Wednesday, October 15, 2008

an inconvenient truth

Pacifists have always considered the "truths" as mere logical extension of the eminent wisdom. However, a close re-examination reveals that the most of the Important truths have begot from the a cataclysmic opposition to this accepted wisdom.

First and foremost, the problem is wisdom are not absolute. it is the interpretation of the facts and events. The presonal prejudice and experience play a great role in defining wisdom. Therefore with person opinion defination of the wisdom changes. As with time the facts and event changes, defination become more erractic. Thus the chaolic of wisdom again become falliable with time. The notions, which tries to chanlleges the absoluteness of the this preconcieved defination, are progenitor of Important truth. For instance when Galelio tried to questions theory of centrality of earth in universe, then only he arrived to truth that earth is revovling around the sun, infact its a tiny part of universe. This was origin of truth.


Further some of the preconcived definations , however outrageous, are never questioned. For intance, divison of the countries on the basis of reason which are absolutely incomprehensible. It is known that a greater good a can be achieved by the free world with no resitrication between peoples in communication and economy still such divison is considered to be subtle. Untill and unless leeway is given for challenging such grosly incorrect assumptions, the broader truth will remain nebulous.

Peoples always tends to reamin adtherent to exisiting defination. As they are proslytize for its accuracy. In step ahead this people try to proselytize others.This cascading progrom hinders the progress of individualism and to in humanity in it global scope. Religion and culture are glaring example for it. They have exsisted from the moment the mind has tried to understand the world as a whole. Their idea are fixed from pre-historic times, peoples till now continues to follow them. Everytime they are challenged there is large uproar against it.

In essence, accepted notions tries to slow down the world. The truth tries to attain the opposite, that is to blow wind to keep the cycle of life running. Therefore there is inherent conflict underlying them. The hope that the current wisdom is not absolute is next truth.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Ephemeral Scientific theories

As the science and technology is advancing, its belittling the old traditional theories. The pace at which these new theories are replacing the passe scientific theories, which were once considered well established, compels us to look the existent theories with skepticism. There are many reason to believe so.

First and foremost is some of the basic theories which were once seems to be completely obvious and logical, has been consistently proven to be wrong. For instance, the Newtons law of gravitation. It was perhaps impeccable in its time. The falling of the apple was completely defined by the attraction of earth. He gave the formula which was defining all the forces that can exist between the mass, completely unassailable. But as soon Enstien put his revolutionary theory and redefined the gravitation as mere curve in space time co-ordinate. The Newton's theory was discarded in no time. There are many such numerous examples.

The problem invariably lies in assumption which scientist take while defining this theory. While this assumptions seems to be empirically flawless, they are never proven abstractly. This preconceived and prejudiced notion and axioms are progenitor of the errors.

There is one more aspect to this. Skepticism itself is fundamental of the scientific developments. In fact skepticism has beget all the new theories. Skepticism is partisan for scientist that they are curious about the specific field. The only logical conclusion can be scientific fraternity should see each and every pre-existing theories with absolute skepticism and they should not take any of fact as granted.