Tag: Wrong

Growing up, my heart was deeply intertwined with the fabric of my homeland, India. Its tapestry of vibrant cultures, storied history, and the enduring warmth of its people instilled in me a profound sense of pride, a pride I carried with me wherever I roamed. However, the serene harmony of this love...

The outcome itself is not random as it cannot change without repeating the process that generated it. It can be unknown but it is not unknowable. Bayesians are interested in the observer and use probability to describe the reasonable expectation they may have of the unknown given the information ava...

For nearly all large-scale objects, dark matter is a vital part of the story. The cosmic web that we see, the largest-scale structure in the entire Universe, is dominated by dark matter. Simulations of the large-scale structure of the Universe must include both dark matter and normal matter, ...

Lately I’ve seen so many content about how Mia and Sebastian from La La Land or Jess and Rory from Gilmore Girls are the right representation of a “right person wrong time” trope. And as much as I love them, I still firmly believe that if it’s not the right time, then it simp...

Standard general relativity predicts that the so-called spacetime around a black hole curves such that, for a particle approaching its event horizon, the length the particle has to travel does not change, just that the length is compacted into a smaller amount of space. The example of...

Quon Tai came from a prominent Chinese American family in the Northwest, spent a good part of her youth performing on the vaudeville circuit, and later married artist and film director Harry Lachman. Once Harry’s film career took off, Quon Tai became a well known party hostess in Hollywood cir...

The university president who resigned a few days ago, a woman named Liz Magill, is probably relieved to no longer be in the eye of such a hectic hurricane, but something else, besides her reputation, matters equally to the university at large. Every university and college president, whether it be Iv...

In 2023, my focus was deeply invested in understanding the modern conception of ‘the self,’ exploring how this conception interacts with public life, our institutions, and with the intangible. This journey unveiled the complex ways in which these personal and societal dimensions intertwi...