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		<title>LLM Wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ChatGPT says it’s a glitch. Gemini insists it’s a feature. Both can’t be right… can they? A funny firsthand story about Excel, hallucinating AIs, and the battle for truth in the age of LLMs.]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Math for Life</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the end of a long teaching term, I found myself reflecting on the beauty of mathematics — not just as a tool for solving problems, but as the very framework of knowledge and reality itself. Is it too much for my young padawans? ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Happened to You?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 08:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A nostalgic and humorous reflection on aging, friendship, and the gentle sting of honesty -- sparked by a Parisian mother’s innocent question: What happened to you?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Flamenco Theme</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A close friend of mine is having his 60th birthday celebrations in Andalusia in a few weeks. The theme and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nostalgia and Its Cousins</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 03:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A poignant reflection on nostalgia, grief, and remorse—exploring how we long for our past selves, navigate life’s choices, and embrace its bittersweet beauty.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>On Large Language Models</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Large Language Models (LLMs) challenge the traditional hierarchy of Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom by showing how intelligence can emerge from granulation rather than distillation, offering a new perspective on how AI operates.]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Blogger&#8217;s Block</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 03:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It has been a long time since I published anything on my blog. Allow me to list the reasons (all [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Unreal Reality at Faster-Than-Light Speeds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is a question we are not allowed to ask: If something were to travel faster than the speed of light, what would it look like to us?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Beat Terrorism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here's an Unreal take on a dangerous topic: terrorism, possibly a counter-intuitive view. Here's hoping it doesn't get me in any real trouble!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Physics of Romance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how romance works at the most fundamental level? Here's your answer…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>My Little Girl</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My little speech when my little girl turned 21, and my little video, archiving on my blog. Apparently, these little things make most parents cry. How about the child in you?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mud and Me</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[manoj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Life and Death]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shelly kagan]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Life and death has been a recurring theme on my blog. Confronted with our mortality, a common stance we assume [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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