A true scientific mind never ridicules any idea or theory! Even if it sounds so ridiculous that you find it funny! Especially when the majority find it absolutely crazy in the ANGREZI language!
The one with a good English skills automatically thinks that he or she is somehow MORE intelligent or knowledgeable! The English man (or woman for that matter!) and his (or her!) pseudo feeling of superiority is as old as the ENGLISH history!
Do remember that at some point; the whole world used to think that it is the sun which revolves around the Earth and that the Earth was in fact flat! Though we have long been taught in our Puranas and Ithihasa that it is not so! We were just waiting for the world to catch up!
If at that time some Indian would have told to a westerner that the Earth is not flat but BHUGOL or a sphere; he or she would be slapped his temple thinking how stupid that notion is!
In fact history is full of ideas that were laughed at until they changed the world!
In the 1830s, an Ohio physician claimed tomatoes could cure everything from indigestion to cholera!
He in fact sold “tomato pills” that became a massive craze!
While they weren’t a miracle cure, the trend eventually led to Americans realizing tomatoes were safe to eat (rather than poisonous), and the invention of ketchup! Not to mention a good source of several nutrients and of the powerful antioxidant lycopene, which is linked to heart health and cancer prevention. They are also rich in vitamin C, potassium, fiber, and vitamin K1. Additionally, they provide beta-carotene, folate, and other antioxidants like flavonoids that promote skin, eye, and bone! The tomato pill turned out to be real after all!
In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed that continents were once a single landmass (Pangaea) and “drifted” apart. The great Englishmen with the Monocle and a ‘top hat’ could not accept such a ‘ridiculous’ theory! He was ridiculed for decades and diagnosed with “wandering pole plague” before plate tectonics proved him right in the 1960s!
In fact many so called TRIBAL practices were actually more modern than even the MODERN medicine of those times!
The indigenous people in the Andean region used the bark of the Cinchona tree (known locally as quina-quina or “bark of barks”) to treat fevers and shivering!
In the 17th century, Jesuit missionaries learned of this remedy from the local people and introduced the bark to Europe, where it became known as “Jesuit’s bark”!
In 1820, French chemists Pierre Pelletier and Joseph Caventou isolated the active compound, quinine, from the bark, allowing for standardized, effective treatment!
The tribal DRUG is a cornerstone in the treatment of Malaria! Only that they did not have the POWER of MODERN thought or language!
So the next time you hear or see or read a supposedly ‘RIDICULOUS’ study or statement; keep your SCIENTIFIC mind OPEN!
Even if you have read countless books and know a lot; what you know is still a DROP in the whole OCEAN of knowledge!
A big ocean of emotions and dance also were Sooraj R. Barjatya’s USP!
Now be more receptive!
Shubh ratri!
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