Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

Author(s): Amarendravijay, J D Lodaya, Bhuvanchandra
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Academy

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that ... what man can perceive of the reality around him is distorted and enfeebled by the limitation of his organ of vision. The world will appear far different to him if his eyes were sensitive, for example, to X-rays.21
There is no reason why nature should terminate at the point where our senses cease to register it, and no reason why, beyond this point, it should be governed by unfamiliar laws.22
Our perception of an object varies depending upon the various electro-magnetic waves that project its image. What cannot be perceived by science today, may become accessible tomorrow through development of finer gadgets and then, barren-looking lunar landscape may appear full of life. One cannot categorically rule out the possibility of change in science's view regarding life on the moon.
It may be hard to swallow the proposition of experiencing a world other than what one is used to perceive through ordinary sensory apparutus in day-to-day life. So, let us take a simple example of everyday experience in order to grasp the point made earlier. When we are in a room which has no radio-set in it, we do not hear any sounds other than the ambient noise and the conversational voices of the occupants present therein, However, all the sound-waves of radio broadcasts from various centres like Delhi, London, Moscow etc. are very much in existence in the atmosphere of that room without interfering with one another or disturbing the peace. Our ears can, however, pick up only a particular range of sound - from 16 to 32768 frequency per second - the sound waves with higher frequency or longer wavelength remain inaudible to us. The transistor of the radio-set, of course, can pick up and convert them into wave forms that fall within our audible range and thus we become aware of their presence.
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