indeterminatedude

  we often times tend to not appreciate this thing we call life. It seems as if life needs to have a purpose and it is somehow an unsaid rule we all follow. We get inclined towards things because many a times they seem to resonate with us or just feel “natural” in a way. It is a good thing for sure. The only problem here is , sometimes it becomes such a part of our identity that you start getting defined by those things. Muhammad Ali — The boxer, Newton — the physicist, Elon Musk — the Genius Billionaire Playboy Philanthropist, Arnold — The bodybuilder/Actor. You are identified by “what you do” in this world we live in. The problem lies where the thing you do outgrows you yourself. Sometimes what happens is you grow believing you belong to a certain category and you seem to have your purpose figured out much earlier in life than many people. But, the moment those beliefs are challenged by reality, the world seems meaningless. This thing that you believed is the purpose of life does...

  I loved mathematics since I was a kid, I remember my classmates asking me — Would you become a mathematician when you grow up? I loved mathematics because of how simple it was, and no matter what path yo u  take, you end up at the same answer. I never questioned what was taught in school until a few years back. When I entered 11th grade I found math a little too abstract. I would sometimes pose questions to my teachers about why is math the way it is? I finally had begun questioning things, scrutinizing everything I learnt everyday. The problem did not lie in the subject, the problem lied in the way it was presented to me. For me math was something that came to me naturally, if there was a test, I would always be on top. That changed when I began questioning things. Around 9th Grade I met a science teacher who truly sparked that thirst for knowledge inside my head, I began questioning stuff after I got acquainted with him. I remember he used to just mention a few advance ter...

  In 1346, an unknown disease wiped out about 150–200 Million people in the span of about 7 years in the Continent of Europe. The people didn’t know that the cause of the death was a microscopic bacteria. The Black death is by far the deadliest pandemic humans have ev e r faced. Back then, nobody understood anything about it simply because we did not have the tools to figure out the problem let alone solve it. The first time we even looked into the finer details of biological systems was about 300 years later in 1665 when Robert Hooke first looked through a lens to discover cells. Yesterday I got my Covid vaccine and the same night I was in a terrible state, I could not get up, my body shivered to the point where I felt I might faint. Headaches disrupted my condition and I could only wonder what was wrong with me. The next morning when I was in a state where I could at least function, I sat down to read how do these vaccines work at the molecular level. The fascinating thing is the...