Mind at large

Everything we prefer or like since forever, do they have anything to do with peers or our very own brain?

Why is beautiful, beautiful? Do the standards of beauty change over time basing on cultural values? Probably we're strongly influenced by the images shown in media. Beauty is a construct based entirely on childhood impressions, influences and role models (Sherlock). Or is it deeply rooted responses from the brain based on goodness of form, symmetry, figure ground contrast or experience with stimulus? 

Why do we prefer music that we prefer? Does it affect our emotional regulation, cognitive development or does it serve as means of self expression? Or is it that music is pattern and our brain loves pattern? Perhaps it fools the brain into thinking it as speech.

Why do we prefer certain colors? Is it experience based feedback we receive about a particular color that we tend to like it so much. Maybe we tend to get attracted to red since it causes a higher level of brain activity in areas of perception and attention. And BTW do we all see colors the same or differently? Is my red your blue? Is our brain's response to the experience of the outside world same as everyone else's ? These silly thoughts have been bugging me for a while even when dozing. 

We've been raised and accustomed to limited choices of lifestyle, tastes and ideology. That probably explains it all. I have absolutely have no idea why I'm typing this horse faeces. These moronic thoughts are a pain in different parts of the anatomy.

Interstellar : Spoilers and expectations

With hardly a month to go for the (my) most awaited movie of the year , Interstellar , expectations are already set sky high thanks to the mind boggling trailers released in regular intervals !!
The movie had been in making since nearly two years.

I'd gone through the old script of Interstellar which was abandoned by the mighty Spielberg few years ago, due to its complexity. However the current movie script has some changes made by the master . The following are few spoilers which may appear in the movie (Don't read further if you don't wanna spoil your movie experience)
↩ Cooper returns to earth after his space trip only to meet his great great grandson in his death bed !! Relativity folks 😛

↩ When the crew members finally visit the exoplanet they are surprised to see a Chinese flag already hoisted on its surface !! However the crew (Chinese) were killed by the radiation exposure and only robots are left . The Chinese martian mission was a coverup.

↩ The dialogue in the first trailer ( You're a trained pilot coop..... Doesn't need anymore engineers ") happens at the school ( headmaster to Murph's dad ) .

↩ One of the crew member doesn't return to earth ,but decides to continue his space Odyssey to discover a better habitat.

↩ The crew members discover a gravity device at the exo planet , yes it is capable of adjusting the gravitational force of any planet . Coop carries it along with him to replicate its technology by studying it .

I'm still not sure though if the following elements appear in the actual movie , Nolan sure would've added his own surprises to amuse his audience as always . Thanks for reading .

Apple sales down in India

Leading Smart phone manufacturer apple has seen a drastic drop in their Indian sales in this year's first quarter. Their sales were at a high, at the time of iphone 5 release in India last November. Interestingly they followed with extensive marketing campaign, instalment schemes and discounts,as its phones are seen as too expensive. 

Between January and march, Apple sold some 1.2 lakh iphones in India, ie). half of the sales between November and jan.Currently Apple has a share of 2.1 % in Indian market while facing stiff competition from Indian companies Micromax and Karbonn. While its counterpart Samsung has about 40% share in Indian market.According to a report, India had more than 10 million smart phone sales in Q1 of this year, which is 3rd highest sales, only next to US and china.

In my opinion, Apple is not a brand that one expects discounts from, but they have made a desperate attempt to boost their share in market, resulting in fall in sales.One should say it is a short sighted aim, spoiling its brand value.

First post

Welcome guys, This is my first blog post. I find this platform quite convenient to openly share my take on my interests ( movies, gadgets, tech and other news..) Hope you would like it

Edit (3/6/16) : The above statements are hyperbole. And the logo is a joke.