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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
Celebration of the First Images from a Remarkable New Telescope
On Monday earlier this week (June 23, 2025) I was lucky to be a specially invited guest to a “reveal party” by Stanford’s Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) as they unveiled their very first images from an … Continue reading
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India’s “Tesla” and a CEO to Rival Elon Musk
Is this really happening? In India of all places? I have to share an unbelievable story with you. (The Western media seldom reports such momentous developments from India, so it’s likely you haven’t heard about this). It is a … 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
India – An Unhappy Country!
A recent issue of the Economist magazine (March 27, 2019) has an interesting article titled, Economic Growth Does Not Guarantee Happiness. In this article the results of a self-reported Happiness Index are reported over the last ten years. The index goes … Continue reading
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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
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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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The Coming Welcome Extinction – Petroleum Cars!
I asked a dozen friends of mine when they think petrol-driven vehicles will disappear from the U. S. That’s right, when will 100% of all cars, buses, vans, trucks run on Electricity! The average answer I got was: in about … Continue reading
