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Saad Rashid

This is Saad Rashid, Finance major, runner, swimmer, history nerd, and a fan of FC Barcelona. With interests ranging from Psychedelics in History to sports science, there is nothing that he will not get stuck into.

57 articles published

Hikikomori Hermitism and the Recluse

Since the Coronavirus reached pandemic proportions back in March, the lives of many people have been changed beyond recognition. Even people who are not among the old and the sickly have had to undergo the stressors of lockdown. Quarantine, currently the only weapon we have against the virus, is not without its own drawbacks. Fear…

BySaad RashidOctober 31, 20200Comments

The Candy Coup, Why Fat isn’t Evil.

Fat. That one word is the boon of millions of people throughout the world. To make things more precise, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, two billion people on this planet are either overweight or obese. Around one in every ten people are medically obese. Of course, the issue of fat-shaming is another…

BySaad RashidOctober 29, 20200Comments

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What is Deep Work? Tips to Boost Concentration

The term “Deep Work” has nothing to do with geographical depth or so-called intellectual/philosophical discourse. In fact, it is a much more simple concept. The phrase was coined by Cal Newport- a professor of Computer Sciences at Georgetown University, in his book titled “Deep Work”. Though the term is newly coined, it refers to a…

BySaad RashidOctober 16, 20200Comments

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Meteors and Megaliths: Are we wrong about our history?

Most of our school history books present a very simple picture of how we got here today. What our school books tell us The currently accepted model of human development over time is presented to us as linear. It was presented that around two million years ago, our ancestors got off their front feet and…

BySaad RashidOctober 8, 20200Comments

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Weed, Mushrooms and LSD. The Next Frontier In Medicine.

On the first of September 2020, Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhary announced a landmark decision by the cabinet. According to his tweet, Cabinet has approved the first license for the “industrial and medicinal use of Hemp..”. Even though you still can not go out and purchase marijuana for recreational use, it is still an incredibly progressive…

BySaad RashidOctober 6, 20200Comments

Too soon or too late? On campus classes during COVID-19

What is happening? Counter to advice from doctors and most healthcare officials, some universities and educational institutes are opening from the 15th of September 2020. According to official emails to the student body, education institutes like APS, IBA Karachi, among others will be resuming in-person classes for Fall 2020. After being pressurized by private schools and…

BySaad RashidSeptember 23, 20200Comments

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Fake News, Conspiracy Theories and the Danger of Partisan Reporting in Mainstream Media

“Fake News” is a relatively new concept. For most people the term, by association, has turned into a political slogan of the American right-wing. And they can not be blamed for it either. Donald Trump popularized the term in the current political climate by leveling it at any reporters or news media that he termed…

BySaad RashidSeptember 7, 20200Comments

Here’s to understanding the crux of things.

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