Do we need spirituality in an age of science?

Science looks for matter, not spirit

Methodological naturalismEg. Fishing net, Personality thru X-ray,Seeing color on b-w camera

Origin

All science is not born equal

Eg deductive, inductive, abductive reasoning

Origin

Abductive reasoning like whodunit mystery solving

No experiments possible

Origin

Nothing existed because of nothing – nothing exploded because of nothing and gave rise to everything

The common faith of science & spirituality

Newton discovered gravity not just by observation or inference, but by faith Eg Paper with incomprehensible patterns on it

The common faith of science & spirituality

“Even the most atheistic scientist accepts as an act of faith the existence of a law-like order in nature.” - Noted physicist Paul Davies

The common faith of science & spirituality

“An equation for me has no meaning, unless it represents a thought of God.” - Reputed Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan

Science points to spirituality

God is not the explanation for the unexplainable; he is the explanation for explanability

Science points to spirituality

“You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn round and speak of the scientific foundations of morality… Every attempt to reduce ethics to scientific formulae must fail” • - Albert Einstein

A different methodTo understand Krishna, stand

under KrishnaNot experimental, but experientialNot controlled experiments, but

experience through self-control

Science-spirituality harmony

Science can make things better; spirituality can make people better