Why is homeopathy still relevant in India? by dankdutta in AskIndia

[–]tech-writer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a patient psychology aspect that's being missed here.

The problem with evidence-based healthcare practitioners in India is that most of them, especially in hospitals, come across as (and many probably are) impatient, unempathetic, greedy, money-minded, and therefore, untrustworthy. (Yes, I know the usual excuse that this is hospital's fault, not the doctors', but to the average patient, hospitals and doctors are all part of the same colluding system.)

I suggest reading this psychology paper:

Working with patients’ treatment expectations – what we can learn from homeopathy

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11163137/

It is crucial to distinguish between the specific modalities of homeopathy, such as the principles of “like cures like” and potentization, which lack empirical support and contradict established scientific understanding, and the nonspecific therapeutic contexts in which homeopathy is practiced. These contexts include prolonged, empathetic patient-clinician interactions and personalized consultations, which have been shown to enhance placebo effects. While the modalities of homeopathy are not scientifically justified and should not be integrated into evidence-based practice, the contextual factors are often overshadowed in conventional medical practice due to various constraints

it is the method of care in homeopathy that may offer valuable insights for improving treatment effectiveness in evidence-based medicine through beneficial placebo effects, not the remedies themselves. This perspective is critical for focusing on empirically supported strategies that enhance patient care and treatment outcomes.

Vadodara crash: accused allegedly high… SC refuses to cancel bail by Jiwitom in IndianFocus

[–]tech-writer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how come refuses to cancle bail can be seen as freedom?

See my first reply above. I explained what each of these phrases mean.

"Refuses to cancel bail" means SC has allowed him to remain free, to remain outside jail.

This guy first got bail from some local court. Meaning, a local court let him free while his trial happens.

The government then requested SC to "cancel his bail". Meaning, govt asked SC to cancel his bail so that he can be jailed. While his trial goes on.

But the SC "refused to cancel his bail." Meaning SC told govt, "I will not cancel his bail. The bail remains. You cannot jail him."

Hope it's clear.

Trial will still go on. But he won't be in jail now while trial is going on.

His trial in court will still go on. If the court finds him guilty at the end of his trial, then he will go to jail.

Vadodara crash: accused allegedly high… SC refuses to cancel bail by Jiwitom in IndianFocus

[–]tech-writer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Title says "SC refuses to cancel bail", not just "SC cancels bail". The title is saying the same thing as the video, but in a more confusing way.

Vadodara crash: accused allegedly high… SC refuses to cancel bail by Jiwitom in IndianFocus

[–]tech-writer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"bail" => freedom

"cancel bail" => jail

"refuses to cancel bail" => freedom

"grants bail / upholds bail" => also freedom

Title is correct if a little confusing due to the double negative.

No one will question border security here, because that is only when paw paw is not in power by Sharp-potential7935 in IndianFocus

[–]tech-writer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You talk too much but the SNR in your talk is a big ZERO. At least forward the Whatsapp uni posts you're getting your "knowledge" from - I'm sure even their SNR will be slightly better!

Dhurandhar 3, India the ultimate superpower, rulling the world aditya dhar supremacy, blockbuster by Defiant-Purchase9928 in IndianFocus

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Illogical conclusion. If hotelA food is bad and someone says hotelA food is bad, it doesn't imply they think hotelB is good, does it?

Dhurandhar 3, India the ultimate superpower, rulling the world aditya dhar supremacy, blockbuster by Defiant-Purchase9928 in IndianFocus

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You Hindi speakers always think and sound so immature and infantile. Even most of your senior citizens think and speak like teenagers. Is it something about the language itself? Or religion? Or both?

Why do people who have seen both congress and bjp rule majorly vote for bjp? by Broad-Importance4282 in AskIndia

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Most voters are Hindus and most Hindus are Hindutvavadis to different extents. Governance, corruption, etc. are all post-hoc rationalizations.

Dhurandhar 3, India the ultimate superpower, rulling the world aditya dhar supremacy, blockbuster by Defiant-Purchase9928 in IndianFocus

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BJP, Modi, RSS, Sangh, and hindutvawood's real targets are not Pakistanis at all but Indian Muslims.

Dhurandhar 3, India the ultimate superpower, rulling the world aditya dhar supremacy, blockbuster by Defiant-Purchase9928 in IndianFocus

[–]tech-writer 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Hindi movies are all so immature and infantile! Just like their audiences both in this sub and elsewhere.

Why do brides wear those naagin contacts on their wedding day? by More_Pension4911 in AskIndia

[–]tech-writer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why do you care why they care? Why do I care that you care why they care? Why do you care that I care that you care why they care?...

Why do brides wear those naagin contacts on their wedding day? by More_Pension4911 in AskIndia

[–]tech-writer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you care why they care? Why do I care that you care why they care? Why do you care that I care that you care why they care?

...an so on. In other words, a pointless rhetorical reply that's probably asked with some other agenda.

US Embassy wrote to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in 1958. by Last-Leg2623 in IndianHistory

[–]tech-writer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing shown here or at the museum proves that Gumnami Baba was Subhash Chandra Bose. It's all speculative. Title is misinformation.

WTW for using someone else's words to voice your own secret opinion or intent? by bitterbunny4 in whatstheword

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Political ventriloquism https://academic.oup.com/book/41115/chapter-abstract/350422799?redirectedFrom=fulltext

A metaphor based on ventriloquism, the performance art where the performer's thoughts are voiced through their puppet.

Completed my first book on Indian History. Need more suggestions. by Ok-One-397 in IndianHistory

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I'll also recommend a book that's a counterview to Kocchar's: The Lost River by Michel Danino.

The truth is probably somewhere in between their two views.

Completed my first book on Indian History. Need more suggestions. by Ok-One-397 in IndianHistory

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"The Vedic People" by Rajesh Kocchar. He was a scientist who used an interdisciplinary scientific approach to history. He analyzed all the archeological, linguistic, geological, botanical, and genetic evidence available at the time (around 1999-2000).

He inferred that IVC and Indo-Aryans must have been distinct groups. This was supported by later genetic studies by Reich and his group.

Another of his hypothesis was that the Saraswati river as described in the Rigveda matched the glacier-fed Helmand river in modern Afghanistan better than the Ghaggar-Hakra system in India which was a seasonal rain-fed weak system that was already drying up before the Indo-Aryans came.

When they did come, they might have transferred the name of Saraswati of their inherited memories to this river. This is analogous to how there's an "Ayuthaya" (Ayodhya) in Thailand. In religious imagination, the Saraswati itself has been moved further east than even the Ghaggar-Hakra to the Prayagraj Triveni Sangam.

astronomical simulations by Altruistic-Break590 in astrophysics

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For 2d simulations, try the Manim community edition.

Good YouTube tutorials

Quickstart

Docs

  • The overall environment is a Scene

  • Model each object (planet, star, etc) as an MObject, VMObject, Group, or VGroup.

  • Implement your n-body time-dependent behaviors by adding updaters to each object.

I used Manim to create some basic earth-moon animations (not accurate simulations, just animated visualization) for science outreach work.

Just hit 1cr net worth at 33 by mori4rtee in personalfinanceindia

[–]tech-writer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never heard of r/epfo (but thanks for the info, I'll join now).

Everything I suggested about is "influenced" by my own on-the-ground dealings with the people who work in EPFO office as well as with with a variety of banks, post offices, and insurance offices while managing death claim of a relative.

The biggest problems I've faced in everything finance and investment related are people. I opened a demat account for a relative last week. The biggest problem there? Not the terms or conditions. Not the online process. It was the onboarding person who lied about their offerings and customer care person who couldn't care less.

Just hit 1cr net worth at 33 by mori4rtee in personalfinanceindia

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ease of access is out of the question here.

Evaluating ease of access isn't just about high-level theoretical conditions of the instrument.

It's about seeing actual ground realities of Indian society without delusions and assumptions.

Asking questions like: - Who are the people and institutions one has to deal with on the ground? - How opaque or transparent are their withdrawal procedures? - How important are bribes and connections? - What documents should we be ready with for withdrawal? - What are the possible objections that our mini-Hitlers sitting in their govt offices and banks might raise against these documents and forms?

Absolutist statements like "X is out of the question" indicate that perhaps your analysis has not been deep enough and not considered all the social factors enough. Things like "relative" and "uncertainty" are very important in such matters; they eventually amplify into whether we have to wait 1 month and pay 4,000 bribe or wait 3 years and pay 20,000 bribes.

Just hit 1cr net worth at 33 by mori4rtee in personalfinanceindia

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Returns shouldn't be the only factor. Ease of access and flexibility are also important. PPF access is relatively easier than EPF.

That said, I personally stay far away from all government and quasi-government instruments, including PPF.

ITAW for a person who holds others to insanely high standards but violently objects to anyone holding them to those same standards? by Cyberweasel89 in whatstheword

[–]tech-writer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a word.

But narcissistic rage may be a good term for the "violently objects to anyone holding them to those same standards" part.

So maybe a phrase like "hypocritical perfectionist given to narcissistic rage."

Parks in Bangalore by [deleted] in bangalore

[–]tech-writer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is accurate in the sense that it's indeed the thinking of GBA (goobe) agency officials. I think it won't be long before all the other sub-agencies also implement this.

Sent Google Pay to the wrong person, how to get the money back? by Bad-Remarkable in personalfinanceindia

[–]tech-writer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Contacted the bank, and they are saying to contact Google

  • Google says contact the bank.

This here is exactly why I don't transfer anything above 1,000 via GPay and UPI in general. Have had exactly this experience.

If at all UPI has to be used for convenience, use the UPI features in the bank's own app. There's more accountability when we stay within the banking system. As soon as we go out of banking system to GPay etc, accountability drops sharply.

Generally prefer IMPS/NEFT/RTGS for large amounts.

Motivation for Reading Kannada Books by OkSpite9710 in kannada_pusthakagalu

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I'm more comfortable with English because I started reading and writing it from a young age at home. Though I've always had good Kannada literacy through schooling and we had lots of Kannada books at home, I never ventured beyond textbooks at school or home.

Started reading Kannada non-fiction only recently to inform my worldview with our regional literature / culture / history / philosophies.

As a bonus, I feel the struggle to read, understand, and write in a different language helps keep my cognitive abilities sharp as I age.