RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Consciousness is, in essence, something that exists with its own identity. It may, therefore, be construed that it is distinct from all other objects, processes, energies and also realities the physics of consciousness would reveal. More so, because physicists do not mean anything that constitutes the substance — or, what is meant by the […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Comparisons are odious. But, comparisons are part of life. A cricket bat isn’t a bat without the willow for reference. Hence, the equation — a unique object, or organisation, halts assessment and comprehension, because it is singular. This explains for human aptitude to ‘inventing’ technologies. It’s not that animals don’t invent; they use […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Our mind is more than an advance — a mirror to life itself. It’s also far ahead of what René Descartes, the mediaeval philosopher, reasoned: “I think, therefore, I am.” We all know it — that within the world of matter is the body, even though our fundamental body goes beyond matter in […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR What has colour fluctuation in certain leaves got to do with the change of seasons? More than meets the eye and mind. The changes are collectively called biological rhythms — or, behavioural changes that may not be just passive responses to environmental variations. Such changes are driven by ‘endogenous oscillators,’ called biological clocks, […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The horrendous COVID-19 pandemic compelled us to realise that the most expensive things in life do not really bring profound happiness. Yet, the fact also is — blame it on our short-term memory — we are always drawn to them. It is rightly said that objects imitate life at the material level. In […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The quintessential discovery of hypnosis is attributed to Franz Anton Mesmer, MD, the ‘non-conformist’ 18th-century Viennese physician. Mesmer, it is now evidenced, used a method similar to modern hypnosis, or hypnotherapy, with the sole intention of removing neurotic symptoms. Mesmer discovered that when he applied magnets on some of his patients, their psychological […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Mathematics is abstract, objective and brusquely devoid of sentiment. Right? Wrong. Maths divulges to have the astonishing power to teaching us how things work and what the universe could reveal if we would only listen. It is agreed that mathematical tools cannot substitute for creative insights, but they can certainly provide fresh perspectives […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR There are two core branches of thinking: creative thinking and analytical thinking. Creative thinking pertains to thinking for new ideas and products — of seeing a new pattern of relationship between things that weren’t obvious before. This extends to finding new ways to expressing things and combining existing ideas to producing new and […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Language arises from our frame of reference: of how we position what we want to communicate. The deduction is apparent. If our chassis of referral is to become all the more efficient, our language needs to reflect that — like a mirror. The matrix of reference, in the past, was that of a […]
RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR It was Gavaskar De real master Just like a wall We couldn’t out Gavaskar at all… not at all You know the West Indies couldn’t out Gavaskar at all. — Lord Relator, calypso singer Watch/listen to the song on YouTube: https://shorturl.at/smUiq When Sunil Manohar Gavaskar was born on July 10, 1949, he was […]