SCI-ART LAB
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A DIFFERENT VIEW on emotions
A DIFFERENT VIEW on emotionsQ: People share several videos on corporate honchos, celebrities and other successful people sharing their views on happiness and advising people on how to be happy . But should we really follow them? Krishna: Sorry for saying this but I have a different view on these…
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How do Hindus justify gods in the form of animals such as a monkey, cow, and elephant?
Q: How do Hindus justify gods in the form of animals such as a monkey, cow, and elephant, and do they actually believe this?Krishna: It doesn’t matter whether you believe in God or not. Whether you believe in monkey God or elephant God or not. Whether you believe Gods only in human forms or not.I…
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How would you differentiate between a scientist, an intellectual, and a rationalist?
Q: Are you a rationalist, Dr. Krishna?Q: How would you differentiate between a scientist, an intellectual, and a rationalist?Krishna: I am a scientist, not a mere rationalist.Rationalism is a philosophical view that knowledge comes from reason and logic, while scientists use the scientific method…
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I do what I like, what gives me satisfaction and what I think is right. Because I am a living being. That’s it.
Q: How can someone find meaning without believing in a god? Do you personally subscribe to nihilism or absurdism?Krishna: Meaning of what? Life?You just need a critical thinking mind for the right analyses. When you rationally and scientifically think, you will find that there is no need to have a…
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Your experience of the world is an illusion, created by your brain
An illusion is a false sense-impression of something.Your brain creates your perception of the world, which can be an illusion. Your experience of the world is false most of the time. Your brain fills in gaps. When there's incomplete information, your brain fills in the gaps with your memory or…
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Once a person is dead you can never meet or see him/her in the same form again. Ever!
Q: If you take your own life will you go to heaven and be with your loved one you lost?Krishna: Recently one actor in my city who was in love with another actress, though married and had a child, died by suicide because the actress lost her life in an accident. It seems the actor couldn’t bear the…
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What matters in the end?
Q: What really matters at the end of life?Krishna: What matters in the end?Some might say: To pass away in happiness without regret. To achieve something great.I can give hundreds of quotes on this topic and innumerable view points.To each his own!Now I want to ask the Q: Do some people really have…
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Parents, don't be selfish and spoil your children's lives
Q: I am a 27 year-old unmarried person. My parents and other family members are forcing me to get married to my cousin. My mother's health is not good and people are making that an issue to get me married soon. It seems my mother gave her word to her brother that she would make her niece her…
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I can never stop learning now!
Q: Have you tried to learn more about different kinds of sciences and/or topics even if they’re hard for you to learn?Image source: IstockKrishna: Yes, I did! Most of the…
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Thinking! Thinking?
Q: Do you like different feelings, thoughts and/or perspectives instead of only the same feelings, thoughts and/or perspectives as anybody?Krishna: Different feelings, thoughts and perspectives. That is how creativity originates!Divergent thinking is the opposite of convergent thinking and involves…
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