Why not Science

Science and Philosophy is same under some context. Science is the 'study of creation'. Philosophy is the 'study of creator'. There are very few people working whole-heartedly in both these two. Let me analyse the reason for decreased count of people in the field of science. One of the major reason is science requires a huge insight and questioning about the topic under test. Lets see about this insight and questioning at a later point. Before that lets see where the man power is concentrated. Its all towards technology and selling it. Technology is nothing but a way to make money out of already known science. Almost entire manpower is towards money through technology. This is a fake fancy that world offers. But there is life behind this fancy world also. Every fancy thing can satisfy the senses, not the soul. Soul satisfaction is achieved only by the real. Think of a thing at this point - Science has not grown the way technology has grown in the past few years. In this topic, I would like to discuss some factors and reasons for the above.

Lets start with questioning and insight. I think if everyone was a kid, then science would have grown a long way. Science always need these 'Whys and Hows' for its development, which are only asked by a kid in our society. Even you and I had these questions during our childhood. Where have these gone? Have we got answers for all the questions that we had? Not exactly. There is a big burial ground made in every one's mind by the good, great architects of our society. By architects, I mean our parents, teachers and all our mentors. There are exceptions in the world for every statement. But they cant be considered as example. If a child questions a teacher in the kindergarten or his/her parents, most of the times they don't have answers, because either they never had this question or they were never answered. They are not ready to get defeated by this question of a small kid, which in their sense does not know as much as they know. So, they are forced to apply the authority over the child. Child cant do anything more than subsiding. This is the first shovel of sand for making the burial ground. As the same happens, time and again, child ceases to question. Surely, if the same question pops up in the mind of a grown-up, well educated man or a woman, it would end up in a new discovery. I would like to substantiate the claim with an experience. After my graduation, when I was teaching a child of 7th standard about light, that kid asked me so many questions that I could not answer. The question was 'How light travels in Vacuum? How is the energy transfer happening in Vacuum?'. I really could not answer these questions. I know this was some kind of defeat for me. I could have just told that these are laws and are already proven (which was what I heard most often from my school teachers). Then it means I had my contribution in burying the child's ability to question. I had to search a lot for answers and got the kid in touch with a person who had specifically studied optics. Here two good things happen. When you are unable to answer the kid's question, the kid feels that he has defeated you in intellect. This boosts his morale. When you answer him after searching a lot, he feels encouraged to search for solutions.

Another thing thing to observe here is the way science is being taught in schools. Whenever there is an unanswerable question to a teacher, the he tells you that it is an assumption or a law. There are no un-meaningful assumptions in the scientific arena. This concept is created in the high schools. The student grows up and whenever he comes across a difficult part of derivation, he starts assuming with no meaning behind it.

Next thing is the way we read scientific concepts and laws. When we come across a law, we blindly follow that. We need to remember one thing, "Every law is not always right". Growth of science stops under this mentality. If Neil Bohr has had this mentality, there is no Bohr atom model. Even we can be another Bohr. All it needs is to argue against the existing law, no matter however great the person had made it. Another observation is to be made here. Suppose Einstein or Newton was publishing a law or a concept. They were considered one of the great intellects of their times. So not except a few equal intellects would have questioned the fact. So, there are probabilities that they were(are) wrong. So, we need to be bold to go against them. May be we are wrong. But there are always truth behind wrong things. If theft is considered as a wrong thing, there are always truths like poverty and illiteracy. Only after the wrong things called the theft has happened, these truths could be probed and the standard of living could be improved. So, even if we were wrong, someone will head to the right solution because of us.

Next is the herd instinct, especially in the Indian society. Nobody wants to be individualistic. Everyone wants to be in the center of the herd. Science needs different ways and openings for the a single problem. Due to this herd instinct so many openings are shut down and everyone heads to the same solution. Staying with the herd, for many people has an advantage that they don't run the risk of exposing their ignorance. If one departs from the herd, then he will be asked to explain why he has departed. He has to offer the detailed justifications and his understanding of the subject will be criticised. Once among the herd, the originality is lost. Greatness of Socrates came to light only after his death. He opposed the whole society and great political figures, because he knew he was right.

Above all that discussed above, there are two things called patience and perseverance which is required for the scientific community. These two things are rarely found in youth. Think of great minds like Thomas Alva Edison and William Roentgen, the patience they had during the experimentation. Achieving the goal is not always simple and quick. Once in my college computer science department, I saw a quote, "Success without difficulty is triumph without glory". Every difficult success, discovery, solution is difficult and requires patience and perseverance.

India has a lot of intellectuals who complain about the lack of infrastructure in the country. I ask every one of them, "What do we need more than the convoluted flesh lying inside our cranium"? It can do wonders. It can face any challenge and find a solution for that which no other animals can. This is one reason why evolution has stopped. Human brain is so powerful to make the humankind, creators themselves (AI, Robots). Lack of infrastructure in the country cant justify the lack of scientific growth.

With all this writing I only want to increase the interest of the youngsters towards science, without which technology is not there. We should remember that money cant buy everything like attitude, mentality, desire all that is needed for success. Its a fake that can buy only the fancies of the world. So, to do something great, we need to think big and come out of the herd. Everyone is sent to this world for some purpose, which is apparently not money. Whenever the mind and soul finds peace and satisfaction in doing something, that should be the real purpose for which we had been sent for. Holding the purpose and carrying on would fetch us the light at the end of the tunnel. For some, the tunnel is short, for some the tunnel is long. Some travel with high velocity to reach fast, some travel with less velocity to reach slow. But everyone can reach it and feel the light.