Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Cricket becomes interesting…
… once again!! A long long time ago, test cricket became boring. Not because of the run rates or the draws. But because one team beat everyone else, every God damn time. And then as it happens with everything else, the winds of change started blowing. McGrath, Warne, Langer and Gilchrist retired. About a year…
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Faith restored!
There are millions out there who want to believe in God, and profess their love for the religion. However, they have always looked for excuses to not profess their love and faith. The ghosts of 1999 will, hopefully, finally be buried. Yesterday, the God removed that final hurdle. Now those disbelievers will have no more…
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The Thomson Innovation Experience
We have started using the Thomson Innovation recently at work, and I must confess that I was hooked the first time I started working on in. The data coverage is good. A lot of nifty features, like combining Derwent with normal queries. However, now that I have used it for a while, I must say…
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Changes at workplace!!
Suddenly out of nowhere, we got an email yesterday about a session where we had to represent our group in a short session where we would have to speak on a common topic. Though the entire exercise seemed a lot of fun, the kind of work schedule I am facing did not make it a…
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The Numbers
Inspired by Misra’s post here. Applications Submitted – 5 Denied – None (yet) Interview Invites – 2 Interviewed – 2 Waiting for updates – 3 I have one dream school left, but I don’t know if I will apply. And anyway, with the current loan scene, I don’t know if I will be able to…
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