The Great Ganesha

No, I still have yet to receive the book I mentioned below. But before I did that I did some of my own research into these claims. Bhaiyya Joshi, notwithstanding his conspiracy theories, did pique my curiosity on the subject. So, where does one begin looking for these kinds of things? Of course, the only [...]

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Ordinarily, I would not even pay attention to things like “India invented mathematics” and “The vedas have formulas for ICBMs.” Statements like this originate from over-zealous chauvinism and Indocentrism, more than anything else. However, there is a book out (it’s not new) called The Origin of Mathematics by V. Lakshmikantham and S. Leela which claims [...]

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Some time back I wrote a post about the Buddha Machine. Then, around a month later, on Buddha Purnima Sepia Mutiny made another post about it. Well, with the Buddha Machine, you could attain nirvana for $23. But wait. To attain nirvana, one must be tuned into the cosmic consciousness! And how can one expect [...]

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