Category: Saturday with Budthu (SwB)

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Media Guide to Skepticism

Purpose: To provide a clear, easy-to-read guide about the “Skeptical” viewpoint as subscribed to by many who might call themselves Skeptics or critical thinkers; to distinguish practical Skepticism from the popular use of the phrase “I’m skeptical,” and from those who claim to be “skeptics” regarding some well-established...

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Science as a Tool of Democracy-Carl Sagan(Quest Sunday special reading)

“Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge… It can tell us when we’re being lied to. It provides a mid-course correction to our mistakes.” “Without science, democracy is impossible,” Bertrand Russell wrote in his foundational 1926 treatise on education and...

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Deceptive Spice Extract Offers Cautionary Tale for Chemists(Quest Sunday reading)

Inside the golden-yellow spice turmeric lurks a chemical deceiver: curcumin, a molecule that is widely touted as having medicinal activity, but which also gives false signals in drug screening tests. For years, chemists have urged caution about curcumin and other compounds that can mislead naive drug hunters.  Now,...

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Doubts about Deepak Chopra –

Has the holistic-health mogul overstated the health benefits of meditation and other spiritual practices? A key to Deepak Chopra’s success has been his monetization of spiritual practices and promotion of their health benefits. But has he crossed an ethical line by suggesting that meditation and other mind-practices can “heal”...

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swachh bharat-how to make it happen-from chalta hai to Kaam Chalu Mooh Bandh

The Ugly Indian is an anonymous collective that does not talk to media, wants no publicity and works with the motto – Only Work No Talk. However, they made an exception for TEDxBangalore so that they could open up the question of why we as Indians are okay...

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We Need to Teach Kids Creative Thinking-

“Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking,” says the professor and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss. “And therefore what I always think should be the basis of education is not answers but questions.” Transcript – Education is far less about a set...