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Looking for Gravity’s Fingerprint on the Oldest Light
Some experiences rearrange the furniture in your head. My recent visit to KIPAC, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford, was one of them. I was invited by Zeeshan Ahmed (he goes by Zeesh), … Continue reading
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Andhra’s quiet agricultural revolution: Saving our planet from the scourge of climate change
In 1970 Norman Borlaug, an American agronomist, received the Nobel Peace Prize for his central role in the Green Revolution. His crop lines and intensive agriculture methods spurred an enormous increase in grain production (especially wheat and rice) and saved … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Green Energy, India, Innovation, Investing, Science
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Artificial Intelligence and Humanity’s Last Exam
For many in the Field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) the holy grail is the development of human-like Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI. This is postulated to be the level of AI where the machine can show human intelligence, not just … Continue reading
Amazing Good News from India on the COVID Front!
There is amazing news from India! Good news from India is remarkably scarce of late, particularly in the Western media which is continuously bewildered by the superficial chaos of a very, very messy democracy with rampant, visible poverty, noisy sectarian … Continue reading
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How Will We Pay for It? Modern Monetary Theory and the Deficit Myth
Modern Monetary Theory and the Deficit Myth There is a fascinating new economic insight emerging that is changing the debate over government spending and “deficits”. It’s called Modern Monetary Theory and one of its vocal proponents is Stephanie Kelton, who … Continue reading
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Did a Huge Volcano in India Help kill off the Dinosaurs? A Fun Journey to Search for the Answer!
In December I got a phone call from a friend, Mark Richards, inviting me to join a small team of researchers on a trip to India. He said we would be looking for clues to the mystery of the … Continue reading
Modern Day Physics and the Vedic Hymn of Creation
I ran into Andrei Linde a couple of weeks ago at the Breakthrough Awards* Symposium at Berkeley and engaged with him in a fascinating debate at dinner afterwards. Andrei Linde is a world renowned Theoretical Physicist and Professor of … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmology, Education, Evolution, Fun, Innovation, Math, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Uncategorized, Whimsy
Tagged Creation, Creation Hymn, Physics, Quantum, Vedas
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A Magical Journey into Imagination, Art, Math and Whimsy!
Last Sunday (November 19, 2017) we entered through the beautiful blue steel gates of the Eames house in Sonoma County and were immediately transformed into the magic of Charles and Ray Eames’ world of art, function, mathematics and whimsy. … Continue reading
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A Solar Singularity is Here – Expect Extreme Disruption
A solar singularity is in the making and it will cause a giant explosion in the energy world. What is a singularity? In the simplest terms it is a paradigm shift or a phase change. It completely transforms a given … Continue reading
Are Cars Hardware or Software?
The Exponential Organization In their book, BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World, Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler talk about the concept of “Exponential Companies”. These are amazing organizations that can grow from concept to billion-dollar disrupters … Continue reading
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