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Science and the Scientific: Growing Scientific Temper among Indians

Start Date :
Sep 16, 2020
Last Date :
Dec 31, 2020
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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India Science (www.indiascience.in) is an Internet-based science Over-The-Top (OTT) TV channel. It is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India ...

India Science (www.indiascience.in) is an Internet-based science Over-The-Top (OTT) TV channel. It is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India , implemented and managed by Vigyan Prasar (VP), an autonomous organisation of Department of Science and Technology. This 24x7 video platform is dedicated to science and technology knowledge dissemination, with a strong commitment to spreading scientific awareness especially with Indian perspectives, ethos and cultural milieu. The initiative is supported by National Council of Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), DST.

Science and Technology are the main driving forces of the nation and fundamental to the progress and growth. But there is a distinct difference between “science” and “scientific”.

What do you think, is the difference and where do you think they relate with each other? How do the two words contribute to building and reinforcing scientific temper among the youth? Send us your views!

Last date of submission is 31st December 2020

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ARUN KUMAR GUPTA
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA 5 years 3 months ago
Lighting fire with striking stones must be the first science experiment in human history. Humans have come a long way since then. Now, we can look at what happened during initial stages of universe formation. Technology is available to land on asteroids and bring rock samples back on earth
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Amit Srivasatava
Amit Srivasatava 5 years 3 months ago
Science the western way, we need to explore the areas which are considered to be nescience and faith/ belief and study them on scientific parameters to make humanity see and comprehend a wider picture of the world and reality around.Study of astrology, healing through mental power or distant healing, alternative healing modalities, faith healing, ancient Indian mythology, which actually is theology, Yoga if studied scientifically can really make humanity take a lot of benefit from it. God bless
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Amit Srivasatava
Amit Srivasatava 5 years 3 months ago
happen to be beyond the understanding of present day science , putting it under the head of metaphysics/ faith/belief/nescience does not do justice to the actual spirit of science or" vijnan" as we call it. This is the reason we put boundaries to the purview of science and do not let it expand. So many parts of Indian wisdom go unfostered and unfunded due to this reason. The level of scientific expertise our culture has is being ignored falling prey to the stifled system of doing
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Amit Srivasatava
Amit Srivasatava 5 years 3 months ago
Considered scientific. If there is a procedure which does not follow this, it is considered non scientific or sometimes nescience. but the problem comes when some procedures happen to follow the tenets described earlier for being scientific i.e. they happen to have reproducible results , specific system boundary, well defined observables but are still considered nescience or non scientific. They are put under the basket of metaphysics , faith, beliefs and nescience. Just because something
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Amit Srivasatava
Amit Srivasatava 5 years 3 months ago
Laws in action (not necessarily understood within the purview of prevalent scientific knowledge), they are studied under metaphysics . It becomes important to raw a distinction between science/ nescience/scientific. Scientific is something which falls within the ambit of present day science and has a set procedure and protocol (i) There must a well defined system being studied. (ii). Well defined observables. (ii). Results must be reproducible If a phenomenon follows this, it is
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