Thinking in the age of AI“I think, therefore I am”, postulated Rene Descartes when confronted with the question of consciousness and the reality of existence…May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
The existential horror of the movie “Cube” and its enduring philosophical legacyIn Jean Paul-Sartre’s classic existential play “No Exit”, three characters are trapped inside a claustrophobic room, tormented by each…Jul 24, 2022Jul 24, 2022
Abbas Kiarostami’s “Taste of Cherry” and the philosophy of Albert Camus“There is only one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide”, said Albert Camus at the outset of his seminal essay The Myth…Sep 7, 2021Sep 7, 2021
Neuroscience and “Mary’s room”: a sneak-peek into consciousnessAs a student-neuroscientist, I study how the nervous system works and enables a conscious agent to remain functional in a constantly…Aug 2, 2021Aug 2, 2021
“The Turin Horse”: An allegory for our timesToday I watched Bela Tarr’s so-called final film The Turin Horse. I didn’t know anything about the Hungarian director and had only faintly…Jul 11, 2021Jul 11, 2021
Nihilism in the time of a pandemicI am writing this in the midst of a global pandemic — something that the world had not prepared for since 1918. Globally, there is an…Oct 14, 2020Oct 14, 2020
The Problem of Consciousness: A ReviewIn his 2003 Ted talk titled “The Illusion of Consciousness”, American philosopher Daniel Dennett talks about how most people are anchored…Jul 10, 2020Jul 10, 2020
Genome and the freedom of choice: a philosophical inquiryWhen we imagine life as a permutation of four letters that determine the functioning of every single organism on this planet, the idea of…Oct 12, 2018Oct 12, 2018
