oct 24th, 2006
as i have said repeatedly, i repose little faith in 'science' being rational and logical. it is also a matter of faith and belief, just as religion is.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/magazine/22sciencefraud.html?ei=5087%0A&em=&en=640f5517261c0a07&ex=1161835200&pagewanted=all
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http://www.geocities.com/vsc_iitm/nvcInaugural.html
Talk by Former Director of IIT Madras
excerpts:
Vedanta talks of 3 kinds of proofs (pramanas) - the first one is prathyaksha-direct proof, second one is anumaana Pramaana - inference and third aagama Pramaana (or Saastra / Sabda). I asked them, which is the Proof normally produced by science. Without exception, all of them said Prathyaksha Pramaana. This is what I call SUPERSTITION OF SCIENCE.
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So, Swami Vivekananda poses a question. This is the paradigm of science. Investigate everything to your satisfaction and only then accept it. Now Swami Vivekananda's question is "Can you subject religion to the same analysis?". And you know his revolutionary statement - "IF YOU SUBJECT A PARTICULAR RELIGION TO THE SAME METHODOLOGY AS SCIENCE ADOPTS - REASONING - AND IF THAT DOESN'T STAND THE TEST OF REASONING, IT SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OF THE WINDOW". Every religion he says, must satisfy the paradigm of scientific investigation. It is from this particular point of view, that he as a student approached vedanta.
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