Krishna-kirti Dasa

Most scientific studies are wrong

This recent bit of news shows why pratyakṣa (direct sense perception) and anumāna (inference) as pramāṇas are imperfect means of acquiring correct knowledge. Washington (AFP)…

7 years ago

Social Science Requires Theism

Social science must have a theistic basis because the big issues in society cannot be decided merely by measurable characteristics…

7 years ago

People’s Egos Get Bigger After Meditation and Yoga, Says Study (qz.com)

The science is settled. You don’t want to be a science-denier, do you? In the paper, published online by University…

7 years ago

A Most Unlikely Sanskrit Enthusiast

Born in Manhattan in 1902 to a pharmacist and a housewife, Berg played baseball at Barringer High School in Newark,…

7 years ago

Cheating in the Field of Psychology

One of the most famous experiments in the history of psychology turns out to have been faked. There is so…

7 years ago

Psychotherapy is useless

It looks like psychotherapy doesn’t help people all that much. When it comes to America, we must notice, as I…

7 years ago

A Follow-up to the What the MS-13 Gang and ISKCON Have in Common Post

As a follow-up to the posting on MS-13 and ISKCON, I received a number of interesting reactions. But before I…

7 years ago

What the MS-13 Gang and ISKCON Have in Common

Chanakya Pandit says, viśvāso naiva kartavyaḥ strīṣu rāja-kuleṣu ca: “There are two persons one should not trust—a politician and a…

7 years ago

The Limits of (Social) Science

The American Psyhciatric Association has produced this position statement about “Same Sex Unions” (gay / lesbian marriage): “The American Psychiatric Association supports the legal…

7 years ago

Good Behavior is as Important as Preaching

Mata Radha Devi Dasi, a senior member of ISKCON’s Vaishnavi Ministry, is also a long-time divorce lawyer. The problem in…

7 years ago