SUPERSTITION VS SCIENCE

" किसी भी बात पर आँख, कान एवं दिमाग बंद करके विश्वास करने का मतलब है अंधविश्वास और जहाँ अंधविश्वास होगा वह समाज कभी आगे नहीं बड़ सकता ! " 3.  Pregnant Women Not Allowed To Go Out During          Eclipes           In India it is believed that during an eclipse one must not wander out, since it is believed that the Sun is swallowed up by the demon. Pregnant women, especially, must stay indoors in order to ensure that their babies are not born with any deformities. In fact, pregnant women are often not allowed to sew or cut vegetables during an eclipse. Some families avoid cooking and eating altogether during an eclipse.  The scientific reason behind it ........is that  However, the reason behind some of these superstitions can be scientific. one should actually avoid going out during an eclipse in order to keep away from the harmful UV rays which bcan cause hrfull effect on to your bo...

" SCIENCE IS THE GREAT ANTIDOTE TO THE POISION OF ENTHUSIASM AND SUPERSTITION" There are various traditions and beliefs that have been followed by the people since ancient times. Most of these beliefs, it is argued nowadays, are superstitions which people follow blindly for the fear of being cursed or harmed by supernatural powers or God. However, research studies have shown now that some of these beliefs or superstitions have scientific reasons associated with them. Sounds strange, isn’ it?  The common superstion that we follow are as follows:-, 1 . A cat crossing your path: I am sure you have heard, or probably even said something like ”Today isn’t going to be a good day for me; a cat just crossed my path.” Have you ever wondered in what possible way can that little creature harm you or bring you ‘bad luck’? Well, in olden days people used to travel by carts that were pulled by domesticated animals. When passing through forests at night, the carriage ani...

T here are many things in Nature which are beyond human knowledge. We try to understand the mystery of Nature. But there are still many things in the world of Nature which cannot be explained through reasoning. We consider them the wishes of unseen power. We give fanciful causes for happenings which we cannot explain. There are many natural events which are said to be due to supernatural forces. These beliefs in supernatural forces is known as Superstition. Our logic fails and reasoning does not satisfy us. A superstition is an irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious, especially in connection with religion. To my mind, being too superstitious is opposite of being materialistic and realistic. It's interesting to notice that almost everybody is fairly superstitious, but life of a true superstitious person becomes a never-ending fight against sober view of things. Consequently, superstitions may become an obsession to a person and make his life a real nightmare, becau...