RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Symmetry is not just a word; it is a concept like harmony. It not only attracts our visual sense; it also plays a major role in our sense of beauty. It holds a paradox too. Perfect symmetry, for instance, is often repetitive and predictable, although our minds favour surprises. This explains why we […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR When his father first showed Albert Einstein, the greatest of theoretical physicists, a receptacle compass, it was like what the falling apple was to his illustrious scientific ‘forebear’ Sir Isaac Newton. Einstein was barely five years old, but he felt an indescribable experience — his mind lit up with the gadget, in a […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR You know it. That’s great — being thin is the best element you could have on their CV. Wait a minute. You may be wrong. Because, when you look around and ‘picture’ successful people with big waistlines, you’d possibly know the truth. Big waistlines represent good fortune and prosperity. The longer the belt, […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The mind isn’t sufficiently adept in understanding how it works, although it can through our experience understand the self, as also consciousness. It can, likewise, experience a state of ‘no-self’ and also ‘no-consciousness.’ This is because the mind can hold on to any condition it creates, or makes possible. When the mind thinks […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The philosopher Aristotle thought of a fundamental political unit, or ‘polis,’ as a state having both authoritative control and a civil society of organised communities with varying degrees of congregating interests. His political theory does not reflect the idea that the ‘polis’ should possess the essential stamp of approval alongside a framework trespassing […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Burrhus Frederic Skinner was a pioneering, also provocative, psychologist. His work led to the emergence of a new understanding of human behaviour while changing the contexts of how society viewed everything from penitentiaries to childcare. Skinner deliberated that free will was an illusion and that all our actions were a result of conditioning […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR It was Nicholas Copernicus who first proposed, in 1853, that the earth was not the centre of the universe, but it, in fact, revolved around the sun. It took over a century for the idea to sink in — a gradual and rather agonising transformation. The Darwinian perestroika has been no different, notwithstanding […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Plato was the first philosopher to resolve, or settle, a dualistic premise — the body-soul construct in ancient thought. He believed that the soul was immortal and distinct from the body, although he elevated the metaphysical ‘fencepost’ for its credence. He believed the soul was also perpetual. He suggested that the soul doesn’t […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The Chinese have, for long, created a perestroika of sorts. They use acupuncture for stroke victims, among other conditions. The big question. What makes such a ‘needle-centric’ therapy so unique, effective and, sometimes, a wonder to modern scientific thought? Wait a moment. Acupuncture, defined as a go-between orthodox and fringe medicine, is a method […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The fact is — there is more to intelligence than what meets the mind, eye, or the ear. This is because the whole fulcrum of noted psychologist Daniel Goleman’s articulation for emotional intelligence [EI] highlights a perceptively original synthesis of research with insights into the brain architecture that propels our emotions and rationality, […]