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> Not anti-science per se but Indian politicians are quite famous for pseudo-scientific nonsensical statements like Mr Modi claiming that advanced surgery exist
by rajup 3y ago
> Not anti-science per se but Indian politicians are quite famous for pseudo-scientific nonsensical statements like Mr Modi claiming that advanced surgery existed thousands of years ago when doctors sewed an Elephant's head to a God's body
There is evidence for plastic surgery being known in Ancient India through works of Sushruta/Charaka. Leaving apart the sewing of an elephant’s head on a human body, which was probably added for religious/mythological effect I don’t quite see what’s nonsensical here?
- xeromal 3y agoSeems like the "Leaving apart the sewing of an elephant's head" is the whole point the poster was making. lol
- rajup 3y agoNot how I read it. OP seems to completely dismiss the possibility that some surgical techniques may have been known in Ancient India because of what I’m sure is prejudice against one or more of religion/Hinduism/speaker(Modi in this case). Like I said the story about the elephant’s head is likely mythological/religious but that doesn’t take away from the other basic facts.
- bee_rider 3y ago“Advanced” is sort of ambiguous, so it is hard to say what the original comment is really dismissing.
- qwytw 3y agoAdvanced surgery could hardly exist or be even close to efficient without drugs used to treat/reduce infections. And when somebody says the thing about sewing heads nothing else that person says can really be taken seriously or be worth discussing.
- rustedspoon 3y agoOP quotes saying that Indian politicians from the current party are being anti-science, but the first link where modi talks about religious texts is trying to link it to science. If you read further in the link he talks about Aryabhata and space science and how we need to regain those. This is anything but anti-science Seems pretty funny to me, the reference added to say that this Indian politician is anti science is actually trying to encourage ppl to become good at science. May be he using religious based texts, but that speech in the article isn’t really anti science though.
- throw74775 3y agoThis is a very strange comment for a Hindu nationalist to make. I thought it was well established that Shiva installed the elephant head on Ganesh's body after he rashly beheaded him before realizing he was his son. It seems very bizarre to imagine a god using a plastic surgeon to sew the head on. It almost seems like he must be trolling.