Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each.[1] A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a cricket pitch. A wicket, usually made of wood, is placed at each end of the pitch.The aim of the batting team is to score as many runs as possible.The aim of the bowler’s team is to get each batsman out (this is called a “taking a wicket”, or a “dismissal”).
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them . . .
—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet (Act III, Scene 1)
In this soliloquy Hamlet raises the question of how we are to handle the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” that besiege us that make us feel powerless. With psychological astuteness, Shakespeare sets out the options for reaction: either strike out on a physical level or manage the distress through mechanisms of the mind. The first is the primary option available to the infant, but with development, mental mechanisms may replace physical reactions.
The Sanskrit root of the word yoga, yuj, means to yoke or join together; the most common English translation is “union,” usually referring to the union of the individual self with the Absolute or Universal Self. One way to begin a discussion of yoga would be to review the ancient Indian texts. Of these, the most famous are the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, dated tentatively to the period 200 BC to AD 200 and considered to be the master text for “classical” yoga. The yoga sutras are somewhat cryptic verse forms, easy for the disciples of the yoga masters to learn, but difficult to analyze. The critical\ interpretive tradition which developed around the original texts continues to the present day. The verses outline what are considered the eight basic stages of the yoga system, including guidelines for moral living, physical postures, breathing techniques and meditative practice.
A place to share thoughts about the philosophy of science. What is science? What is the difference between science, applied science, and technology? What is the relationship between these? What is the difference between ‘qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ methodology, and are both of these science? What is not science? Is documentary film making, journalism, or literature science? It seems that the answer is no, but what is it about these that makes it not science? Is there a line between science and art, and where can it be drawn? What are the necessary and/or sufficient conditions for science?Is there an element of belief in science?