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We probably didnt get the worst question wrong. i won it. im not sure about the quality of the questions. only one person used to work on university challenge here. lewis used to. i was on it, if you remember. you didnt win. whats the secret, just know everything in advance, all of human knowledge? have a massive brain? the secret is... actually they wouldnt be happy if i gave away the secrets. what a tease. get lewis to write you some questions. then you would really get some politicians on the...

By Lynn Ockersz As the world looked on aghast, They worked with ruthless efficiency, They stoned him, Lynched him, And set him ablaze, Leaving little trace of their victim; There was no fumbling, no hesitation, It was as if their work was cut out, And no matters of the heart, Could come in-between; They acted […]

Ronit Ricci, Banishment and Belonging: Exile and Diaspora in Sarandib, Lanka and Ceylon. Colombo: Tambapanni Academic Publishers, 2021 (First published by Cambridge University Press in 2019) Reviewed by Nira Wickramasinghe Leiden University At different moments in time, Sri Lanka was known by different names, Serendib for the Arabs, Lanka in the Ramayana and other chronicles […]

Closer Connections among Different Branches of Human Knowledge: by Liyanage Amarakeerthi (A shortened version of a plenary speech given by Prof. Amarakeerthi at the International Conference of Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka, on 03 December) Every year I teach a course in aesthetics and non-linguistic arts. In that, I discuss what we ‘get’ from visual art […]

By Lynn Ockersz It’s ‘Darkness at Noon’; A swelling cloud broods over the power grid, Once swanky techno things lose their fizz, Amid loud protests reaching fever pitch, And placard-wielders widening into a sea of heads, But the city’s little bookshops are open for business; Cool nooks are they in a sweltering concrete jungle, Their […]

Theory of Likeness Part 1

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It may sound far—fetched but elon musk is already working towards writing to the brain to augment human knowledge and another doctor has taken control of a mouse�*s mind and is campaigning for ethical frameworks and strict regulations. this type of technology is so powerful this goes to the heart of what makes us human which is the human mind. this is the first time that the humanity has technology that enables you to directly tap into the mind. this is not another little privacy issue. this...

Applications, there could be a dark side to this technology. the problem comes when we dont just measure the activity in the brain but we try to directly influence it. that means we could do things like read someone�*s thoughts or change their perception reality or even make them act against their free will. my biggest worry is mental privacy. you can imagine using them for interrogation, for example. you ask a question, just by the image the person recalls, they can figure out what the person...