this a meandering personal narrative. So, bear with me. Or not – At this mo’, […]
The Real History of India – Part 4: A new IVC Symbology for better decipherment
Filed in General Interest,Reviews, February 13, 2008, 7:29 pm by SukumarTweetUpdated Feb 16, 2008: Priya Raju suggested 2 more dimensions – food and attire to the framework. I have added them below. Prolog: I pointed to a seal in my previous post with a link to Parpola’s interpretation. He interpreted the lower part brilliantly as the Seven Sisters (Sapta Kannika) which is the “Pleaides”. And […]
The Real History of India – Part 3: Neolithic Supply Chain
Filed in General Interest, February 10, 2008, 3:48 am by SukumarTweetUpdated Feb 12, 2008: Ganesh and Karthik have raised excellent questions on methodology. I had included a segment on the methodology I used. You would have seen that part if you had read my post on Sunday. Later I took it out because the post was already way too long. Here is the methodology I […]
