The Indian government is increasing funding for Ayurveda and related traditional medicine research. Using data, history and common sense we try to answer what the bright and dark sides of both evidence-based modern medicine and Ayurveda are, and where policy makers should focus.
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.
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…
What is rationality? On one hand, we are sending human beings and rovers to mars using collective reasoning and on the other hand the same human species is stumbling over its own thoughts in daily life. As an example, many…
Introduction Let’s face it, when most people hear the words “scientific thinking,” they picture a serious scientist in a white coat, surrounded by test tubes and formulas or staring into the void of a microscope.Cold. Clinical. Detached. But reality is…
