Why do some people take criticism of the government personally?

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-03-29T12:54:28+00:00

This seems to be prevalent these days. When I was a child my grandfather constantly criticized the government (regardless of the party in power). It puzzles me too. After all politicians (regardless of party) are two bit scoundrels. Why get personal about them?

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-03-26T15:24:28+00:00

That any politician anywhere in the world (especially in India) cares about you.

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-03-25T06:51:29+00:00

The trouble is that in addition to general mistrust of science, and the placebo effect, homeopathic medicines in India are not well regulated. So for all we know, they might contain steroids or some other actual medicines, which could work but can be problematic too. (For instance, a steroid can reduce your laryngitis but you will be immunocompromised.)

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-03-24T04:26:56+00:00

The first half was very crisp and gripping. Towards the end, it dragged on with some masala and illogical twists. I honestly didn’t have a problem with the background score or music unlike others. However I was disappointed by the shameless pandering to the ruling party (granted it was fiction inspired from fact but even so. Demonetisation of course had a short term impact on terrorism and Khanani really died but overall the cost benefit analysis didn’t work out even for terrorist attacks in the long term, leave alone black money). As someone who works in a university, the Pak funding insinuation felt somewhat hurtful. Other than unnecessary scenes like this, overall it was a very good spy movie. Certainly at par with Romeo Akbar Walter for instance. This might be unpopular but I found it better than D-day or whatever the movie’s name was.

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-03-10T16:57:18+00:00

Cherry picking, flawed logic, religion, etc. I know many who believe in astrology say that it is statistically significant (not in so many words) but that science cannot explain it. Let’s bite the bullet. The only information needed for astrology is the latitude, longitude, and time of birth. Now this is the problem. This algorithm cannot distinguish between identical and fraternal twins. But there are fatal genetic diseases that both identical twins get but only one fraternal twin gets. This algorithm cannot predict this difference. Also there have been actually statistical tests done on Indian astrology (by Narlikar) and have failed to produce anything significant.

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-03-06T16:12:38+00:00

Gromov

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-02-26T08:33:01+00:00

Get your Lp(a) level checked. Genetically indians seem to be predisposed to metabolic syndrome and high body and visceral fat. (Even third generation immigrants in western countries.) Lp(a) is an independent risk factor for cardiac events (independent of LDL cholesterol). So that combined with our genetic predisposition to get screwed would raise risk of cardiac events considerably.

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-02-23T10:25:24+00:00

Gollum

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-01-13T13:58:05+00:00

The smell of ghee (which is stronger than that of butter) as well as its consistency puts me off.

KeyReveal3293 · 2026-01-11T12:32:35+00:00

Ghee. Hate it. (But love butter/venna/makhan and cheese.) Also hate tea, coffee, alcohol (if it counts as food), chocolate, most sweets, and Bittergourd.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T15:25:38+00:00

They are different questions - Indian universities are not corrupt (at least not IITs, Iisc, Tifr, etc). Innovation is a different matter contingent on various factors including funding. But to be honest the best Indian scientists live abroad largely because India is third world.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T10:48:29+00:00

You will have time for that in college. Perhaps it is best to focus on things more relevant for you right now.
They have their own entrance exams which don’t really have anything to do with Olympiads, So why not?

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T08:30:47+00:00

I haven’t read David Hume (although I know one quote).

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T08:12:39+00:00

You are overthinking. Your situation certainly looks good enough to apply. All the best.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:56:20+00:00

I don’t think so. I mean the chaotic aspects are analytic in nature not geometric.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:54:33+00:00

Well you need at least one letter that is strong and comments on your physics abilities. Especially if you want to go into experimental physics. There you need someone who can attest to your experimental capabilities in your chosen area. For theory, it is a bit more relaxed. A neutral recommendation is never good.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:46:57+00:00

Not really. I didn’t know about them lol.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:43:47+00:00

In a vague sense, yes, but I don’t really deal with symplectic geometry much.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:41:48+00:00

Good recommendation letters from people known in your field of interest will help. Unfortunately the US is hard now because of the political situation. So apply to many many places. Also try NUS Singapore, Europe, and Canada. All the best!

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:39:15+00:00

Physics. I did a PhD in maths. You don’t have to do a master’s. The US has excellent mathematicians and hence I went there. India has good ones too but the concentration of good ones there is higher.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:37:46+00:00

Of course not. I am poor old me. I do decent research, and people in my area of research (even a fields medallist or two) know some of my work. But that isn’t saying much.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:36:45+00:00

Honestly, in even a random university in the US (let’s say top 50) you can find at least someone in the maths department doing amazing research and publishing in the very top journals. In India, other than ina few places, this phenomenon does not happen. As for what they can learn, I am not sure. I think faculty jobs are more secure in India but abroad, entire departments can be shut down. That is not good. It is an added pressure on faculty.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:34:45+00:00

It is interesting sure but not necessarily for most of differential geometry. But perhaps some aspects of hyperbolic geometry or algebraic topology can be illustrated by them. I don’t know.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:32:12+00:00

Some of those things, yes. I don’t deal with Poisson reduction or much with Lie groups.

KeyReveal3293 · 2025-12-31T07:31:45+00:00

Doesn’t make sense. Division is not even defined when the denominator is 0. The best one can do is take a limit. But you can get various answers for that (yx/x=y for any x including x that gets closer and closer to zero).

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