A different prespective to Life

The Influential Mind by Prof  Tali Sharot Tali Sharot  is a P rofessor  of  cognitive neuroscience  in the department of Experimental Psychology at  University College London . This book is mainly about the fact that how we are influenced and how we can be heard or put our message across. We all been in arguments either directly with people, over the telephone or online. Be it on issues as complex as Brexit, Climate Change, Health Care, etc. That we found it difficult to change the opposing parties perspective or ideas. It is not that the facts are not there but we have been set in our ways and can be easily influenced by emotions and not facts. The author gave an example during the US Presidential debate between President Trump and Dr Ben Carlson a pediatric Neurosurgeon, the issue was on autism and vaccination. Trump was able to influence the debate and manipulate the emotional aspect of the audience brains. While  Dr Ben Carlson, j...

I just watched a short film on channel 4 about Brexit, the film did begin with a disclaimer  This drama is based on real events  and interviews with key people who were there Some aspects of dialogue, character and scenes have been devised for the purpose of dramatization With this disclaimer, the film has given itself the freedom to virtually lie or give a false picture because it serves "the purpose of  dramatization". The story begins with  Dominic Cummings (played by  Benedict Cumberbatch ) at what it seems to be post-Brexit  interviews looking for a new job , is the man who single-handedly ran the "Out" campaign, he  did appear arrogant and condescending when asked, how he would advise the firms he wanted to join and where did he see them in 5 or more years time. He was blunt and left the interviewers gobsmacked and told them frankly that they had failed to prepare for the future and unless they changed, they are likely to go...

Usually, I need not explain something bluntly apparent to some, but it might be the circles I find myself in. But, I realized that many people I know believe that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old. Hence, I find myself writing this reply... In 1650, Bishop James Ussher, who was Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland published in Latin " Annales Veteris Testamenti, a prima mundi origine deduction, una cum rerum Asiaticarum et Aegyptiacarum chronic, a temporis historici principio usque ad Maccabaicorum initia producto " ("Annals of the Old Testament, deduced from the first origins of the world, the chronicle of Asiatic and Egyptian matters together produced from the beginning of historical time up to the beginnings of  Maccabees "). The date of the world's creation was the 22nd of October, 4004 BC, at 6pm (according to the proleptic Julian Calendar). He was a prolific reader and had great depth of information,  ancient history, including the rise of the Persians, G...