The Social Mind
The ongoing clashes among people based on social and political ideologies are based on different moral stances that prioritize some moral principles while ignoring the rest. The well-known right- and left-wing debates are based on...
Read MoreSemantic Logic and Numbers
All over Vedic philosophy, the term “non-difference” is employed to describe reality. In Vedānta, this idea is called abheda (non-different). In Smriti, the same idea is called advaya (non-dual). In Sāñkhya, the same concept is...
Read MoreProtein Folding Structures
The study of chemistry today rests on the idea that two opposite charges attract, and similar charges repel. Let’s call that idea “opposites attract” for simplicity. But is this the only way that complex structures are produced in...
Read MoreHistory and Transmigration
The modern study of history suffers from many issues. First, it views time as linear progress when time is actually discontinuous, cyclical, and hierarchical. Hierarchical means that there are shorter-term trends within...
Read MoreWhy Do Things Have Genders?
In nearly all world languages (English being an exception), ordinary things are assigned genders. For example, in Hindi, a table and a bed are masculine while a chair and a wardrobe are feminine. Apples in German (Apfel) are...
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