obtuse angle

John Grisham's novel "Innocent Man" is the true story of a gross miscarriage of justice that sent Ron Williamson to 'death row' for 11 years, for a murder he did not commit. He was found 'not guilty' after 11 years and released from prison. Who can give back his 11 precious years lost in the prison, suffered due to no fault of his? Where is justice? May be the verdict was given based on several factors. It was probably a genuine mistake, but it turned out to be one man's misfortune. Had there been a rule that all cases (fresh or review) are to be given the final verdict, within a stipulated period, the 11 years in jail could have been avoided. Let us consider another scenario. There are innumerable number of cases pending before various courts, waiting for final judgement. Someone really guilty goes on living his cushy life, untouched by law, for the rest of his life. It is not at all fair, considering the victim (it could be an individual or a fir...

We do have to teach in schools the basics of everything. But there is no need for the students to memorize a lot of facts, which can now be found in the internet. Whatever information you need, is available at your fingertips. The focus of teaching should be to improve the analytical ability of the students. The need of the hour is analytical brain. If we have to beat the machines, we need to be having the analytical ability which leads to problem-solving capability. Future is not for the 'run-of-the-mill' type of graduates. There has been a recent research study done by an Australian University, by studying and analyzing the short selection of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, from their earlier Australian Open matches. By doing this, they have formulated an algorithm, which can predict the shot selection of the above players in different match situations. Though it makes sense, I still do not believe that this will work in real playing conditions. They mi...