Belief vs Enquiry || Acharya Prashant

Full video: Dealing with negative vibrations || Acharya Prashant, at BITS Pilani, Goa (2022)

Transcript

00:00The level of scientific literacy is so low, we tend to believe in just about anything.

00:06So, somebody tells you inside there are waves, positive vibrations, you'll believe it.

00:11Somebody tells you inside there is some kind of a roof or soul, and if you sleep with your

00:17mouth open, it's likely to escape, so you better keep things locked and tight over here,

00:23and you'll believe it.

00:24If you take it from me, there are 40 times more ridiculous kinds of beliefs circulating,

00:32and people are damn serious about them.

00:34I have seen eminent scientists, deeply superstitious, not just in ISRO, but even in other agencies.

00:41NASA, very eminent scientist, often of the status of a director, and the fellow is still

00:48superstitious.

00:49We just believe.

00:50The fundamental attitude is of belief, not enquiry.