My definition of a rational person is first being a reasonable one. Not just getting irked by any statement that is not conducive to your own definition of science. After all science is just a method. A method by which we postulate a set of minimum assumptions that can explain many phenomena. No amount of evidences can establish its completeness as much as a few evidences that go against it. When some such evidences do not fall in line, it does not detract the validity of the original postulate. It just states the need or even an existence of a higher model. If one can accept this as a basis, there are many such methods to approach and postulate many assumptions even in Vedas and Upanishads and by the people of those times. That does not make them any superior to the current scientists as much as the current scientists can claim a superiority over Galeleo, Newton or Copernicus. The whole concept is to keep evolving, and for that to keep an open mind is not wrong. There is no doctrine that ever said that a thinking mind happened only after modern science has been established. And not everything that is said in Vedas and ancient scriptures are beyond question or sacrosanct. They are questionable and questioned. People like Yagnavalkya, Nachiket and many many such did exactly that. Even Shankara did so. There is nothing that is told there that is beyond question and has to be believed blindly. Tarka (debate) was a tool used by Shankara to win even adversaries as friends and allies. Sadly we dont even follow that and use debate as a means to make friends turn enemies in social media. If this is what modern science-y people can do, there is a thing or two we can learn from those ancient periods at least in how to conduct ourselves while debating! ~ My comments in the thread on my last post on the news of HRD Minister discussing the possibility of including contributions from ancient Indian culture into our curriculum and why I support it. This however applies to all who debate on any subject in any media, for or against any topics, hence posting as a separate post. Kishore
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 09:31:00 +0000
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