Scientists will miss Gandhi

Influenza will not miss opportunities.

In healthy individuals, influenza causes self-limited disease. An appropriate immune response leads to a rapid viral clearance , thereby limiting the duration of viral shedding to !10 days in most adults. In contrast, subjects with an impaired immune response might not efficiently clear influenza infection, thereby leading to additional replication cycles and higher viral loads. In these circum...

Will Scientists Cast Their Votes?

With science and technology high on the agenda of the new US administration, scientists should welcome the opportunity to influence policy. However, few academic scientists seem to be noticing proposals posted for public comment on the Federal Register that concern the application of science to society.

Mahatma Gandhi

Economic Thought of Gandhi

"I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE DILIGENT READER OF MY WRITINGS AND to others who are interested in them that I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my search after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things. Old as I am in age, I have no feeling that I have ceased to grow inwardly or that my growth will stop at the dissolution of the flesh. What I am concern...

Imam Khomeini on God’s Will

The problem of Divine Will has been discussed in detail by Muslim philosophers, theologians and usuliun. Imam Khomeini with regard to the importance of the problem tried to study it analytically. His problems in the field can be referred to as: can the attribute of will be known as existential perfects?  Does Divine Will, while being simple and the same as Divine Essence, is the most perfect ...