A medical test for a disease is 99% accurate. This means, If you have the disease, the test will say "Positive" 99% of the time. If you don't have the disease, the test will say "Negative" 99% of the time. The result comes back Positive. Should you panic given the fact that 1 in 1000 people actually has the disease?
While India celebrates the rise of unicorns and the "Startup India" revolution, the foundational engine of its $5 trillion economy, Deep Science is quietly being switched off. Discover why the neglect of basic science today could lead to a technological blackout tomorrow, and why fintech founders, investors, and policymakers must care about the people in the labs at 2 AM.
So many news, so much information - How do you know which claims are correct and which are not? If a newspaper writes an article starting 'A recent study said that' - should you believe the article? Carl Sagan gave a common man's toolkit to detect BS.
Did language evolve as a part of gradual evolution of human being or it just accidentally happened? Why did language remain puzzle to the experts in Neuroscience, Archeology, Evolutionary Psychology?
Throughout my life, whenever faced with a smart, intellectual-looking person with a greater depth in a subject compared to me but with a high dose of cynicism and rudeness, I have always assumed that smartness comes in a package- smart…
[Read Part 1] [Read Part 2] [Read Part 3] Modern psychology research has a WEIRD bias, relying heavily on participants from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic societies. Scientists long assumed that human minds everywhere work the same, but evidence shows WEIRD people are…
[Continued. Read Part 1] [Read Part 2] [Read Part 3] Modern psychology research has a WEIRD bias, relying heavily on participants from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic societies. Scientists long assumed that human minds everywhere work the same, but evidence…
