Reformulating the Buddhist Free Will Problem: Why There can be no Definitive Solution

Knowing Afghanistan: Can there be an end to the saga?

War on terrorism, as the motto which formed the cornerstone of global policies of former     neo-conservative administration of the United States, is increasingly becoming ineffective in Afghanistan with the dreaded consequence of spilling over into Pakistan. This inevitable consequence of War on    Terrorism in Afghanistan has brought the West face to face with the ‘nest of terrorism’ that CIA...

Why Information can be Free

This paper describes a model that demonstrates that sharing knowledge can be adaptive purely for its own sake. This is despite the fact that sharing knowledge costs the speaker in terms of foraging opportunities, and that initially the majority of the population consists of free-riders who listen but do not speak. The population is able to take advantage of the increased carrying capacity of th...

Will He Be There?

This paper focuses on an unsettling example of experimental labour - the Human Landing Catch (HLC). The HLC is a cheap and reliable technique to produce data on mosquito densities in a defined area. It requires only a human volunteer to sit over night with his legs exposed, a headlamp to spot mosquitoes, and a rubber tube and plastic cup to catch them as they come to feed on him. The HLC formed...

Believing there is no free will corrupts intuitive cooperation.

Regardless of whether free will exists, believing that it does affects one's behavior. When an individual's belief in free will is challenged, one can become more likely to act in an uncooperative manner. The mechanism behind the relationship between one's belief in free will and behavior is still debated. The current study uses an economic contribution game under varying time constraints to el...

Leading The Ignorant: Can Ignorance Eliminate The Free Riding Problem?