Do you like cosmology? Do you have questions about the Srimad Bhagavatam’s Fifth Canto descriptions (or interpretations thereof) of cosmology? Do you wonder why the movement isnt flourishing so well in the western world? Do you think there could be a difference in perception of reality due to different types of scientific conditioning or understanding? Do you know people who quickly discredit western ideas regarding cosmology, yet may not be knowledgeable as to how such information is derived? Do you question the ultimate use of cosmological knowledge yet find it hard to determine the truth of the different approaches? Here is a simple video by a learned MIT scientist, Max Tegmark, which explains in 17 minutes such things as: * How Eratosthenes figured out the diameter of the earth over 2,000 years ago using simple means – he was accurate to less than 1% difference from today’s highly technical (and basically uncontested) figures. * How the size and location of our moon was determined by Aristarchus, an ancient Greek. Using simple geometry and the previous knowledge regarding the size of the Earth, he was able to calculate the size and location (relative to the Earth) of the Moon. * How, again using simple geometry, scientists were next able to estimate the size and distance of our sun from the earth – determining that the sun is much larger and much further away from the Earth than the Moon. * How Bessel, using the parallax method and the inverse square law (which uses the brightness of a star to yield information as to its distance) was able to postulate the size, distance, and nature of the mysterious twinkling stars – in other words stars were demonstrated to be far distant suns. * How it wasnt until as recent as 1925 that the nature of other galaxies (i.e. that they were conglomerations of millions of stars/suns) was scientifically demonstrated. * How humongous three dimensional models of the universe, comprising millions of scientifically verified stars, galaxies, etc. are now being developed. * How scientist are able to test the infinite nature of the cosmos – and so far results indicate it is infinite – as opposed to other ideas which suggest that space might curve back on itself. Tegmark states there is no evidence that space is not infinite – which is predicted by the Inflationary model of the Big Bang theory (i.e. Alan Guth’s ideas). What are my ideas? What point am I making? My point is that yes scientist aren’t able to state things in an absolute manner (or at least they shouldn’t according to my understanding of science), and they acknowledge that their ideas and conclusions are always subject to change due to new ideas, experiments and conclusions, but the manner in which they make and support their conclusions is not mysterious or terribly hard to understand. The video, which is part of a new series coming from Brian Greene’s “World Science U” series called “Master Classes,” covers the basic methodologies behind these cosmology assertions in only seventeen minutes. It’s there for us to see. It’s transparent. I probably have more points to make, or statements to make; statements such as “science is one approach, but it ultimately isn’t as comprehensive and enlightening as my understanding of Srila Prabhupada’s writings, recordings, lectures, etc.,” but for now I need to end this. Hare Krishna. Krishna has unlimited, inconceivable potencies. As humans, our senses are well adopted at gathering information from the outside. But as an aspiring devotee of Krishna my interests should go inward. As Jesus put it, “the Kingdom of God is within.” And as Sri Krishna states in the Bhagavad Gita, Know that all beautiful, glorious, and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor. Here’s the link to the video: https://youtube/watch?v=5K2o2QYriqY
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 02:25:35 +0000
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