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Indic Decision-Making Under Uncertainty—4

December 29, 2022UncategorizedDharma, Elite, India, Niti, Purva Paksha, Sci/TechShivoham

Ritamic Decision Policy

“Scientists can predict the path of two billiard balls with precision, and the average behavior of two million gas particles. But what about the messy middle ground, where twenty or thirty components interact with one … Read the rest

Literature: Mriga pakshi Shastra

March 31, 2022UncategorizedCulture, Jain, Literature, Sci/Tech, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

The topic of Zoology is one not much discussed in the context of Traditional Indic Knowledge systems. Though Ayurveda and by extension, Ashvaayurveda is discussed at great length, not much is commonly seen in the sphere of animal taxonomy, or … Read the rest

Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—3

November 22, 2021UncategorizedDharma, Elite, India, Niti, Purva Paksha, Sci/TechShivoham

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Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—3: What Would Arjuna Do?

Background

Part—2 identified two divergent western streams of decision making and examined their strengths and limitations that are briefly summarized below:

Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—2

Memoryless (prediction-free) decisions based on … Read the rest

Pauthavam — Indic Weights & Measures

June 30, 2021UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Ganita, History, Sci/Tech, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi

For all the talk of decoloniality, one of the most colonised areas of the modern Indic mind is dimensionality. Specifically, Indic Weights & Measures have long been forgotten by the masses at large, and even most of our “intellectuals-yet-idiot”. While … Read the rest

Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—2

December 28, 2020UncategorizedDharma, Niti, Purva Paksha, Sci/Tech, WorldShivoham

Introduction

Part-1 reviewed the modern concepts of local fragility, robustness, and antifragility (FRA) [3] in the context of decision making under uncertainty. A study of Kautilya’s Arthasastra (1500 BCE per Pauranic Chronology or 300 BCE) reveals a clear understanding and … Read the rest

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