Yet another controversial day as ever is the science day. The so-called traditionalists would argue that spirituality begins where science ends, while the diametrically opposite camp would insist that where spiritualism ends, science begins there. There is a corollary to this favourite argument. The Western world alone is progressive as it is scientific! Well, the limits of the Enlightenment project, the Second World War, the Cold War have established the futility of such axioms.
Personally i find such a debate with foregone conclusions on both the sides quite facetious, rather empty, and absolutely argumentative. In my opinion, beyond rationality, logic, et al, if science truly teaches us anything at all, it is humility. Science truly believes in accepting, and hence exploring, re-de-signing the paradigms.
Science has repeatedly proved this resurgent, restorative and resilient spirit. True science accepts that our current knowledge is within given paradigms, and beyond these are wor(l)ds, parameters waiting to be explored.
I do believe that science is by definition imaginative. It is ethical deeply. Even the technology that depends more on ratiocination, the reason-based flow is open to re-search, re-vision.
Science is by nature predictive as well. Hence the debate whether every new technological explosion would open up the can of worms socio-economically! Well, if human beings choose to work on the assistive aspects of the newly minted technology, that should make life not merely more comfy, but add a purpose to life
Pratima@ Science and technology, true, are the pillars of the temple of the entire world.
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