Read More LLearning Origins of Belief – Navigating Humanity’s Mythic QuestbyAsif ZaidiApril 16, 2024 Preface In the vast silence of the cosmos, humanity’s voice has been a persistent echo, seeking meaning, reaching…
Read More LLearning The Evolutionary Symphony of Math, Language, and StorybyAsif ZaidiApril 2, 2024 Preface At the dawn of humanity, snuggled within the cradle of African continent, our ancestors gazed upon the…
Read More LLearning Navigating Free Will within the Laws of PhysicsbyAsif ZaidiMarch 22, 2024 Like the enigmatic origins of life, the emergence of consciousness, the dawn of self-reflection, and the sensation of…
Read More LLearning The Epic Quest to Decode ConsciousnessbyAsif ZaidiMarch 7, 2024 Preface Perhaps the most profound mystery not yet unraveled, consciousness has captivated thinkers, scientists, and philosophers through the…
Read More PPeople The Ethical Mosaic – Navigating the Complexities of Human MoralitybyAsif ZaidiFebruary 15, 2024 Prelude to the Essay This third and last essay follows from the themes and insights explored in our…
Read More LLearning The Moral Compass – Navigating the Terrain of Human NaturebyAsif ZaidiJanuary 29, 2024 Morality emerges not as an aberration but as an integral component of our evolutionary blueprint, a facet convolutedly…
Read More PPeople The Paradox of Groupishness: Unity and Myopia in Human NaturebyAsif ZaidiJanuary 23, 2024 This essay delves into the assertion that sectarianism or tribalism not only unites but also obscures our vision.…
Read More WWorld THE TRILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: About the Impact of Covid-19byAsif ZaidiMarch 24, 2020 Soon most countries around the world will be confronted with the question that Donald Trump has raised. How…
Read More WWorld PAKISTAN’S DEMOCRACY CONUNDRUMbyAsif ZaidiDecember 26, 2019 If there is an overriding belief that marks Pakistani character, it is that it is a nation uniquely…
Read More WWorld A COUNTRY HELD HOSTAGE BY ITS ELITEbyAsif ZaidiMay 27, 2019 I feel amused when someone criticizes dynastic political families in Pakistan. Amused, because the real problem lies somewhere…