Jain Philosophy and Modern Science

Author(s): Nagrajmuni
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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PHILOSOHPY & SCIENCE Gravitation has solved many problems of Geography and Astronomy. But in the era of Relativity, the Law of Gravitation has been completely overshadowed. According to Einstein there is nothing like the socalled Gravity in this world The events which appear to us to be caused by the attractive gravitational force are in fact the attributes of the space generated by the motion of the moving objects In the era of Relativity, the Law of Gravitation is explained as follows
"We put a pillow in a concave room, and sitting in the room we throw balls on all four sides of the room Now, because the room is concave all the four balls will dash against the pillow If we think that the balls were attracted by the pillow and that they dashed against it due to its gravity, we shall be wrong" In this way it is clear that the Law of Gravitation which till yesterday was considered a gospel truth is an out of date proposition today The 'facts' discovered by science are never absolute and they are replaced by later researches and discoveries The difficulty is that facts so far undiscovered are hastily refused recognition of, by the scientists This in turn is due to their ego about the possession of scientific knowledge Why should they refuse recognition to something which they have neither studied nor about which they have carried out any researches? The knowledge of man is finite. He should never forget that his knowledge is like a drop of water in an ocean Whatever is not