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When this change in concept came to light, the scientists began to feel that so far science is not in contact with ultimate reality Not only this, but they started believing that the greatest discovery of the present century was that 'we are not yet in contact with the ultimate reality' and that 'things are not what they seem'.
The truth is, that this turn of events in scientific world completely shattered the pride of the scientists They came to realise their smallness They began to think of a colossal knower In the words of Einstine 'We can know only the relative truth, but absolute truth is known only to the universal observer'. It is now to be seen as to what was the effect of these changes in the original beliefs on the speculation about the soul Modern science has two aspects-the practical and the theoretical. The subject of soul cannot be the subject of an experimental science. Although, biology-a branch of modern science, has been developed on the basis of experiments, but it should be considered to be another aspect of physiology. In the field of theoretical science the progress made by the scientists is thought provoking indeed' The principal question before the scientists in this field has been 'What is the origin of life' To this question various answers were put forth, but they all came to the same thing-that life originated accidentally or that it accidentally fell down on this earth from some other cosmic body. But now it is evi
