Tuesday, October 23, 2007

I think studying science is a good way to get into fields like history. The reason is, you learn what an argument means, you learn what evidence is, you learn what makes sense to postulate and when, what's going to be convincing. You internalize the modes of rational inquiry, which happen to be much more advanced in the sciences than anywhere else. On the other hand, applying relativity theory to history isn't going to get you anywhere. So - it's a mode of thinking

Chomsky

Sunday, October 21, 2007

If it is to be ; It is up to me.

One of my professors at IITB had this as an email signature.I just realised it is exactly 10 words of 2 letter each.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

What's the point of having a good intuition when life is counterintuitive ?