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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823</id><updated>2024-03-13T08:53:30.232-07:00</updated><category term="Science"/><category term="time"/><category term="Intelligence"/><category term="language"/><category term="chemistry"/><category term="perception"/><category term="social behavior"/><category term="Intuition"/><category term="circadian clock"/><category term="communication"/><category term="evolution"/><category term="human evolution"/><category term="learning"/><category term="like-want"/><category term="scientific attitude"/><category term="Education"/><category term="Stress"/><category term="capabilites"/><category term="commerce"/><category term="crisis"/><category term="emerging markets"/><category term="emission"/><category term="emotions"/><category term="history"/><category term="inequality"/><category term="information processing"/><category term="media"/><category term="molecular"/><category term="nation building"/><category term="neurogenesis"/><category term="population"/><category term="religion"/><category term="social intelligence"/><category term="technology"/><title type='text'>Human Intelligence</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>42</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-7684411683099958516</id><published>2018-03-07T10:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2018-03-07T10:29:00.033-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Books to understand the programmer mindset</title><summary type="text">
  2. There is a clear difference in thinking between instructing myself to do something versus instructing a computer.&amp;nbsp; It is taking some practice and getting used to; infact practicing is the main tool and I am very happy with the progress.&amp;nbsp; The next best tool is to interact with programmers, which I am also doing, either in Matt Kleinsmith&#39;s bay area deeep learning meetup at USF or in the</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2018/03/books-to-understand-programmer-mindset.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/7684411683099958516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/7684411683099958516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2018/03/books-to-understand-programmer-mindset.html' title='Books to understand the programmer mindset'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-7457966876512194747</id><published>2018-02-01T17:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2018-02-10T09:08:02.448-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Working from the Terminal</title><summary type="text">
  3. The habit I am having to challenge every time I touch my laptop these days is to do my work using the command prompt at a terminal.&amp;nbsp;
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  12. My curiosity to apply machine learning methods to see what it looks like, when a computer starts doing some of the things I do professionally, keeps growing.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
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  21. dopamine levels peak - like gambling, addictive.
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  35. The IQ differences, while statistically significant, are not stunning -- on the order of 6 to 11 points -- and the data should not be used to stereotype or make assumptions about people..suggesting that religious and social </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2010/03/intelligence-and-social-behavior.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/3416414201295284262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/3416414201295284262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2010/03/intelligence-and-social-behavior.html' title='Intelligence and Social Behavior'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-6273217879084099919</id><published>2010-02-27T13:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T13:17:29.092-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Intelligence"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="technology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="time"/><title type='text'>Machines</title><summary type="text">Maybe, the reason we have such a hard time adapting to our machines as the instruments for controlling time, is that, our machines can&#39;t match our capabilities. &amp;nbsp;For example, one of the problems in machine learning is that, I can identify a picture of myself from a group of photos; a computer can&#39;t do that yet. &amp;nbsp;Its not so much that we do not like to conserve resources and maximize </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2010/02/machines.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/6273217879084099919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/6273217879084099919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2010/02/machines.html' title='Machines'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-2628355308916383377</id><published>2010-02-04T00:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T13:17:46.941-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="communication"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Intelligence"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Intuition"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="language"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Science"/><title type='text'>Fine arts for experimental science</title><summary type="text">Experimental researchers are all unique. &amp;nbsp;The problems are common, globally. &amp;nbsp;The broad structure of the solution is also common. &amp;nbsp;The way the solution is&amp;nbsp;conceived is for the major part universal (pretty much everybody adheres to the same physical laws). &amp;nbsp;But then, demonstrating the solution requires entering a lab.&amp;nbsp;
  36. The behavior of a person in the lab, depends on </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2010/02/fine-arts-for-experimental-science.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/2628355308916383377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/2628355308916383377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2010/02/fine-arts-for-experimental-science.html' title='Fine arts for experimental science'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-7103271651757557703</id><published>2010-01-16T23:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T13:18:40.654-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="human evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perception"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Stress"/><title type='text'>The sickness of not knowing, part 5</title><summary type="text">Last month during the holidays, I took a shuttle home from the airport and there was another passenger sitting at the back.&amp;nbsp; The driver must have been exposed to another foreign culture and was making comments about other drivers on the road, some of which could be funny.&amp;nbsp; This other passenger, kept laughing, at every instance the silence in the cab was disturbed.&amp;nbsp; Eventually it </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2010/01/sickness-of-not-knowing-part-5.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/7103271651757557703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/7103271651757557703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2010/01/sickness-of-not-knowing-part-5.html' title='The sickness of not knowing, part 5'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-6455877386030968449</id><published>2009-12-13T13:49:00.004-08:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T13:18:58.435-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Intelligence"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="social behavior"/><title type='text'>Minority creates knowledge, Majority generates intelligence</title><summary type="text">I was reading Weinstein&#39;s piece in NYT today, on Samuelson. &amp;nbsp;In the context of Samuelson&#39;s contribution to Kenyesian economic theory, the article points out that in the 1930&#39;s, when Keynes developed his ideas, world leaders could not cope with the great depression, whereas last year we were able to get it right:
  37. Back then, governments stood pat or made matters worse by trying to balance </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/12/minority-creates-knowledge-majority.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/6455877386030968449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/6455877386030968449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/12/minority-creates-knowledge-majority.html' title='Minority creates knowledge, Majority generates intelligence'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-7392223659663486245</id><published>2009-12-06T15:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T13:19:23.187-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="communication"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="language"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Science"/><title type='text'>Interpreting incomplete experiments</title><summary type="text">The graph here&amp;nbsp;is used by the authors of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;analysis to somehow predict that when 100% of humans become authors in 2013, we are better off. &amp;nbsp;If, 100 people read what I type, then I&#39;m an author because of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;viral characteristics of information propagation. &amp;nbsp;This definition allows the qualification of Twitters as authors; &amp;nbsp;not mere communicators. &amp;nbsp;</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/12/interpreting-incomplete-experiments.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/7392223659663486245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/7392223659663486245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/12/interpreting-incomplete-experiments.html' title='Interpreting incomplete experiments'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-8988345462467658</id><published>2009-11-22T23:10:00.008-08:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T13:19:56.446-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="capabilites"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="learning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="neurogenesis"/><title type='text'>the I in Me</title><summary type="text">In the wikipedia page on neurotrophins, there&#39;s a statement to the effect that adults have an enhanced capability to grow new neurons and synapses for about an year into a romantic relationship.
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  40. Neurogenesis would increase the capacity of our brain and thus the possibility of enhancing our capabilities.  We therefore either choose to enhance our capabilities and god gives us the extra neurons </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-in-me.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/8988345462467658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/8988345462467658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-in-me.html' title='the I in Me'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-4537930585279996116</id><published>2009-11-18T09:16:00.005-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T13:24:01.836-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="emotions"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="history"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="information processing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="language"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="molecular"/><title type='text'>comma ( , )</title><summary type="text">While trying to explore the molecular pathway of information processing, I was a little surprised to learn that we have tackled massive explosions of information throughout our evolutionary history and came out better-off.  I looked there to find some exclusivity; something in our history that will allow me to narrow down my thoughts.
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  43. Turns out, symbolic expression of certain emotions is even </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/11/comma.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4537930585279996116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4537930585279996116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/11/comma.html' title='comma ( , )'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-2000601004747418936</id><published>2009-10-27T09:02:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T13:25:35.410-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="emerging markets"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inequality"/><title type='text'>40% of us, here, don&#39;t believe in evolution.....</title><summary type="text">The third world, developing economies and now, emerging markets-have been used to describe the majority of the human population over a period of close to a century.  Classifying human population has various advantages and purposes.  But the one I like, is that as soon as we recognize an inequality, it automatically sets in the process of equalization.  The academic way to interpret this, that it </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/10/40-of-us-here-dont-believe-in-evolution.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/2000601004747418936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/2000601004747418936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/10/40-of-us-here-dont-believe-in-evolution.html' title='40% of us, here, don&#39;t believe in evolution.....'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-2110191083466941724</id><published>2009-09-27T19:46:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T13:27:10.794-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perception"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="time"/><title type='text'>The value of our used things</title><summary type="text">Every time I relocate, I find myself in this phase at the end of the packing process, where a miniscule remainder scattered over the apartment suddenly becomes an unmanageable, unending, way-too-much-crap kind of deal.  This then becomes the most tiring part of packing and moving. Everytime, I decide that next time I won&#39;t let this happen.
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  45. There are several things going on here.   First of all, </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/09/value-of-our-used-things.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/2110191083466941724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/2110191083466941724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/09/value-of-our-used-things.html' title='The value of our used things'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-4040497460235268712</id><published>2009-09-01T19:25:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T13:20:41.767-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perception"/><title type='text'>Perception</title><summary type="text">As kids, we used to race bicycles.  I like to remember that I was the fastest with a close second, but it really has been a while.  All of us had similar (bi)cycles, nothing fancy and we would randomly start racing, for example on or off our way to school or the soccerground.  And the process of proving the best was relentlessly repetitive.  I sort of remember figuring out that if I would extend </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/09/perception.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4040497460235268712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4040497460235268712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/09/perception.html' title='Perception'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-4076756009326924760</id><published>2009-09-01T05:07:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-01T05:10:32.529-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reclaimed water</title><summary type="text">I was wondering how the Hindus would feel about domestic reclaimed water.....</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/09/reclaimed-water.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4076756009326924760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4076756009326924760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/09/reclaimed-water.html' title='Reclaimed water'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-8487529037481501361</id><published>2009-08-25T23:22:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T13:21:35.137-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chemistry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="circadian clock"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="social behavior"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="time"/><title type='text'>Biological Clock, Happiness and Nations</title><summary type="text">I have been trying to construct the complete picture since my last post.  I think I&#39;ll just put down what I have so far, particularly encouraged by the comments on my previous post.
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  47. Happiness describes a personal experience; the perception and even the observation of an event varies among individuals.  However, the fact that we all use the same word(happiness) to describe something means that </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/biological-clock-happiness-and-nations.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/8487529037481501361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/8487529037481501361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/biological-clock-happiness-and-nations.html' title='Biological Clock, Happiness and Nations'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-9040116093841028902</id><published>2009-08-16T01:46:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T13:22:17.580-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chemistry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="human evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="time"/><title type='text'>Biological Clock and Happiness or some other word</title><summary type="text">I notice that I had used &#39;dislike&#39; at the very beginning and then while trying to link it to something observable, I used &#39;happiness&#39;.  This is significant because in the commentaries I had linked, &#39;want&#39; and &#39;like&#39; were used to describe the psychological state.  
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  49. For me, a psychological state is registered definitively when the term &#39;happy&#39; is used to describe it, while the experience described</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/biological-clock-and-happiness-or-some.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/9040116093841028902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/9040116093841028902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/biological-clock-and-happiness-or-some.html' title='Biological Clock and Happiness or some other word'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-702648422718865939</id><published>2009-08-11T04:07:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T07:08:47.344-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chemistry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="circadian clock"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="like-want"/><title type='text'>Biological Clock and Happiness</title><summary type="text">I think this biological clock keeps us together and lets us live as long as we do and therefore we fundamentally dislike it.  My guess is, it originates from the equilibrium time scales of the various chemical reactions of life or something of that sort.
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  51. The description of the happiest moments of our lives always, irrespective of country and culture,  come with a line to the effect that &#39;.....</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/biological-clock-and-happiness.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/702648422718865939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/702648422718865939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/biological-clock-and-happiness.html' title='Biological Clock and Happiness'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-3287757183161159077</id><published>2009-08-10T19:00:00.009-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T13:35:31.304-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="crisis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nation building"/><title type='text'>can It be done without a war....</title><summary type="text">Whats been missing from the whole scenario is wars.  I feel, India is trying to break loose off all its colonial residues but can&#39;t quite get there because of this lack of a Nationalistic feeling.  We do not really consider ourselves to be belonging to a single Nation.  We haven&#39;t really done anything together after the Independence movement.  I mean we do not feel it, like every moment of our </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/can-it-be-done-without-war.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/3287757183161159077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/3287757183161159077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/can-it-be-done-without-war.html' title='can It be done without a war....'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-4233567248332708962</id><published>2009-08-02T21:05:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T21:03:56.110-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A State for the Second Lifers</title><summary type="text">I can&#39;t stop laughing ever since I heard about this second life/Avatar/3D virtual world stuff last evening :) which probably means I&#39;ll be in there soon.  I was recently marveling at the blogger statistics from Calcutta; there&#39;s an incredibly large number of people blogging from here, most of it is like personal diaries and I guess some use it as their creative portfolio but in general women seem</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/state-for-second-lifers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4233567248332708962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4233567248332708962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/08/state-for-second-lifers.html' title='A State for the Second Lifers'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-4610517854205870188</id><published>2009-07-28T02:00:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T20:34:49.946-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Education"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Science"/><title type='text'>Let&#39;s start voting on policies</title><summary type="text">Reading policy reports is boring.  I read the Yash Pal committee report on higher education and research recently.  Basically because its, now.  There are a bunch of earlier reports available at the NIC portal.  A previous Radhakrishnan committee report outlines the historical development of our formal education system.  It started with recognizing the Madrasa system in Bengal for Islamic </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/07/democratic-reform-oxymoron.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4610517854205870188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/4610517854205870188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/07/democratic-reform-oxymoron.html' title='Let&#39;s start voting on policies'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-2926275461412093736</id><published>2009-07-23T21:45:00.011-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T13:38:27.063-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="commerce"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="like-want"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="media"/><title type='text'>Bankrupt Journalism</title><summary type="text">Machines that pollute our environment in Bengal, in the form of privately owned mass transport are staying away from the road today, perhaps indefinitely.  I love it, really.
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  53. I scanned two newspapers in the morning, Anandabazar Patrika in bengali and The Telegraph in english, and failed to find the word environmental pollution.  They call it their Bureau&#39;s reporting.  Its really the stuff of </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/07/bankrupt-journalism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/2926275461412093736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/2926275461412093736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/07/bankrupt-journalism.html' title='Bankrupt Journalism'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552145769678343823.post-3323097999725005066</id><published>2009-07-20T00:16:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T13:40:11.023-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="emission"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="population"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="time"/><title type='text'>per capita emissions - Convenient?</title><summary type="text">Due to industrial growth, India&#39;s energy consumption and thereby emission and pollution in general is increasing rapidly.  However, if you divide the absolute emissions by the population, the emission per capita is insignificant, compared to the rest of the world.
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  55. Anyone who is following the media already knows what our Minister of Environment and Forests Jayaram Ramesh&#39;s argument was.  What got</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/07/per-capita-emissions-convenient.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/3323097999725005066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552145769678343823/posts/default/3323097999725005066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shurjo.blogspot.com/2009/07/per-capita-emissions-convenient.html' title='per capita emissions - Convenient?'/><author><name>sandip</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03341903541330769968</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>

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