The Abortion of Science or Scientific Inquiry
I always used to wonder when young - why do so many things I think of do not have a reason for bolstering? It all began with the stupid , or rather "funny but thought provoking" doubts I used to come up with during my childhood. When watching the ever famous epics such as Ramayana or Mahabharatha, I often asked my parents "how is it that these kings grow manes so long, but not a single hair on their chest or face? " or "Don't these people ever shave?" or "What kind of toiletry used to prevail during those mythological times?". But all these questions were taken lightly or considered ignored. The reason - Well, one is not required of think of such things. Just watch the show, and learn the morals. Wow. So this is just a tiny example of how I myself was a victim of ignorance of scientific inquiry in childhood.
Yet another fact about the abortion of science ( I chose to call it this way, because its roots are removed even before they are born), can be very well understood in the famous humorous talk given by Julia Sweeney at TED. She talks about the so called age of reason. It is extremely hurting, and annoying to realize now after becoming an adult that there were so many unanswered questions you had in your mind, which were left buried due to the dogmatic ignorance portrayed by the conservative narrow minded generations above you. I am thankful to my parents in that way, for having nurtured my scientific quench to a comparably better extent.
This is a beautiful article by the famous Brian Greene on the crude fact of people detaching science from their lives. It is brilliantly said there that "It’s the birthright of every child, it’s a necessity for every adult, to look out on the world, as the soldier in Iraq did, and see that the wonder of the cosmos transcends everything that divides us." So, looking deeply into this inscrutable fact, why is it that one's scientific thirst is not even allowed to kindle, let leave alone nurture? The vertical nature of science demands that one has to comprehend A before giving a shot at B. And it is true that children these days grow up looking at science as a burden to be shouldered until they are free to let go of it at high school or something. They look at it as a subject rather than a way of life. This detachment cannot be blamed upon the children. In fact it's the adults who create this distance of separation. It's the stubborn and dogmatic indifference shown by the elders towards science that suppresses the innocent mind of the child to think scientifically and reason.
How I wish that the human life was centered around the beautiful and powerful nucleus of scientific reason.
Yet another fact about the abortion of science ( I chose to call it this way, because its roots are removed even before they are born), can be very well understood in the famous humorous talk given by Julia Sweeney at TED. She talks about the so called age of reason. It is extremely hurting, and annoying to realize now after becoming an adult that there were so many unanswered questions you had in your mind, which were left buried due to the dogmatic ignorance portrayed by the conservative narrow minded generations above you. I am thankful to my parents in that way, for having nurtured my scientific quench to a comparably better extent.
This is a beautiful article by the famous Brian Greene on the crude fact of people detaching science from their lives. It is brilliantly said there that "It’s the birthright of every child, it’s a necessity for every adult, to look out on the world, as the soldier in Iraq did, and see that the wonder of the cosmos transcends everything that divides us." So, looking deeply into this inscrutable fact, why is it that one's scientific thirst is not even allowed to kindle, let leave alone nurture? The vertical nature of science demands that one has to comprehend A before giving a shot at B. And it is true that children these days grow up looking at science as a burden to be shouldered until they are free to let go of it at high school or something. They look at it as a subject rather than a way of life. This detachment cannot be blamed upon the children. In fact it's the adults who create this distance of separation. It's the stubborn and dogmatic indifference shown by the elders towards science that suppresses the innocent mind of the child to think scientifically and reason.
How I wish that the human life was centered around the beautiful and powerful nucleus of scientific reason.