Just like Astrology, this Numerology or the bogus idea of changing the first letter of your name, number of letters in your name, adding new letters to your name (or names of your new venture, movie, TV serial etc) to bring 'good...
Archive - October 2009
COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 8. Evolution of Chemical Complexity
How did life originate on Earth? Chemical or molecular evolution preceded the emergence of life. Under the influx of low-entropy energy from the....
Annual “Best Scientific Outlook Award” Ceremony And Rationalist Program
Organized by the Orissa Rationalist Association in Rourkela on 10 and 11 October, 2009
Euthanasia or Swechhamrityu : Let’s Be Practical Yaar!
We want to strengthen our campaign for legalizing Euthanasia in India. Seriously. Before that, I request all readers to go through the entire essay "Euthanasia or death-wish" available on this site.
Ayurveda Question, And A Story About Akhilesh Sharma
Ayurveda is a pseudoscience. This is not to say that one cannot study and establish the validity of specific claims made by practitioners, using the methods of modern science.
A Rational Approach to Understanding the Irrational Behavior of Indians
by Dr. Prabhakar Kamath
The Lies Begin: How Sai Baba’s Goons Are Distorting the Intent Behind Premanand’s Deathbed Declaration.
A few days ago we published a report on Basava Premanand's deathbed statement, in anticipation of the lies that usually follow the passing of great men of reason.
COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 7. Cosmic Evolution of Complexity
Our universe is believed to have begun with the Big Bang, 10-15 billion years ago. Its degree of complexity at and soon after was next to nil. Then why and how has the cosmic complexity gone on increasing?
Premanand – My Ideological Father
It would be difficult to call some one your ideological father- but not if that person were Premanand , you a budding young rationalist and that is what I was when I first met him.
A Defense of Non-Profit Activism in the Rationalism Movement.
This article is a response to Pankaj Kulkarni's article, Why Should Rationalists Have all the Fun?, in which he discusses monetizing the rationalism movement.