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by dharmach 12y ago
Must watch "Pom Poko (1994)", if you haven't already.
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by dharmach 12y ago
He was active in Indian Rationalist Association since long time and in 1990s he visited many villages exposing miracles. Only when he exposed Catholic miracle he got in trouble. It shows how much Catholic money and muscle power is capable i
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by dharmach 13y ago
Ultimately it all comes down to empathy and compassion. When your child, spouse, or parent is sick, you will not go and develop a tool for improving life of future generations. The people in scientific or innovation fields are rarely motiva
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by dharmach 13y ago
When I show moon, look at the moon, not at my finger (another quote).
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by dharmach 13y ago
Though one's nationality may be an accident and one can understand the futility of the pride, how can one ignore the way world treats people based on their nationality?
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by dharmach 13y ago
"Science fallacy": Anything coming from a scientist or a science/research group/organization becomes "scientifically proven" and therefore "the truth".
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by dharmach 13y ago
2001 title should have gone to OBL then.
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by dharmach 13y ago
Wealth is also perception based and circumstances based. The value of a product or a stock can be increased with the help of smart marketing. Does it mean the wealth has increased? Many entertainment product would lose the value if suddenly
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by dharmach 13y ago
Treating every country as your opponent does not help either. Each country trying to outdo others will only lead to increased hostility and distrust in the world. At least the countries in comfortable/powerful position can avoid operat
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by dharmach 13y ago
The book "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition" mentioned about the group not able to eat carbohydrate for months. They had only animal products available to survive. They complained about lack of stamin
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by dharmach 13y ago
Part of the issue is that many societies, even the ones in pretty comfortable position, operate on "survival mode" where power is perceived cool and having more is always better.
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by dharmach 13y ago
Not only that. Racial discrimination is also part of inter-national relations where countries alliance are based on race, religion and/or culture.
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by dharmach 13y ago
How China's pollution problem defers from that of US's or UK's, say 100 years back?
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by dharmach 13y ago
Poverty is not about who possesses more or less. It has more to do with how much you feel deprived, irrespective of how much you possess.
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by dharmach 13y ago
How a gun as a weapon of defense differs from a one used as a weapon of offense, from design perspective? Or there are no differences in design?
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by dharmach 13y ago
Being a fan of some Russian authors like Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Gorky and others, reading their books I got a glimpse of the Russian culture and society of that era. Would somebody suggest me similar type of authors from past Engli
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by dharmach 13y ago
That partly comes from the ignorant uncivilized outsiders calling India ignorant and uncivilized, at the least before the internet era.
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by dharmach 13y ago
There are things animals do and you don't and there are things you do and animals don't. Does not make much sense to say you would do something because animals are doing so.
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by dharmach 13y ago
there are 2 aspects: 1) health 2) compassion
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by dharmach 13y ago
The nation does not have money to support public health care but has enough to support public spying.
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by dharmach 13y ago
I also see many people nitpicking minor details to show that Mandela was not 100% peaceful and he talked about struggle. When you have nothing to complain to those aggressor and their violence, why complain that oppressed victim who has no
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by dharmach 13y ago
"The central thesis is that organizations have three types of employees: Sociopaths at the top. Clueless in the middle. Losers on the bottom." How about types of employers based on their attitude to employees? It's a two-way
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by dharmach 13y ago
Additionally IQ to understand different fields varies as well. One who is able to understand math quickly will not be able to understand language or emotions quickly. Even saying that one has higher IQ in math is not correct, one able in se
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by dharmach 13y ago
There is a simple solution: polygamy
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by dharmach 13y ago
Agree. I will start believing in their sincerity once they are able to control their insatiable greed for consumption.
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by dharmach 13y ago
Not directly relevant. Not required to add "ifs" and "buts" to each story.
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by dharmach 13y ago
Technological advancement is necessary for protecting India from international thugs (Please check the world history).
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by dharmach 13y ago
I have nothing against all the energy efficiency development however many articles display a tone that everything was going well before but now due to emerging countries we are facing this havoc. Pathetic.
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by dharmach 13y ago
When consuming resources and producing pollution, you do not remember this comparison. Besides, animals kill to eat, not to sell.
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by dharmach 13y ago
Agree. I do not mind surveillance so far it is applied to all - bar none, and all the data is available to everyone. When police and judge label me sinner, I should be able to see how saintly they have been and only those who never sinned c

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