1- Scientific Temper
Scientific temper is a process of decision making by a person
or institution before committing acts of expression or undertaking actions with
the purpose of achieving predetermined goals. The correctness of the process determines
the achievement or failure of the purpose. It is required in all fields of
human endeavours be it be learning, employment, business, sports, adventure,
recreation or politics. It lays the foundation of all success and failures. It
is therefore essential for every individual to not only acquaint himself with
the process but also to master the techniques and to cultivate the habit of
using his mind and thought spontaneously before an act of expression or action.
It is of immense importance to the peace, prosperity, progress and development
of human beings and society. The degree of devotion and dedication of its
members who form the society determine the living standards that prevail in the
society. The founding fathers of independent India thus made it an essential
feature of the Constitution. Article 51A(h) fundamental duties states: “It
shall be the duty of every citizen of India to develop the scientific temper,
humanism and spirit and reform”. Thus it is bounden duty of every citizen be it
the Chief justice of India or chef in a house hold to cultivate the spirit of
scientific of temper, humanism and reform.
The first and the foremost beneficiary of Scientific temper
is the self. Scientific temper increases the probability of success and
diminishes the possibility of failures. Failures brings depression and sorrow
while success receives appreciation and gives comfort and happiness. Success is
rewarding mentally and materially. Scientific temper keeps the person to be at ease
with his self while success inspires him to strife for further achievements his
failures makes him aware of his short comings guiding him to eliminate them. With
every passing day his happiness increases and moments of stress and sorrow
diminishes and makes life worth living enabling him to cope with change in his
surroundings. Reforms is therefore a main attribute of every man with
scientific temper. As scientific temper spreads amongst the populace, society
progress in all aspects of life. Scientific temper is the salient feature of
progressive societies all over the World. In fact, development is directly
proportional to prevalence of scientific temper. This is evident amongst individuals
and societies all over the World.
Scientific temper is a powerful mental technique cultivated
in the mind to take correct decision for the fulfilment of one’s purpose. It is
the purpose that impacts the society which may be either good or bad. The
purpose may be good for the individuals or a category of people but bad for
society. For example, the attack on the World trade centre was an excellent
display of scientific temper but caused severe destruction to life and
property. Indian history and culture is a vivid example of the virtues and vices
caused by scientific temper. It was Buddha’s scientific temper that made him
the World’s icon for the spread of peace and learning and made the Indian
subcontinent the centre of learning and power. It is the dogmatic ‘Manuwadi’
thought that led to the disintegration of indian society into more than seven
thousand caste and sub caste. While it was the play of scientific temper on the
part of the ‘Manuwadis’ to retain their hegemony, it is lack of scientific
temper on the part of the Indian populace who failed to see through their
divisive intention and the adverse effect on them. they continue to embrace the
divisive Manuwadi culture. Thus Scientific temper is not an end in itself but a
mental skill for the fulfilment of ends.
In the middle if the Twentieth century and after the end of
the second World war a few countries emerged as sovereign countries amongst
them was China, Japan, India and pakisthan. Japan and China consisted of
Budhist populace. both suffered the ravages of war and revolution respectively.
japan emerged as constitutional monarchy while China became a Communist republic.
India gained independence and emerged as
a sovereign, secular, Democratic, Republic. Pakisthan became an Islamic
democracy. Japan and China were guided by their own culture and governed according
to political principles adopted during their formation as a nation and enforced
scientific temper in their governance. Indian and pakisthani rulers paid little
regard to the Constitution remained glued to the dogmatic and superstitious
beliefs and the consequences is being witnessed the World over. Japan and China
have a per capita income of $ 45573and $21476 respectively. Japan ranks 24th
and china ranks 75th in the Human development index of the World. On the other
hand, the miserable condition of Manuwadi India and Islamic Pakisthan is
evident from their per capita incomes and Human Development index. India and
Pakisthan have a per capita income of $8379 and $6437 respectively with a Human
Development Index ranking 134thand 164th respectively. Inequalities
wealth have gone to the extreme with ninety percent public wealth transferred
to ten percent of the populace. Thus the scarcity of scientific temper in
governance and populace is a curse for human societies.
Man is born
virtuous. Scientific temper is inherent in him since his birth. There is no
better Scientific creation than the human body; systematically organised to
perform all acts that enables him to cope with the terrain and the vagaries of
nature prevailing on earth. His senses enable to see with his eyes, hear with
his ears, smell with his nose, feel by his skin, and taste with his tongue all aligned
to a brain capable of memorising all that is perceived by his senses and analyse
and interpret, them for his guidance and future use. All set in motion at the
moment of his birth. All that is needed to be done by him by him is to optimise
their uses and distinguish between the grain and the chaff, truth and false
hood and use it accordingly. Thus every human being is born equipped with all the
hardware required to cultivate a scientific temper. The only thing required is
the will, inclination and learning to use them for the wellbeing of the self
and the human society. The earlier he sets himself on this path the easier it
becomes for him to reach the peaks of excellence and promote excellence in
society.
The bulk of
the living and non-living entities that we perceive around us by our senses are
natural creations which some say are creations by a mysterious entity commonly
called god or bhagwan etc. These creations are the embodiment of truths having
attributes useful to human beings. As time passed man used these truths to
create products to satisfy his desire for necessities, comfort and luxuries.
Many of which are found to be true with regard to their usefulness while many
are deceptive and found to be untrue or over stated and partially true with
regard to their utility to human beings or the environment. In a pecuniary
world were money is a medium of exchange of all goods and services these
substandard and fake goods and services are sold to the gullible consumers to
earn profits. This is the age of technology where communication is no longer
limited to word of mouth, but by the use of technology that encompasses the
whole world within minutes. A lone individual has the potential to communicate on
a subject, according to his choice, to a wide range of public which may be true
or untrue. Thus technology has enabled deception become an art to market
falsehood, to the common man and make icons out of idiots. This is being
resorted to by the rich, powerful and popular men in the society. A scientific
temper diminishes the possibility of being trapped by falsehood and propaganda.
The human
mind has the potential to do all that it takes to cultivate a scientific temper
its potency has to be increased to process the infinite data available and separate
the grains from the chaff. True and relevant data alone serves the purpose of
scientific temper. This is possible through dedication and learning on a
continuous basis. Thus education and awareness along with cognitive thinking
are the core ingredients for development of scientific temper.
3- Scientific temper,
God and religion
The term God is used to signify a mysterious entity that has
never been perceived by our senses. Some believe in his existence and some do
not and consider it to be a figment of imagination. Believers believe in him
for the sole reason that the infinite universe exist; thus there has to be a
creator. The nonbelievers consider the universe being a natural evolution and
need not require a creator. Buddha the greatest philosopher of human
civilisation did not accept the existence of God. But for some believers, he is
worshipped as a reincarnation of God Vishnu to suit their own ends. For a
scientifically tempered person he may act as per his wish, keeping in mind that
there is no evidence of God bestowing his blessings either on the believers or
doing harm on his nonbelievers. Since none have perceived God or the creator
through their senses yet his character can be inferred through an analysis of
his creations which the believers have attributed to him.
No religion up till
this day, has tried to comprehend God through his creations which is available
in every nook and corner of the universe. In its place a bunch of unauthentic
stories are brought before the people and propagated as acts of God. All
consider that there is only one God but no religion has the magnanimity to
tolerate followers of other religion as their own brethren. God of the
different religious groups vow on the universal concept of God as omniscient,
omnipotent and omnipresent but need a paid communicator to contact god,
specific place to pray to God. Religion therefore is the marketing of faith in
God for selfish gains. Religion today is the cause of much conflict and bloodshed
in society.
As human beings residing on planet Earth we are a part of the
universe. Through our senses we perceive all living and non-living entitie
including ourselves as creation by nature. Believers believe it is the hand of
God. Who or whatever be the creator physically all living specie are
embodiments of Truths arranged in a systematic manner so as to perform since
the moment of its birth till the end of its life. The imbalances caused in
system through our acts of omission and commission or foreign interference make
us fall prey to disease and sufferings. Ultimately all livings creatures come
to an end. Yet our longevity differs and its cause is evident to all. Never has
our creator interfered in any way with our journey on earth. Our environment is
an intricate play of living creatures and nonliving things along with the
forces of nature which is called the ecological balance. the cause and
consequences of the ecological imbalance is known to us due to the study of
science and the consequent discovery of interactions which is repetitive and
true at all occasion leading to our advancement of knowledge and truths. Thus
our environment is systematically planned self-sustainable system whose
evolution or creation required a scientific temper. Actions causes reactions is not only
applicable to humans but the entire ecological system. Be it be God or Whoever
or whatsoever be the creator scientific temper has played a major role in its
creation. Thus scientific temper in human beings is the sure path to
sustainable progress and success and the supreme attribute in human beings.
The term God is used to signify a mysterious entity that has
never been perceived by our senses. Some believe in his existence and some do
not and consider it to be a figment of imagination. Believers believe in him
for the sole reason that the infinite universe exist; thus there has to be a
creator. The nonbelievers consider the universe being a natural evolution and
need not require a creator. Buddha the greatest philosopher of human
civilisation did not accept the existence of God. But for some believers, he is
worshipped as a reincarnation of God Vishnu to suit their own ends. For a
scientifically tempered person he may act as per his wish, keeping in mind that
there is no evidence of God bestowing his blessings either on the believers or
doing harm on his nonbelievers. Since none have perceived God or the creator
through their senses yet his character can be inferred through an analysis of
his creations which the believers have attributed to him.
No religion up till
this day, has tried to comprehend God through his creations which is available
in every nook and corner of the universe. In its place a bunch of unauthentic
stories are brought before the people and propagated as acts of God. All
consider that there is only one God but no religion has the magnanimity to
tolerate followers of other religion as their own brethren. God of the
different religious groups vow on the universal concept of God as omniscient,
omnipotent and omnipresent but need a paid communicator to contact god,
specific place to pray to God. Religion therefore is the marketing of faith in
God for selfish gains. Religion today is the cause of much conflict and bloodshed
in society.
As human beings residing on planet Earth we are a part of the
universe. Through our senses we perceive all living and non-living entitie
including ourselves as creation by nature. Believers believe it is the hand of
God. Who or whatever be the creator physically all living specie are
embodiments of Truths arranged in a systematic manner so as to perform since
the moment of its birth till the end of its life. The imbalances caused in
system through our acts of omission and commission or foreign interference make
us fall prey to disease and sufferings. Ultimately all livings creatures come
to an end. Yet our longevity differs and its cause is evident to all. Never has
our creator interfered in any way with our journey on earth. Our environment is
an intricate play of living creatures and nonliving things along with the
forces of nature which is called the ecological balance. the cause and
consequences of the ecological imbalance is known to us due to the study of
science and the consequent discovery of interactions which is repetitive and
true at all occasion leading to our advancement of knowledge and truths. Thus
our environment is systematically planned self-sustainable system whose
evolution or creation required a scientific temper. Actions causes reactions is not only
applicable to humans but the entire ecological system. Be it be God or Whoever
or whatsoever be the creator scientific temper has played a major in its
creation. Thus scientific temper in human beings is the sure path to
sustainable progress and success and the supreme attribute in human beings.
