Oh thank you for posting this - another example of that right wing idiot Modi
trying to turn all of India into a Hindu fanatic camp. You watch, he will wind
up being one of the worst prime ministers India has ever had.
Here is my favorite of all the comments on this story:
Obviously, even we scientists like banal entertainment. I mean they could
have hired strippers to break the monotony?, but no... they went for
mythologies? Oh brother...
"Their method of propulsion, she said, was "anti-gravitational" and was based
upon a system analogous to that of "laghima," the unknown power of the ego
existing in man’s physiological makeup, "a centrifugal force strong enough to
counteract all gravitational pull."
According to Hindu Yogis, it is this "laghima" which enables a person to
levitate. Dr. Reyna said that on board these machines, which were called
"Astras" by the text, the ancient Indians could have sent a detachment of men
onto any planet, according to the document, which is thought to be thousands of
years old. The manuscripts were also said to reveal the secret of "antima",
"the cap of invisibility" and "garima", "how to become as heavy as a mountain
of lead."
One has to be a tremendous cynic of scientific reality, and frankly
...'sanity', to go for this 'stuff'.
From: "Bhairitu [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, January 2, 2015 5:56 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] CNET on Vedic Aircraft Conference
Holy Vimanas! CNET, the tech news site has an article on a conference in
Mumbai tomorrow hosting a session on "Ancient Indian Aviation
Technology". Some scientists don't like the idea (and apparently don't
like free speech either) are petitioning to get it canceled.
http://www.cnet.com/news/ancient-indian-aircraftspaceship-on-agenda-of-major-science-conference/
The comments section is interesting too.
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