Long back, we achieved the dubious distinction of having lower attention spans (7-8 seconds) than that of a goldfish (9 seconds). The poor goldfish attracted some unwanted publicity here. Attention spans are important for students and communicators. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is only one of the many problems we face today. Commercially, content creators need … Continue reading Shrinking attentions spans – Less than a goldfish
Dear Creator, I convey deep gratitude for assigning citizenship to a planet you own. I enjoy discovering different facets of being human and observing other species. At the same time, my ignorance of history, geography and the philosophy of creating different worlds haunts me. There are many societies on this planet inhabited by different living … Continue reading A Letter to the Creator
Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Blaise Pascal ROLE OF BELIEF I wonder if certain … Continue reading Death
I’m not much of a TV watcher. But from whatever little I do, what irks me most are celebrities endorsing harmful products. Almost every actor worth his stardom is endorsing some online game with a disclaimer “Addiction can cause financial losses. Play responsibly.” It is a disease that will destroy the financial wellness of idle … Continue reading Commercial breaks
I will take off from the point I ended my last piece on cats. I said, FM wanted to be with me. FM is back. I had decided to get a dog at a late stage in life so that the darling lives as long as I live. The separations I’d suffered of Chappy, my … Continue reading Aria
We used to feed a stray cat, Kitty, who loved to spend long hours on our couch or carpet. I learned that cats can trust when she delivered under our bed and made us parents. We were busy raising three kittens for the next five months, and each one of them taught us a different … Continue reading Hunter, FM and Chhotu
This is an AI-generated story. I reproduce verbatim 🙂 Neutron stars are the remnants of massive stars that have collapsed under their gravity. They are so dense that a teaspoon of their matter would weigh billions of tons. They are also so small that they can fit inside a city, but spin faster than a … Continue reading Neutron Stars – Pauli’s Exclusion Principle
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I am the lucky one from all sides of the family, in not being diabetic. My mother had osteoporosis and suffered from a lot of pain, but no hypertension or diabetes in 82 years. I’m inclined to believe that these two health issues will not affect me. However, my three sisters-in-law (who are all diabetics) … Continue reading Not a diabetic
Today, I attended a webinar where the author of Rising Together, Sally Helgesen was the keynote speaker. She repeated her formula for success Success = Capability + Visibility + Connections It makes me wonder if anti-matter appears to be the loser for being invisible, despite having the capability and connections. And the connections to matter … Continue reading Anti-matter
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