Debate is a verbal sport with winners and losers. As such, it is less about the truth and more about who looks and sounds the best. KEY TAKEAWAYS Loading your audio article Jonny ThomsonCopy a link to the article entitled http://Plato%20on%20why%20debates%20are%20stupid%20and%20dangerous Share Plato on why debates are stupid and dangerous on FacebookShare Plato on why…

Memory is deeply affected by poor listening and this kind of noise. When we recollect happenings or try to construct a past incident, what we recall is one more step removed T.M. Krishna Published 29.03.24, 05:38 AM Representational image.Sourced by the Telegraph Learning music requires the activation of two cognitive processes — listening and remembering. In…

Ayaan Halder 24/Mar/2024 Unlike many other theatre artists in films, Hashmi would have uncompromisingly staged plays on current political topics. Thirty-five years ago (on January 2, 1989) firebrand playwright and street-theatre pioneer Safdar Hashmi was fatally attacked by alleged Indian National Congress workers while his troupe was performing their play Halla Bol during the Ghaziabad municipal elections. In…

Ram Puniyani The film is yet another one based on distorting the truth to strengthen Hindu nationalist politics, with an eye on the forthcoming elections. Films are a powerful medium which create a social understanding in various ways. Till decades ago we had films which reflected social realities and promoted progressive values. Mother India, Do Bigha Jameen and Naya…

For decades, Saddam Hussein confused and misled the United States. After 9/11, the fear of further terror attacks and the misperception of Iraq’s support for al-Qaeda set in motion a war that would transform the Middle East.Iraqi protestors set a fire at the base of a statue of Saddam Hussein, April 2003. Credit: Associated Press…