Do we need
spirituality in an
age of science?

Science looks for matter, not spirit
Methodological naturalism
Eg. 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

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

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

“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 method
To understand Krishna, stand
under Krishna
Not experimental, but
experiential
Not controlled experiments, but
experience through self-control

Science-spirituality harmony
Science can make
things better;
spirituality can
make people better