India has had a long and unbroken tradition of great scholarship — in mathematics, astronomy, linguistics, logic and ethics.
Question
India has had a long and unbroken tradition of great scholarship — in mathematics, astronomy, linguistics, logic and ethics. Yet, in parallel with this, several superstitious and obscurantist attitudes and practices flourished in our society and unfortunately continue even today — among many educated people too. How will you use your knowledge of science to develop strategies to counter these attitudes?
India has had a long and unbroken tradition of great scholarship — in mathematics, astronomy, linguistics, logic and ethics. Yet, in parallel with this, several superstitious and obscurantist attitudes and practices flourished in our society and unfortunately continue even today — among many educated people too. How will you use your knowledge of science to develop strategies to counter these attitudes?
Solution
Poverty and illiteracy are the two main factors that make people in India superstitious. So, we must first overcome these factors in order to remove the superstitious and obscurantist attitudes. To be able to have a scientific approach, everyone should be educated. Knowledge of science can be used to prove the superstition of people wrong by showing them the logic behind everything that happens in the world.
Poverty and illiteracy are the two main factors that make people in India superstitious. So, we must first overcome these factors in order to remove the superstitious and obscurantist attitudes. To be able to have a scientific approach, everyone should be educated. Knowledge of science can be used to prove the superstition of people wrong by showing them the logic behind everything that happens in the world.