Noble Peace/Economics Nobels or Not?

Noble Nobels, or not , that is the question?
It sounds a little wonky, but I think this is really the question that a lot of people around the world have raised after the Nobel Prizes for this year were announced a few days back.
The Peace Prize has gone to US President Barack [...]

Are We Humans Really As Smart As We Think We Are?

As a reaction to my long harangue about the scientific basis of socialism and communism my good friend Shubhash has again raised some pertinent questions. Here is his mail verbatim together with my reply:
Arjun

I think my attention span is getting shorter by day (am I getting younger or older?) and therefore cannot digest or [...]