KEYHOLE.
Keyhole.com..............................visit it...........download the exe file...the lite version would be prefferred ............install..........sit back and enjoy the trail for seven days...............loved it .........
Kudos to the ppl who developed this....and thanks to google.
adios
viki
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Philosophy of Ignorance
I came across this piece of literature few months back.....i think it has lot to tell. Its called "Philosophy of Ignorance" and was penned by Richard Feynman. And it goes like this.
When the scientist tells you he does not know the answer, he is an ignorant man. When he tells you he has a hunch about how it is going to work, he is uncertain about it. When he is pretty sure of how it is going to work, and he tells you, "This is the way it is going to work, I'll bet," he still is in some doubt. And it is of paramount importance, in order to make progress, that we recognize this ignorance and this doubt. Because we have the doubt, we then propose looking in new directions for new ideas. The rate of the development of science is not the rate at which you make observations alone but, much more important, the rate at which you create new things to test.
If we were not able or did not desire to look in any new direction, if we did not have a doubt or recognize ignorance, we would not get any new ideas. There would be nothing worth checking, because we would know what is true. So what we call scientific knowledge today is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty. Some of them are most unsure; some of them are nearly sure; but none is absolutely certain. Scientists are used to this. We know that it is consistent to be able to live and not know. Some people say, "How can you live without knowing?" I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know.
This freedom of doubt is an important matter in the sciences and, I believe, in other fields. It was born of a struggle. It was a struggle to be permitted to doubt, to be unsure. And I do not want us to forget the importance of the struggle and, by default, to let the thing fall away. I feel a responsibility as a scientist who knows the great value of a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, and the progress made possible by such a philosophy, progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought. I feel a responsibility to proclaim the value of this freedom and to teach that doubt is not to be feared, but that it is to be welcomed as the possibility of a new potential for human beings. If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generations."
I came across this piece of literature few months back.....i think it has lot to tell. Its called "Philosophy of Ignorance" and was penned by Richard Feynman. And it goes like this.
When the scientist tells you he does not know the answer, he is an ignorant man. When he tells you he has a hunch about how it is going to work, he is uncertain about it. When he is pretty sure of how it is going to work, and he tells you, "This is the way it is going to work, I'll bet," he still is in some doubt. And it is of paramount importance, in order to make progress, that we recognize this ignorance and this doubt. Because we have the doubt, we then propose looking in new directions for new ideas. The rate of the development of science is not the rate at which you make observations alone but, much more important, the rate at which you create new things to test.
If we were not able or did not desire to look in any new direction, if we did not have a doubt or recognize ignorance, we would not get any new ideas. There would be nothing worth checking, because we would know what is true. So what we call scientific knowledge today is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty. Some of them are most unsure; some of them are nearly sure; but none is absolutely certain. Scientists are used to this. We know that it is consistent to be able to live and not know. Some people say, "How can you live without knowing?" I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know.
This freedom of doubt is an important matter in the sciences and, I believe, in other fields. It was born of a struggle. It was a struggle to be permitted to doubt, to be unsure. And I do not want us to forget the importance of the struggle and, by default, to let the thing fall away. I feel a responsibility as a scientist who knows the great value of a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, and the progress made possible by such a philosophy, progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought. I feel a responsibility to proclaim the value of this freedom and to teach that doubt is not to be feared, but that it is to be welcomed as the possibility of a new potential for human beings. If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generations."
Sunday, January 16, 2005
WOW WOW WOW.......................
Thats how i discribe my experience at the recently concluded Mumbai Marathon.
Half Marathon : 3 Hrs ......Phew....and it was exhausting......but the experience was amazing.
A small boy, A blind Man, A dog, Dabah wala and everybody from different aspects of life were present.
time to leave
adios
viki
Thats how i discribe my experience at the recently concluded Mumbai Marathon.
Half Marathon : 3 Hrs ......Phew....and it was exhausting......but the experience was amazing.
A small boy, A blind Man, A dog, Dabah wala and everybody from different aspects of life were present.
time to leave
adios
viki
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Phew........25 years on this planet.
The technology is so slow.....when i am gonna move on to a new one......
Any ways thanks to all those who wished me.....
Ved
Prachal
Nitin T
Neeta
Nisha
Sandeep
indrajeet
Manoj
Arpita.....and all the rest...the list goes on....but these were the early birds
adios
viki
The technology is so slow.....when i am gonna move on to a new one......
Any ways thanks to all those who wished me.....
Ved
Prachal
Nitin T
Neeta
Nisha
Sandeep
indrajeet
Manoj
Arpita.....and all the rest...the list goes on....but these were the early birds
adios
viki
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Hmmm........ Well its a long time since i am actually blogging...
well to start off .....one of my friend got married....well i had actuallty forgotten about this whole marriage, thanks to belly for uploading the pics...belly has become the goody goody boy of this group, always pumping the group up.
And And And....welcome ghiv to dombivli.
adios
viki
well to start off .....one of my friend got married....well i had actuallty forgotten about this whole marriage, thanks to belly for uploading the pics...belly has become the goody goody boy of this group, always pumping the group up.
And And And....welcome ghiv to dombivli.
adios
viki
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Doctrine of Karma
1. Any cause will produce an effect in future
2. An effect in present must have a cause in future
3. An effect returns to the source of cause
4. Like cause like effect
5. Every cause will produce its own effect and there is no mutual cancellation.
NOw thats why i love the word Karma................karmaa@gmail.com
viki
1. Any cause will produce an effect in future
2. An effect in present must have a cause in future
3. An effect returns to the source of cause
4. Like cause like effect
5. Every cause will produce its own effect and there is no mutual cancellation.
NOw thats why i love the word Karma................karmaa@gmail.com
viki
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)