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India's superstitions are far more deeper and affect common people in their daily life. Kudos to ISRO on this mission, as they might have faced lots of oppositi
by pramalin 13y ago
India's superstitions are far more deeper and affect common people in their daily life. Kudos to ISRO on this mission, as they might have faced lots of opposition to their operations from many sides. Even the Nobel laureate scientist C.V Raman opposed space explorations in his time, saying that they are meddling with Gods.
For example, Mars is considered as a malicious planet in their astrology and people fear its effects next to Saturn. It is hard for one to find a matching person to marry if he/she is are afflicted by Mars, because one of the belief is that such afflicted person's in-laws will face untimely death. This belief causes so much grief for the parents looking for alliance (ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Dosha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Dosha).
Hopefully scientific missions such as this will help the people to shed their unfounded fear and live better life.
- svasan 13y ago>>> Even the Nobel laureate scientist C.V Raman opposed space explorations in his time, saying that they are meddling with Gods. Could you provide some citation here? As far as CV Raman's religious inclinations were concerned, my understanding is that he was an agnostic [1]. Being a scientist himself, I don't think it would have been in his nature to stifle the spirit of scientific inquiry in the name of religion. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._V._Raman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._V._Raman
- pramalin 13y agoI have read about C.V Raman's objections to space missions in Tamil language sites only. I dug up the following for your reference: http://new.modernrationalist.com/2012/07/science-vs-religion-nietzsche/ http://new.modernrationalist.com/2012/07/science-vs-religion...