Category: Freethought

Fermi Paradox: Where Are All the Aliens ?!

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered if we are alone in the universe? If so, you are not the only one. The Fermi Paradox is a question that has puzzled scientists and astronomers for decades. In essence, it asks why we have not yet observed any evidence of extra-terrestrial life …

riot after riot

This attempts to show that in India there has been periodic, systemic pogroms of minorities with widespread tacit support of the state and the majority Hindu population. In India, these pogroms are euphemistically called ‘riots’. Upper Caste(UC) Hindus in India have imagined historic grievances about excesses by the Muslim rulers in the past 1000 years …

‘God did it!’ approach to the Universe and its mysteries

I’ve noticed a lot of people somehow see God as a “magical default.” That is, unless there is no natural explanation available for a phenomenon OR even if all the evidence in the world is available for a naturalistic explanation, but they are either unaware of it or never really understood it is simply assumed …

Astrology is NOT science!

I have come across a shockingly high number of reasonably educated and intelligent Indians who happen to buy into the belief that ‘astrology is a science’. This article hopes to show otherwise. Last night this was thrown at me again. I am tired of going over the same thing over and over again so from …