Learning and Life Blog

  • All are Corrupt? All politicians are Corrupt? Logical Analysis of Sweeping Generalization

    This is not a fatwa but pure logic. Please see the detail of this reasoning. All are Corrupt? If X says “all are corrupt” then All = X + X’s immediate family + X’s friends + everyone else in Pakistan. Let’s assume X is truthful: 1. As X knows himself very well, and if we assume…

  • Companions of Hajj: Dekh mera Zauq o Shauq (See My Yearning and Passion)

    Hajj kay Saathi (Companions of Hajj): Dekh mera Zauq o shauq (See my Passion and Yearning) In 2016, Arif bhai went for his second Hajj, and all through the trip, he kept on recalling     the saathis (group fellows) of that first Hajj of 1996 which I also accompanied. When I talked on Skype with Arif Bhai after…

  • Story of Mankind and the little bird on a mountain 100 miles high and wide

    Last night I woke up at around 4am with this quote ringing in my ears. I read this book long ago, during my school days in 1970s. The book made a great impression on me then. About the immensity of time, it’s great expanse, our insignificance, and with all of our pomp and glory, our…