Exploration of General Systems Theory GST and Jainism may provide new frontiers of knowledge and evolution

SR No.: 269185
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Surendra Singh Pokharna
Publisher: Surendra Singh Pokharna
Total Pages: 37
Language: English
Classification: Article
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countries who used to work towards spiritual evolution, religious activities and family welfare, have all started working for economic development only. Also indices based on economic growth are so much dominating the people's mind that the impact of economic development on the environment is totally ignored.
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Effectively one can say that final consequences of these activities have resulted in a very large increase in the entropy (disorder) of the environment and the society. Here entropy is to be understood in terms of mixing of objects and/or entities with time which results into more information to know these objects and/or entities. Some examples are given below where one finds the ideas of entropy increase in one way or the other.
a. Mixing of hydrocarbons like petrol and diesel vapor with air and water etc. which were otherwise distinctly separate.
b. Spread of industrial chemicals and other pollutants in rivers and ponds.
c. Flow of millions of tons of fertile soil in the sea every year.
d. Adulteration of food and medicines and many industrial products.
e. Spread of electromagnetic pollutions in atmosphere due to very large increase in use of mobiles, internet and other electric gadgets.
f. Decrease in orderliness in music and increase in noise.
g. Mixing of the roles of men and women.
h. Increase in corruption and black money due to which unaccounted money is diverted from the main economy to areas and accounts which are not counted in GDP and so on.
Creation of the so called ordered systems (say concrete jungles, industries etc.) in the name of economic development have basically led to the generation of entropy in the biosphere. Such ordered systems can be called as "Ordered material systems" generating large entropy.
Now to understand the root cause of these problems, one has to closely examine the basic laws of science and find out whether this type of analysis can provide better alternatives and new directions of knowledge, order development and evolution.
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