Questions, Assertions, Answers and Rebuttals (QuAAR)

This section features excerpt of real conversation on issues that are essayed elsewhere in this site. The format is kept as it was discussed to maintain the conversational style. The context is explained in the note introducing the discussion.

What is the True Nature of Communists Parties in Kerala?

April 11, 2021

Leftist thinking and communism are fundamentally different. Communists are historically considered leftist because they for a significant part of political history were in opposition. Leftists are a heterogeneous group that [...]

What is Totalitarianism?

February 17, 2021

A totalitarian regime is one that control every aspect of its subjects life. If the prescribed code of the ‘state’ is not followed he or she is put to death [...]

What are Enlightenment Values?

Enlightenment values are a set of values that have their origin in the ideas developed by European thinkers from the Age of Enlightenment. These ideas primarily involve a break from [...]

09
Jan

What is right and what is wrong?

Context: jokingly referred to me in a social media site. But it happened to my favorite topic! Right or wrong, good or bad is all related to what is [...]

17
Dec

How did Europe make it big? What is Europe’s Cultural Relationship with Christianity?

Assertion: “Religion has nothing to do with culture. Culture has nothing to with corruption. In India, it is bad because we have few bad men at the helm” Legend: It [...]

17
Dec

What is the principle of falsifiability?

The principle of falsifiability was advanced by the 20th century Austrian-English philosopher, Karl Popper, to demarcate statements of science from statements of pseudoscience.The Falsification Principle states that all scientific hypotheses [...]

17
Dec

Is America an oligarchy of the rich?

Ans: One word answer. Yes it is. Shades of the approach that defines this attitude can be seen in the following links: http://en.granma.cu/mundo/2018-04-04/the-united-states-is-anoligarchy-not-a-democracy https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/goldman-asks-is-curing-patients-a-sustainable-business-model.html But there is a contrarian viewpoint [...]

17
Dec

What is Postmodernism and what is Modernity?

Postmodernism is a heterogeneous movement in literary theory, sociology, architecture and philosophy that emerged in the second half of the 20th century as a radical departure from the sensibilities of [...]

17
Dec

Are all Leftists, Communists and Atheists Identical? How are they related to each other?

December 17, 2018

Atheism and leftist ideology are not one, just as communism and leftist thinking are not the same even if they do share some common ground. Atheism is just a stepping [...]

What is a Deep State?

Deep state is state within a state. These are entities with deep-rooted and far-fetched interests in the way governments operate. These elements sabotage democratic instruments of the state to advance [...]

15
Dec

What is the real nature Hinduism as a religion?

There is no unitary religion called Hinduism. It is like calling a ‘miscellaneous ‘ as a defined class called ‘miscellaneous’. All civilizations start off with ‘animist’ beliefs, proceed through anthropomorphic [...]

15
Dec

Why Advaita resembles Buddhist Philosophy?

You would find Buddhist ideas in Advaita and other ‘Hindu’ philosophies because these were modeled on Buddhism, and mostly concocted by Brahminical revivalist to sideline Buddhism. Over a period of [...]

15
Dec