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Patients holding treatment cards while awaiting rabies inoculation at the Pasteur Institute Hospital in Kasauli around 1910
Behavioral ScienceMarch 13, 20267 min readEvergreen

100% Preventable Is Not a Policy

Calling rabies preventable can hide the work prevention requires: vaccinated dogs, immediate wound care, stocked clinics, correct treatment, repeat visits, and surveillance that joins them together.

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Blister packs of assorted pills and capsules scattered across a surface
Political ScienceJanuary 3, 20266 min read

South India's Escalating Drug Crisis

South India, once seen as immune to drug abuse, is now battling a severe narcotics crisis. This post explores how economic distress and international cartels have transformed states like Kerala and Andhra Pradesh into major hubs for drug consumption and supply.

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Two people sitting across a table in conversation beside a window
Behavioral ScienceJanuary 2, 20265 min read

Does Respecting a Person Mean Agreeing with Their Ideas?

Often, we confuse respecting a person's dignity with agreeing with their ideas. This common error, known as the Moralistic Fallacy, hinders our ability to distinguish truth from mere desirability.

cognitioncritical thinkingdignityepistemic validity
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A densely packed crowd of thousands seated at an outdoor gathering in India
Behavioral ScienceJanuary 1, 202625 min read

Is Your Guru Gaslighting You?

This post explores how high-control spiritual groups in South India use self-sealing logic and epistemic gaslighting. They rebrand parlor tricks as "Vedic science" to dismantle critical thinking, trapping followers in an "epistemic black hole" and making them dependent on the Guru for their perception of reality.

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