Monthly Archives: June 2009

Testing our limits

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

I was watching The Day the Earth Stood Still the other day.  In the movie, the human race has been planned to be killed off by aliens because the aliens want to save Earth from the destruction the humans are causing to the planet. At one point, a certain idea was brought up that got [...]

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God Tussi Confusing Ho

Sunday, June 28, 2009

This summer, my grandmother is visiting from India, so my parents decided to get the Indian channels on TV. A few weeks ago, a movie called God Tussi Great Ho was on. An Indian twist on Bruce Almighty, it depicts Salman Khan as a very angry man who regards the constant stream of problems in [...]

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Emotions Ruling the Intellect

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The first thought that crossed my mind was of the chariot analogy in the Bhagavad-Gita when I read the article that stated that it was scientifically proven that the emotion rules the brain’s decisions.
Before reading this article, I always thought of decision making as an emotionless act. I thought to myself, “Why even bother [...]

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