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 Productivity and convenience are always desirable. As a relatively old hag, I am discovering the power of ChatGPT and realising its potential in reducing drudgery and hours focussing on figuring out use different language models for specific purposes. Honestly, I see no harm in using these in general as all of us are not experts in writing letters and appropriate salutations. Deriving these from LLM's Large Language Models which I guess are generating these responses is no different from use of algorithms to read Electrocardiograms, Radiographs and even EMG, EEG and Halter Records to quickly give an interpretation.  I have seen recently the power of ChatGPT and just a generation back we were fascinated by the search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and others we seem to now feel the same fascination about ChatGPT. The vital difference between search engines and ChatGPT is as follows. Search engines give many results from most specific and relevant to less specific based on se...

"Culture eats strategy for breakfast everyday of the week". This is a famous quote from Management Guru and person who is known as one who laid down the principles of Modern Management Theories. He was known for the famous theory of Management by Objectives. In simple terms it defines the mission and objectives of the organization in very clear terms. Then it ensures it communicates the same to every employee. This in turn needs to be monitored and measured by performance. These performances attract rewards and create fresh objectives. This is theory but if this blog was all about theory then I should not be writing it at all.  In my experience it is very important that fundamentally the leadership defines the objectives of an organization and create a strategy based on the same.  In my experience when I was entrusted with the leadership of a hospital, I was not given a clear statement of objectives, accept a loose statement "Your Health Our Mission". I was told by ...

  As a person who has made an effort to study Vedanta I have found it extremely hard to put Vedanta into practice at all times. The equanimity required in the face adversity of any kind is difficult to attain and but all efforts in this direction will gradually and imperceptibly find fruit. The topic of this blog arises based on the fact that new situations and challenges in the face of the rapidly changing surroundings can make the mind play tricks.  At many stages in life especially in mine I have faced doubts in my abilities to tread a path which is different from the routine. This was so when I was given the job to head an over 100 year hospital, without any previous experience. Human beings are creatures of habit who like predictability and reasonable order but this is not the case and my generation needs to constantly reinvent itself. I distinctly remember that in 1975 when I joined Science college I was introduced to a book by Alvin Toffler called Future Shock, which pr...

 BMR stands for Basal Metabolic Rate and it is defined as the amount of energy required to carry out basic functions like breathing and keeping your heart beating. So it is a measure based on a formula.  Is this relevant to this blog  the answer is Yes and No as BMR seems quite complicated and has no practical value. But this acronym was a short form for "Basics me raada". We meant that students of studious nature always try to give high flown complicated answers to simple problems without understanding the basics. For medical graduates from Mumbai this was applicable to students of the top ranking medical college Seth GS Medical college and KEM Hospital when compared with us lesser mortals from Grant Medical College and JJ hospital.  The reason for choosing this topic is that increasingly we are facing a problem in all fields of life where the packaging of ideas concepts and theories take precedence over the practical aspects of getting things right from the bottom ...

 This is a very tough topic to write on and the title of this blog is based on the title of two books Whole numbers half truths which I have read a while ago and another book Private Truth Public lies which I have read a summary of without reading it on account of it being a book published in 1997 and it being a bit expensive to buy.  A fundamental flaw of human beings is our propensity to judge people instantly and see them based on our own belief systems and preferences. Besides this our upbringing environment and the present climate of fake news and spread of lies makes this exercise of sifting the truth from falsehood a difficult if not impossible task.  Another difficulty lies in the unalienable fact that the search engines and google algorithms feed us what we want to hear and there is no way of verifying the truth in this complex world. Data is the new oil is the oft repeated slogan heard in the present day and the data scientist who can analyze this with...