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• Class

  January 4, 2009

  •  There is something in us which makes s believe that we belong to a particular class of people.This is ingrained within us probably because we have this habit of classifying things and unless we know we belong to a particular class we do not feel secure enough. By classifying ourselves we become predictable and our behaviour assumes lack of rough edges and  absence of those wonderfully ...
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• Symmetry

  January 2, 2009

  • I really do not know if a sense of symmetry is innate in human nature .Often I find it very uncomfortable to view things which do not fit into a symmetrical pattern .If someone leaves a book on a table in a slanting position ,that is out of alignment with the four sides of the table I feel pretty uncomfortable and cannot rest till the position of the book is restored to a position which fits ...
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• Living spaces

  December 27, 2008

  •  I have often thought why people living in very small houses tend to be more closely bonded together than those staying in sprawling  mansions .Obviously the theory  that living in penury is a causative factor for solidarity among people and the smallness of the living space brings them together in fighting their common enemy-poverty. This is apparently a facile explanation for the bond that ...
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• Using visual imagination to fix mind or develop memory

  December 24, 2008

  • “Develop Perfect Memory With the Memory Palace Technique tags: “memory palace technique” “The Memory Palace technique is based on the fact that we’re extremely good at remembering places we know. A ‘Memory Palace’ is a metaphor for any well-known place that you’re able to easily visualize. It can be the inside of your home, or maybe the route you take every day to work. That ...
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• It is the dog which is in control of the world

  December 11, 2008

  • An interesting proposition put forth is that the dog thinks he is in charge of the family and by extension ,is in control of the world .That is why he tries to be aggressive against forces he thinks are disrupting the family’s well-being. How does one know that the dog is actually not in control of the world ? Or for that matter ,how does one think that the ants are not in control of the world ...
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