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Is astrology a science?
Sampath, Just because something is 2000 years old, it isn't true. All I am saying is, if you call something science, then don't expect people to be sensitive about it. I am sensitive to other people's beliefs.. it is only when someone…

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Life after death
Atpu, "mental energy".. again a postulate.. I have never heard of that as one of the forms of energy. This is again just a word that people come up with for what they don't understand. Or is it maybe that the thought that this might b…

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Is astrology a science?
Atpu, I am more concerned with what science is, than what disciplines are "called" science. To me, science is the modern definition: A testable hypothesis which can be proven or disproven by experiments. Astrology is probably based on stat…

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A matrimonial Blog written by Lakshman Prasad( Harsha's classmate)
Agree with your point about us not knowing everything. And about how it all originated.. there are still a number of hypothesis about that and it will probably never get solved to everyone's satisfaction. You again state that "there is a v…

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A matrimonial Blog written by Lakshman Prasad( Harsha's classmate)
Really? There is nothing false? I am sure we can find a lot of things that are wrong.. but let us not get into that since that is a matter of belief as you also mentioned. To me, where belief exists, we can't really debate that point.. but, don…

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A matrimonial Blog written by Lakshman Prasad( Harsha's classmate)
Sampath, Completely agree here. Well an "isolated" system can be as large or small as one wants.. so we can model it anyway we want. However, I agree with you that science and "spirituality" are two different streams. My objectio…

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A matrimonial Blog written by Lakshman Prasad( Harsha's classmate)
Sandeep, Am enjoying this :) Like I said, "there was a mass that functioned"... that mass was either burnt and converted to ash and other forms of energy.. so the law of conservation of mass and energy work very well there. There is no …

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A matrimonial Blog written by Lakshman Prasad( Harsha's classmate)
hmmm life is not equal to energy.. that is a fallacy in your proposition. the "matter" in the body is conserved as ash.. and hence energy and mass conservations are not violated. Death and life are abstract concepts.. you can't really…

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A matrimonial Blog written by Lakshman Prasad( Harsha's classmate)
Nopes.. I don't believe in life after death. Again, I guess our definitions of what science is, varies. And I can't see any science in how planets/stars can affect our life. (Yes, there is pseudo-science available with claims about the gra…

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A matrimonial Blog written by Lakshman Prasad( Harsha's classmate)
Not exactly.. Stats is not science... Science is based on a testable hypothesis and any experiment that proves a particular hypothesis wrong, negates the entire hypothesis. That is not the case with statistics.. I know jadagam here is a matter of &…

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A matrimonial Blog written by Lakshman Prasad( Harsha's classmate)

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A matrimonial Blog written by Lakshman Prasad( Harsha's classmate)
Its a bit like the Muslims claiming everything is a Zionist conspiracy.. :) In our house we have made a joke of that.. anytime we can't explain something.. we put it down to "Zionist conspiracy".. Having said that, I don't think…

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top 10 kalvettu
Wonderful list Vijay!

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PS group members meet in Bangalore?
Anywhere down south is a no-no for me :) My office is near the Hebbal flyover.. how about somewhere in the Le Meridian vicinity? Arun

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PS group members meet in Bangalore?
The problem is for me to even get in to MG Road on a weekday evening will be very tough. Traffic is mad at that time of the day. hmmmm let me think about it. What about you Shri? Arun

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PS group members meet in Bangalore?
THat would be the Sunday, 20th Oct. (Of course we still haven't heard from Malathy). Arun

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Bio heritage tree near Bangalore

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PS group members meet in Bangalore?
HI Shri, Lunch would be fine... but let's make it a Sunday then. Saturday is a crazy drive!

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PS group members meet in Bangalore?
Malathy said she would be here in the 2nd and 3rd week of October.. so we can do it then... maybe 18th or 19th of October? (Saturday or Sunday). Arun

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PS group members meet in Bangalore?
Date not decided.. but I would prefer somewhere in the vicinity of MG road.. since I live up north near Yelahanka :)

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PS group members meet in Bangalore?
Thanks Udanx for the heads up but I am not easily discouraged ;) Arun

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PS group members meet in Bangalore?
well why don't we try to meet up then. Any other Bangalore PSers out there? Arun

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PS group members meet in Bangalore?
Hi Shri, wonderful! Will give you a call next week. My number is 90 08 330 04 2 :p

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romantic vanthiyathevan
ohh I never thought of it that way.. that King George's romance could have had anything to do with it... Thanks SPS..(and please no Dr. Arun... :) ) On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Sivapathasekaran

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romantic vanthiyathevan
Well if you think back historically..love probably had nothing to do with any of RRC's marriages.. all must have been to secure the support of various feudal lords.

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romantic vanthiyathevan
Looks like our Vanthiathevan was quite the ladies man.. ;) or else Kalki got completely confused! Arun

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Two Chola period inscriptions found
How about the "hokkah"? Am sure that must have come with the early Muslim invasions.

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How have names changed?
LOL!:) Arun

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KAVIRI MYNTHAN :: falicitation to our Venkat
Yes Venketesh.. Great news! Congratulations. Arun On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Shobha Ramakrishnan

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How have names changed?
Hi Venketesh, I am not just talking about sanskritization over the last few decades. I mean the names, even from a Tamizh standpoint, are remarkably different from anything we hear of now or even maybe a couple of centuries ago. Was referring to th…

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