I think you are implying that atomic/molecular physics is a complicated subject, but perhaps I am not understanding you.
Anand --- In [email protected], Chetan Nagendra <chetan@...> wrote: > > Dalton, Thompson. > > Crap. > > > On 26 Mar 2011, at 17:19, Anand Manikutty wrote: > > > > Some day when I can afford to not hold down a full time job I'd like > > > to get some formal training in Philosophy even though my > > > current instinct is to hate it for its eminent unsuitability to tackling > > > the subject. > > I respectfully disagree that that is the job of philosophers really. This is really about cosmology. Whether or not the universe is a hologram is a question best left to physicists. > > > > Pace Paramarthananda, ideas related to the reality of the Universe in premodern Indian texts (the Advaita of Sankara, et cetera) do not have a basis in the scientific method. The revolution in our understanding of the nature of matter came with the work of Dalton, Thompson, et cetera. We have some comments on these strands of opinion in the teaching materials accompanying our book "The Essence of Leadership". > > > > In a nutshell, we don't believe that there is much to be gained from studying premodern Indian history if the aim is to gain a better understanding of the nature of the universe. > > > > Anand > > P.S. More (to follow) here : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/324 > > > > >
