I had a longish conversation with the man who runs the popular pseudoscience busting Indian YouTube channel Science is Dope. We talked about rationalism in the Indian online space, science education (or the lack of it), and the state of babagiri in modern India, among other things.
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I have been trying to get rid of my smartphone habit for some time. Here's the latest attempt.
Our previous caller, the Neo Charvak is back. But the confusion remains. Still no clear definition and still a lot of prevarication.
A caller wanted to have me accept that it is possible to be a Hindu atheist. I disagreed of course. If you watch this, you may also find this old video of mine interesting.
This was a little strange, but only a little. A self-confessed Yeshua follower tried to imply that there was something ubnique about the golden rule. I pointed out that it was just a regularold moral principle. Here is a recording of the conversation.
Last week, on the live stream, a caller wanted to offer his holy book as evidence of god's existence. It was a fun conversation. Here is a recording.
I wasn't always an atheist. And when I wasn't, I didn't like Richard Dawkins much (for obvious reasons). But even after I started identifying as an atheist, I didn't warm up to him much.
I got a caller on my live stream and he wanted me to just believe before I got evidence. I asked him if he would just believe some other religion without evidence. It got interesting.
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Ranvir Allahbadia, who also goes by the name of Beerbiceps, does a podcast called The Ranvir Show (TRS). On it, he invites allmanner of loonies and allows them unfettered access to his enormous audience. He has had guests who speak of bhoot-pret, magic, ghosts, and religion and promote a whole host of lies, misinformation, and superstition. Ranvir simply sits and listens and allows them to wax eloquent.
The recently concluded Karnataka elections have drawn significant attention as the results have now been revealed. In a stunning turn of events, the Congress party has emerged victorious, achieving a resounding win over its main rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This outcome has left political analysts and observers astounded, as it signifies a clear rejection of the BJP's ideology and policies by the voters.
In this video, we examine the darker side of Star Trek's portrayal of exploration and how it reflects the legacy of imperialism and cultural domination. From the parallels between Starfleet and the East India Company, to the problematic nature of the Prime Directive, we take a critical look at the cultural context that shapes our favorite science fiction franchise.
Hello everyone. I just wanted to make a video to mark the occasion of, it's actually a kind of a big thing because I have deleted my Twitter account. I have been, you know, like this is not something surprising to anyone who's aware of the fact that I've kind of been moving away from social media for quite some time, like the beginning of this year.
Vimoh: [00:00:00] Hey, we are live. Hi everyone, and welcome to the livestream. Welcome to this channel's livestream, which is happening probably after a couple of years. Uh, I do a separate livestream on my livestream channel, uh, called Vimoh Live. But this is just my main channel and it's a special livestream where we are going to talk about artificial intelligence.
Not a week goes by without someone telling atheists that their religion "allows" atheism and that it "allows" debate and discussion or that it allows women to speak and go to work.
The pattern that seems to emerge when one looks at all the ways in which middle-class India engages with civic issues is that it is all little more than entertainment. And when the things they are obsessed with become something more than entertainment, they start to get queasy and often even hostile.
In a democratic society, the power ultimately lies with the people. Elected officials are put in place to serve the public and make decisions that reflect the will of the people. However, it is crucial to understand that democracy is not a one-way street. Those who hold positions of power must be held accountable for their actions, and citizens have the right to question and challenge those in authority.
In this, the 176thh episode of my live stream / podcast, I read and responded to comments about babagiri, faulty and limited understandings ofhow Parliamentary democracy works, and other topics that I want you to suffer through because I did.
In this episode, Sindhu shares her story of being a female atheist in India and the struggles she faced for a decade in that regard. She also talks about the reactions she's been getting from her family and how it's been hard for them but liberating for her.
Popular fantasy has for long had a group of critics who complain about its 'race problem'. Simply put, in most novels, the heroes, wizards, queens and witches are almost always White. Only yesterday, I read a rather angry piece by David Dennis Jr on the new Ridley Scott movie Exodus. Apparently...
I got a question about the claims by certain "Indologists" about advanced modern technology in ancient India and gave a short answer. Below is the video clip of me doing it. And after it, a transcript of the audio. Enjoy!
I was talking to a coder about how there are promises in the air about how "anyone" can be a writer now. A few years ago, I remember similar promises about how "anyone" could create an app "with the click of a button". And of course, there were the promises from the early web about how "anyone" could start a business or a publication. Plenty of people did, but "anyone"?
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