Psychologist, trekker, music lover, reader.
Lahore, Pakistan
Joined October 2011
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I was filling out some form for my son’s school and I wrote his class in Roman numerals. He said I was ‘flexing’. What the hell ???
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Indian tycoon Ratan Tata dies aged 86 bbc.in/3BHk7Pe
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And this year's #NobelPrize in Physics goes to—plot twist!—neural network scientists, for advancing machine learning models with physics concepts. That story and more of the best in @ScienceMagazine and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: science.org/content/article/…
ALT Nobel Medal. CREDIT: Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
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Terrible decision to ban the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement—a non-violent movement rooted in Bacha Khan's philosophy. It advocates for Pashtun rights and seeks justice for those affected by flawed military policies and human rights abuses, standing firmly for peace and equality.
Non state armed extremists, putting the capital under siege to undermine governments, containers to prevent dharnas. Who thinks up this stuff that blows up in everybody’s face? Is the genius being courtmartialed ? What next from the strategic experimental lab ?
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NEW: we may have passed peak obesity 🎉📈📉🙏
In what might be one of the most significant trends I have ever charted, the US obesity rate fell last year.
Escape from Container-abad. Back after epic 8 hr trip from Isl Serena to Lahore. Via Chandni Chowk back alleys, side roads, some off road sections &Chakwal. Driver decided it was a matter of honour to outsmart the road blocks. Accompanied by Capstone the only available brand.
Well I’ll say one thing in favour of our constitution: Even its flawed state it forces Chinese acrobat levels of contortion when you try and undermine it.
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This is what it looks like when power slips thru your fingers like sand. My piece in Dawn today.
dawn.com/news/1855434
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Power and Plots
General Faiz Hameed, the once powerful head of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, was recently arrested on charges of intimidating a land developer to extort valuable land. Land is one of the favorite assets through which the powerful extract rents from the economy. The tactics used for extracting these rents range from the legal to what Gen. Faiz is alleged to have done. However, even if the means to acquire land by the powerful are legal, it does not necessarily make them desirable, or fair. In fact, the entrenched nexus between power and plots in Pakistan is seriously damaging the economy.
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The reason that Newton rather than Galileo discovered gravitation is that things are more complicated in Italy. E.g 90% of a strand of spaghetti may be in the pot, but the 10% that’s hanging outside will cause the entire strand to slide out and fall to the ground.
It’s not a generational thing. The quality of milli naghmas has hit rock bottom. If you can’t hum it, it’s not a naghma ok.
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Aristotle's Wheel Paradox:
This image seems to imply that the two circumferences of different sized circles are equal.
Can you guess the fallacy?