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I think we both understand where I was coming from with the Ramanujan thing. Regarding the Mahabharata, same story. how did they find it out? Why wasn't the met

I think we both understand where I was coming from with the Ramanujan thing. Regarding the Mahabharata, same story. how did they find it out? Why wasn't the methodology given with proof? Why didn't they put more effort into understanding it's properties? Do you have a source to the exact line in the early scripture? Otherwise, it just sounds like something that was slipped in during the translation process. None taken. Personally, I believe that if you're vehemently "proud" of your country and heritage, you havent accomplished much else in life thus far. I don't look down upon Indians, only worried that pseudoscience like this is a dent to credibility and only belittles and overshawdows the great work that's being done today/will be done in the future

eklavya 13y ago
I think you do not understand why I mentioned Ramanujan. He said in his own words that mathematical facts just came to him while dreaming from a god. Since there is no methodology given for his findings he is a crook, right? As for early scriptures, suppose after 5000 years if the current civilization is no more and the future generations get hold of a book with no mathematical proofs but astounding facts which clearly state the technological advancements of our time, they should just call it "pseudoscience". Yeah, right. Personally I believe that if somehow you are proud of only the things YOU have done, you have got way too many problems of your own to take care of. The fact that you couldn't google a simple fact says a lot about your "achievements/accomplishments" too. Here you go http://alishekh.blogspot.in/2009/05/speed-of-light-in-rig-veda.html http://alishekh.blogspot.in/2009/05/speed-of-light-in-rig-ve... It's pretty simple Sanskrit, it's not even riddled, it's plain Sanskrit. If you understand even a little Sanskrit (I do) the translation will make sense. Of course you could trust the author of the article too for having done a good job in translating and explaining. And just so you know that guy who has written this seems to be a Muslim, so zero benefit in advancing the said "propaganda".
- ashayh 13y ago
  Wow your link looks extremely scientific and rigorously researched. Just one of its more obvious gems: 2000 Dhanus = 1 Gavyúti (distance to which a cow’s call or lowing can be heard) = 12000 feet
  - eklavya 13y ago
    <scrcasm> 2000 Dhanus = 1 Gavyuti hmmm, they must have first calculated a Gavyuti and then just randomly equated it to 2000 dhanus. The fact that they named it after a cow's call (range approximately 12000 feet) is the proof. People named unit erlang after erlang, so <insert a bullshit correlation here> </sarcasm>

eklavya 13y ago

I think you do not understand why I mentioned Ramanujan. He said in his own words that mathematical facts just came to him while dreaming from a god. Since there is no methodology given for his findings he is a crook, right? As for early scriptures, suppose after 5000 years if the current civilization is no more and the future generations get hold of a book with no mathematical proofs but astounding facts which clearly state the technological advancements of our time, they should just call it "pseudoscience". Yeah, right. Personally I believe that if somehow you are proud of only the things YOU have done, you have got way too many problems of your own to take care of. The fact that you couldn't google a simple fact says a lot about your "achievements/accomplishments" too. Here you go http://alishekh.blogspot.in/2009/05/speed-of-light-in-rig-veda.html http://alishekh.blogspot.in/2009/05/speed-of-light-in-rig-ve... It's pretty simple Sanskrit, it's not even riddled, it's plain Sanskrit. If you understand even a little Sanskrit (I do) the translation will make sense. Of course you could trust the author of the article too for having done a good job in translating and explaining. And just so you know that guy who has written this seems to be a Muslim, so zero benefit in advancing the said "propaganda".

ashayh 13y ago
Wow your link looks extremely scientific and rigorously researched. Just one of its more obvious gems: 2000 Dhanus = 1 Gavyúti (distance to which a cow’s call or lowing can be heard) = 12000 feet
- eklavya 13y ago
  <scrcasm> 2000 Dhanus = 1 Gavyuti hmmm, they must have first calculated a Gavyuti and then just randomly equated it to 2000 dhanus. The fact that they named it after a cow's call (range approximately 12000 feet) is the proof. People named unit erlang after erlang, so <insert a bullshit correlation here> </sarcasm>