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I will tackle one subject for now and lets use that as a baseline to see if what is being stated is complete gobbledykook or something that is poorly understood.

\> His speech on water having memory, deconstructed by a chemist here

This is the one I will tackle for now. The quoro link you gave talks about why this presumed IIT guy thinks water can't have memory and goes into structure of water molecules etc etc

here are some readings which suggests we are yet to understand the properties and structure of water well enough.

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EZ Water:  Water has three phases – gas, liquid, and solid; but findings from our laboratory imply the presence of a surprisingly extensive fourth phase that occurs at interfaces. The formal name for this fourth phase is exclusion-zone water, aka EZ water. This finding may have profound implication for chemistry, physics, and biology.

https://www.pollacklab.org/research

https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Phase-Water-Beyond-Liquid-ebook/dp/B00N2ASKF2

Professor Gerald Pollack is Founding Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal, WATER and is recognized as an international leader in science and engineering.

The University of Washington Faculty chose Pollack, in 2008, to receive their highest annual distinction: the Faculty Lecturer Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the coveted Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems. He has received an honorary doctorate from Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named an Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Foreign Member of the Srpska Academy. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He recently received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award for his work on water, and maintains an active laboratory in Seattle.Pollack is recognized worldwide as a dynamic speaker and a scientist willing to challenge any long-held dogma that does not fit the facts

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http://thewellnessproject.me/the-magical-properties-of-water-memory-and-consciousness/

Nobel Prize winner and virologist, Prof. Luc Montanier, succeeded in further continuing research to reveal that water contains the electrochemical properties of a substance, even after it is diluted, and has called this phenomenon “DNA Teleportation.” There are other German and Russian scientists that have also been studying the behavior of water in a similar fashion with the same results.

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and here is the reddit thread working hard to debunk the Nobel winner's findings claiming contaminants are the best explanation and not his hypothesis

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/f6fuo/dna_molecules_can_teleport_nobel_prize_winner/?limit=500

here is his actual paper with references at the end

https://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1012/1012.5166v1.pdf

taken from

http://www.sciencedebate.com/science-blog/reddit-takes-dna-teleportation-idea-nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier

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and a brief write up of an experiment from the Japanese guy( now dead) who got famous taking pictures of water molecules

https://www.masaru-emoto.net/en/science-of-messages-from-water/

referred to herehttps://whatthebleep.com/water-crystals/

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So as you can see there are enough indicators to suggest that there is something serious here to keep doing further research and understand it better. It requires people who think outside the box and are willing to risk challenging the establishment. That is surely not this presumed IIT guy on Quora who wants to follow only the beaten path.

Sadhguru's words on this water memory isn't linked anywhere here and if my memory serves me right it has been answered in context of people's questions. Questions like why do we sprinkle holy water in temples or when a new home is inaugurated, is Ganga jal holy etc etc.

He always answered truthfully to the extent of his knowledge and based on the audience. I haven't seen him state these views out of the blue when talking to verified scientists cause the subject never comes up.

I am happy to tackle the others tropes once this discussion dies down.

I didn't "shift" to anything. My commentary didn't take sides. I'm not "celebrating" anything either. I was agreeing with those claiming that India is dying. Read carefully.

I'm a patient man, but i'm not an educator. What i can do, is give you a few resources. If you want to learn about western foreign policy, feel free to read through the following books.

1. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0099448394/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
   
   
2. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Untold-History-United-States/dp/0091949319/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Untold+History+of+the+United+States&qid=1558296787&s=books&sr=1-1
   
   
3. https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Rulers-World-John-Pilger/dp/1784782114/ref=sr_1_1?crid=210IY0X9YH7V5&keywords=the+new+rulers+of+the+world&qid=1558296932&s=books&sprefix=the+new+rulers+of+%2Cstripbooks%2C376&sr=1-1
   
   
4. https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Thieves-Secrets-Shaping-Modern/dp/1846275857/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=The+History+Thieves%3A+Secrets%2C+Lies+and+the+Shaping+of+a+Modern+Nation&qid=1558297078&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmrnull
   
   They present a different perspective on western governments. I don't completely agree with their moral orientation, but they gave me a more balanced view of the world.
   
   Lastly, let me give you some advice. I'm only saying this because I like you. I like seeing young people getting involved in politics and holding strong opinions. I prefer a population of opinionated youth than politically apathetic youth. You're setting a good example. I actually like the Aam Aadmi Party.
   
   On the other hand, if you want to move further in the world of political debate - and i'm sure you will - you have to learn a few basic rules along the way. When you're talking to adults - in real life - you can't block them, you can't ban them, and you definitely can't label them as '< >' and then act like you won the argument. You have to convince them why you're right. And in order to convince others, you have to understand their point of view, instead of instinctively dismissing it.
   
   The strength of one's ideas isn't known until they're confronted with disagreement. You have to learn how to see the other side. You also have to learn how to disagree. If you don't learn this, you'll fail. All the seniors at NDTV, Ravish Kumar, Prannoy Roy, etc. are good at their jobs because they know what's being said on the other side of the fence. I'm sure they'll give you the same advice. I'm sure you don't wanna read scripts off a prompter for your entire career.
   
   BTW, i'm open to any debate. If you'd like to debate the question of whether democracy and secularism is most conducive to Indian prosperity, feel free to get me on skype, we can work something out. My only rule is that we speak English. Let me know if you're interested.

You underestimate what a bunch of motivated nerds with support from their friends and family can do. Science never has low hanging fruits, what's obvious to us now was the toughest thing for a person to imagine centuries ago. Further reading: Where Good Ideas Come From

SpaceX's first CTO used to design rocket engines as a teen. ISRO was started when India was way poorer than it is now. NASA had a motivated bunch of amateur hobbyists as the founding fathers of modern rocketry. As I said, general populace's interest leads to success and funding for innovation won't come until you capture the imagination of the people.

I'm sorry but China just copies, Japan has been forward looking for centuries and USA was founded by people who believed in doing things themselves and it still has that advantage today. Go back to history, they still had this deeply embedded in their respective societies before they were such behemoths.

As for R&D becomes valuable once a country has reached its peak, that's my point. The peak is only reachable once a lot of unsung heroes are given the freedom and helping hand by the society to work on making the country successful.

Agreed, if we praise Ashoka for embracing compassion and peace after the Kalinga War, we should also praise Akbar’s embrace of pluralism and syncreticism later in his life.


Not a fan of the Mughals in general but I think Akbar and Prince Muhammad Shikoh (Ironically Aurangzeb’s brother and rightful heir to the throne) were great Indians who had an overall positive impact on India. I often see too much blind hate on Muslims among the Indian right; and while I despise certain aspects of Islam and especially its overall impact on the subcontinent, there are definitely good aspects as well as amazing Muslims coming from the subcontinent.


Let’s not forget that Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was a deeply spiritual Muslim but Indian through and through. I can’t recommend his last book Transcendence enough as it does a great job of explaining the beauty of Hinduism and Islam as well as a real version of secularism/pluralism, not that BS peddled by the Indian left.

>ot differentiation/integration. And modern day calculus has expanded far beyond the rudimentary discoveries of Newton and Leibniz. They only provided the framework. You should give more credit instead to Cauchy, Lagrange, Riemann etc.

& in your mind does that weaken my point?

>Also, apparently, our OP, while conceding classical physics was developed in Europe, claims that quantum physics was actually discovered in ancient India. Which he has yet to show proof of.

i'm not making that point.
just saying that indian discovery was not non existent nor education system poor.
europeans had the wealth & relative security to make

>The Indian Golden Age really ended around 700-800 CE but I'll be generous and push it to 1200 CE. After that, innovation in math/science wise, the subcontinent continued to decline compared to Western Europe before taking the final nosedive in the 1800s. High GDP at the time was due to proto-industrialisation under Mughals and a large number of natural resources.

not at all.
the mongols only had hindusthan region under control, southern india was just as rich & continued to import in tonnes of silver & minerals due to their main export-fine cloth.
mongol rule was waning & there was a series of prolonged wars so of course that region may not have had as much money devoted to scientific endeavours but the region was still relatively rich nonetheless.
indian laborers were richer & worked less than their european counterparts in the 1800s.
industrialization occurred as per the needs of the region, europe had little resources & had to resort to coal whereas india had plenty of fuel sources still.
https://www.amazon.com/Why-Europe-Grew-Rich-Asia/dp/0521168244

Anyone who wants to learn more, please read Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh.

The introduction to the book reads-

I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.’

It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat’s Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution eluded the greatest minds in the world. In 1993, after years of secret toil, Englishman Andrew Wiles announced to an astounded audience that he had cracked Fermat’s Last Theorem. He had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead.In ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ Simon Singh has crafted a remarkable tale of intellectual endeavour spanning three centuries, and a moving testament to the obsession, sacrifice and extraordinary determination of Andrew Wiles: one man against all the odds.

I have this guitar. Like many others here I went aggressive while tuning and ting... string snapped. Happened after 3 months of purchasing it. After that I realized it's hard to change strings with the guitar head it has. I should have bought something with head like this one.

I'm good with A, D, E, G chords and can change between them now.

Tutorials I use are:

• justing This one is really good.
  
  
• For chords and strumming I check out videos from this channel.
  
  Took me ~5-6 months to get hold of aforementioned chords. Only weekends ~20-30 mins practise.
  
  Long way to go and become good. :)

Moreso than installing another OS, I'd really recommend getting an SSD as your 2011 PC almost certainly doesn't have one. You can get them for about 3000 bucks, install your OS and most frequently used programs on it and keep the hard drive for everything else.

SSD as a boot drive over your hard drive is the single greatest upgrade you can get for your computer.

As for GNU/Linux, good beginner distros are Ubuntu, Linux Mint (looks more like Windows), and Elementary OS (looks like MacOS).

1. Everytime you shower, use cold pressed coconut oil and oil your beard properly. If it's dense and long, use comb to straighten it first and then use your fingers to oil it properly.
   >Personal recommendation : Max Care Cold Pressed Virgin Coconut Oil
   
   
2. Once oiling is done, use hot water and towel and wash it off, dont use soap.
   
   
3. use a beard softner if your beard is like me rough and frizzy
   >Personal recommendation : MEN DESERVE BEARD SOFTENER
   
4. repeat the same at night during shower
   
   
5. Use small scissor to cut out long beard hairs which grow on the sideways. Do this every week.
   
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   Note :
   
   
6. Use facewash every 2 days not everyday if your beard is dry.
   
   
7. Use beard oil if you have money I have never used any
   
   
8. Optional : use some good aftershave everyday even if you dont shave, it makes the beard smell good
   >Personal Recommendation : Old Spice After Shave Lotion its classic, my dad used to wear it, i love it too

A harmonica for a two year old? She wouldn't know what to do with it. How about a couple of nice books instead? Little Blue Truck and Giraffes Can't Dance are both superb.

Or, like /u/genome_rants suggests, a nice xylophone.

Yeah this is the first time Im getting anything in these big billion deals lol. Still been using an ipone 5s.. What are you getting? Now Im trying to get the harman kardon speakers, hoping the price drops to 50% lol

https://www.amazon.in/Harman-Kardon-Aura-Studio-Black/dp/B073FSM4QR/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3JSP6426DXK89&keywords=harman+kardon&qid=1569689992&s=gateway&sprefix=harman+%2Caps%2C326&sr=8-3

these are cool af

> I see what you are getting at -

I'm unconvinced of arguments involving game theory and utilitarianism. Although, it's easy to latch on to them. Going down a path of "articulated objectivism" in a world dominated by new atheists touting Science as above morality and philosophizing, there isn't much else to fall back on. So I understand why one might want to base their arguments such.

My own break from this approach involved (1) reading "The Evolution of Cooperation", which is as Game Theory and Dawkins as it gets, with its thesis based almost entirely on computer simulation, then simultaneously reading (2) Greg Mankiw's piece on "When the Scientist is Also a Philosopher", which to me was largely an admission from a top Economist, then finally (3) reading Jonathan Haidt's "The Righteous Mind" that showed me the possibility of an entirely alternate perspective. Particularly impactful were his citing of Fehr & Gachter's Altruistic Punishment in Humans, his case about Kant and Bentham being autistic - implying they weren't socially capable of understanding how people actually functioned in social settings, and his takedown of the New Atheists including Dawkins.

> in part rhetorical :)

Yes, in part, the other part being sincerely open to being convinced otherwise :) .

> I think there is so much more that ails the legal system today

What do you believe ails the legal system?

To me, Dharma is at the least evolved for India, in comparison to Western canonical law. Dharma is still well embedded in our cultural consciousness, we grow up on stories involving Dharma. If you're thinking in terms of Schelling points, Dharma should be an obvious solution to many of India's societal woes. It is at the least far more intuitive for us Hindus. Western legalese on the other hand is mostly about being "technically correct" "as per the law". Maybe it works for the West, probably because it bakes in their Schelling points, but I don't see how it's good for India.

Of course I'm not suggesting overhauling legal vocabulary, but instead, dumping vocabulary altogether. Being technically correct is not the same as being correct. Subjective judgements should be acceptable. The Western legal system, for all its rhetoric about living "by the rule of law", never got around subjective judgement of judges.

On Dravidianism: I did a long thread on this once. Shared below. That perhaps sums up my thoughts on the subject - https://twitter.com/shrikanth_krish/status/1026967892125003776

In terms of new trends : I am not that close to TN politics. In general I see Tamil chauvinism declining, as it has over the past several decades. The secessionist impulse is mostly dead today, unlike in the 50s. The anti-brahminism which characterized the movement during its early phase is a non-issue today.

On India's economic growth: 5 Trillion I think requires 12% nominal growth over 5 years. I dont see that as an unreasonable goal. It can be achieved with 7-8% real growth sustained over 5 years. We haven't been too far away from that last several years. But to sustain 8% growth over a long period requires structural reforms, and a much healthier financial sector, which has been beset with NPA problems.

On a broader note, some questions have been raised on the reliability of GDP numbers, most recently by Arvind Subramanian, who found poor correlation between the growth numbers and key micro-economic indicators in specific industries. That requires more investigation I think

On history books: I am not that well read on the Aryan question. Much of the debate on that topic is politically motivated and unreliable. Also it is an evolving area what with new genetic research. I think Edwin Bryant had a good book on the origins of Vedic culture - https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Origins-Vedic-Culture-Indo-Aryan/dp/0195169476

I haven't read it, though I recommend Bryant based on some of his other work - especially on Patanjali Yoga Sutras and Bhagavata Purana

Sharing the link once again, read it. Quite insightful.

http://www.amazon.in/Why-Nations-Fail-Origins-Prosperity/dp/1846684307

Just to make clear that this is not a "theory" I made up based on my analysis or perspective of things.