It Was Not Meant to Be This Way

High Definition – The Way Video Communications Was Meant to Be

Why High Definition (HD) is Important Why are advances in video communications technology important? Such innovations matter because the productive value of interactive video is inextricably bound to the technology itself. After all, no one would watch television if it was difficult to turn on and had a low quality picture. Similarly, the reluctance to actively use video communications is linke...

The way it used to be.

A study of the reference of pronoun ‘this’ in “All praise is due to Allah who guided us to this and we would not have found the way had it not been that Allah had guided us”

We encounter with some pronouns in the Holy Quran that are with no reference. Of course this makes mind search for their reference with regard to the verses’ meaning and intention, otherwise it views as subjective interpretation of Quranic text. One of these cases is the pronoun ‘this’ in (7: 43) in which anyone who is in Paradise says: “All praise is due to Allah who gu...

It was meant to happen: explaining cultural variations in fate attributions.

People often perceive important and improbable life outcomes as "meant to happen," that is, predetermined and inevitable. In 4 studies, we constructed diverse measures of such fate attributions and examined the cultural correlates of this attributional tendency, focusing on ethnic culture and religious affiliation differences. Independently of ethnic culture, Christians were found to endorse fa...

Why was this child not brought?

How do we react to the missed appointment? It is a busy clinic (is there any other type?) and the first reaction is likely to be relief. Then there is the realisation that some thought may need to be applied to the child who was not brought. Then there is the remembrance that there is a policy to be followed. Perhaps, it would have been easier if the child had come to the clinic... There are a ...