Superstitions are always associated with Solar Eclipse, specially in India, where Astrologers make fast money by indicting fear in the public. This is happening since centuries. Earlier our Ancestors didn't wanted to see the Eclipse, fearing EYE SAFETY, as they were neither had safety mechanisms, nor aware of Scientific Methods to witness this Fantastic Celestial Event, and hence propagated blind beliefs and superstitions to avoid watching the Eclipse. This is the main reason why people even today, do not want to come out of their homes, during the Eclipse.
Times changed now, with easy availability of SOLAR FILTERS, and the Scientific Community, atleast now should aggressively encourage everybody to witness this Astronomical Wonder, with Media supporting the same, and provide resources to the public for procuring safe and scientific methods to witness eclipse like www.astronomyindia.org/shop
Once they witness the Eclipse and get thrilled, they lose the fear of viewing the Eclipse, and also simultaneously shun Superstitions related with Eclipse.
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Science and superstition are both ways that mankind tries to explain the world, his place in it, and how to exert control over it. Other than that, there are no similarities.
There is none. Superstition is completely bereft of science. However, a savvy person may use scientific techniques to gain advantage over someone who believes in superstitions.
Superstition is the belief of the supernatural, the unexplained, and the unimaginable. And for the most part, cannot be proved. Science on the other hand, is the study of just about everything and anything. Science is anything or everything that can be proved in a variety of studies. There are many branches of scicence.. such as Technology ( -ology [The study of] ). Geology, Biology, and many other branches of science. To be brief.. Superstition is anything underlying a faith of the unprovable. Science is the study of anything, that can be proved.
This effect is best categorized as interference.+
by not beleving it
I feel through studies, values etc.
Science didn't evolve from superstition. It came from curiosity about the world.
Any legislation aiming at eradication of superstition is sure to fail in achieving the goal. Penal codes have failed to curb perpetration of crimes. So will any codes on eradication of superstition. What is necessary is spreading education throughout the length and breadth of the country to arouse zeal for analytical mind.
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Nobody know when the end of the world will be. Both science and superstition have there viewpoints, but neither are significantly substantial.
Math is really the language of science.
Science and superstition are both ways that mankind tries to explain the world, his place in it, and how to exert control over it. Other than that, there are no similarities.
If it can be explained then it is not a superstition.
There is none. Superstition is completely bereft of science. However, a savvy person may use scientific techniques to gain advantage over someone who believes in superstitions.
Albert Tshibangu-Wa-Mulumba has written: 'Science et superstition chez Auguste Comte' -- subject(s): Philosophy, Science, Superstition
Science relies on repeatable, redundant results from experiments in order to consider it valid.