Comments on: The field Lagrangian of Feng Shui http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/ Baboon Logic - It's Godel proof! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:09:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Registry Cleaner http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-117778 Registry Cleaner Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:12:46 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/#comment-117778 Hi there, i read your blog from time to time and i own a similar one and i was just wondering if you get a lot of spam remarks? If so how do you protect against it, any plugin or anything you can recommend? I get so much lately it's driving me mad so any help is very much appreciated. Hi there, i read your blog from time to time and i own a similar one and i was just wondering if you get a lot of spam remarks? If so how do you protect against it, any plugin or anything you can recommend? I get so much lately it’s driving me mad so any help is very much appreciated.

]]> By: Incorrigible Introvert http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-10157 Incorrigible Introvert Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:41:14 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/#comment-10157 whoa! do tell us if something interesting come out of your encounters. whoa! do tell us if something interesting come out of your encounters.

]]> By: niraj http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-9398 niraj Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:27:46 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/#comment-9398 but this langrangian bit was really superb .. next time i am going to try this type of trick on them but this langrangian bit was really superb .. next time i am going to try this type of trick on them

]]> By: niraj http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-9397 niraj Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:25:43 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/#comment-9397 what a right time i read your article .. just yesterday i had the same kind of discussion with a muslim from syria (actually a whole bunch of arabs) and they 'proved' to me that everything in quran is scientifically valid ... why stress on being scientifically valid? does this not betray their grudging respect for scientific validity ? anyway initially the discussion was fun for me and i could spupress my laughter very hard ... but gradually it became boring when it was increasingly becoming clear that their attempt was to convince me to accept their 'truth' and possibly convert me. what a right time i read your article ..

just yesterday i had the same kind of discussion with a muslim from syria (actually a whole bunch of arabs) and they ‘proved’ to me that everything in quran is scientifically valid … why stress on being scientifically valid? does this not betray their grudging respect for scientific validity ?

anyway initially the discussion was fun for me and i could spupress my laughter very hard … but gradually it became boring when it was increasingly becoming clear that their attempt was to convince me to accept their ‘truth’ and possibly convert me.

]]> By: kivous http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-8512 kivous Wed, 14 May 2008 05:19:56 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/#comment-8512 lol dude that really happened with arghya? :D awesome ... lol dude that really happened with arghya? :D
awesome …

]]> By: san http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-8427 san Fri, 09 May 2008 06:29:53 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/#comment-8427 While all the claims of elders etc about ancient science may not be true and some may be mere figment of imagination...there is every chnace that some myths may be real facts at those times.So we cant just rubish all the claims of religious text/myths,unless ofcourse its plain ludicurous unscintific brain wave of some ancient writer. While all the claims of elders etc about ancient science may not be true and some may be mere figment of imagination…there is every chnace that some myths may be real facts at those times.So we cant just rubish all the claims of religious text/myths,unless ofcourse its plain ludicurous unscintific brain wave of some ancient writer.

]]> By: Incorrigible Introvert http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-8204 Incorrigible Introvert Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:56:36 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/#comment-8204 @shreevatsa 1) I pointed it out in the post itself how I attributed the whole phenomenon to religion when I was young, and how my perspective changed as I grew older - <b>But as I grew older, I realised that the origin was something much more fundamental and universal ... Religion here is a tool, serving its own need to survive as it serves in our need to protect our ego.</b> 2) I strongly disagree with your opinion that none of what I have described has anything to do with religion at all. a) Just point out one Muslim/Christian/etc etc guy to me who would quote from Ramayana or Mahabharata to prove the greatness of the ancient Indian civilisation. b) Or equivalently, point out one Muslim/Christian/etc etc guy to me who would quote from anything at all in order to argue the greatness of the ancient Indian civilisation. I rest my case. 3) The story you have listed doesn't relate very much to my story, though it is relevant (and absurd!). <b>Arthashastra</b> is <b>not</b> a Hindu scripture. It can not even be called a Hindu text. It corroborates your valid point that it is the mythological quality of the text which makes us reach out for it when we are trying to exhibit the grand past. Here you confused the <em>method of selection</em> with the <em>reason behind the selection</em>. Religion is one of the driving forces behind these sentiments. That's why you will find only the Hindus of India going ga ga over the Vedic Era, and I suspect you can find Muslims who reminisce about the Mughal era. Besides, people will not choose just about any mythological text. They'll choose the one with the most religious value. @shreevatsa
1) I pointed it out in the post itself how I attributed the whole phenomenon to religion when I was young, and how my perspective changed as I grew older – But as I grew older, I realised that the origin was something much more fundamental and universal … Religion here is a tool, serving its own need to survive as it serves in our need to protect our ego.

2) I strongly disagree with your opinion that none of what I have described has anything to do with religion at all.

a) Just point out one Muslim/Christian/etc etc guy to me who would quote from Ramayana or Mahabharata to prove the greatness of the ancient Indian civilisation.

b) Or equivalently, point out one Muslim/Christian/etc etc guy to me who would quote from anything at all in order to argue the greatness of the ancient Indian civilisation.

I rest my case.

3) The story you have listed doesn’t relate very much to my story, though it is relevant (and absurd!). Arthashastra is not a Hindu scripture. It can not even be called a Hindu text.

It corroborates your valid point that it is the mythological quality of the text which makes us reach out for it when we are trying to exhibit the grand past.

Here you confused the method of selection with the reason behind the selection. Religion is one of the driving forces behind these sentiments. That’s why you will find only the Hindus of India going ga ga over the Vedic Era, and I suspect you can find Muslims who reminisce about the Mughal era.

Besides, people will not choose just about any mythological text. They’ll choose the one with the most religious value.

]]> By: shreevatsa http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-8163 shreevatsa Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:28:00 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/#comment-8163 <i>Whenever <b>priests, old men and the wise old men of the community</b> described to me the greatness of the ancient Indian civilisation</i> Really? None of what you describe has anything to do with religion at all, inasmuch as mythology is just literature of a certain kind. [BTW: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1986595.stm" rel="nofollow">here's a bizarre story</a> :) It's incredibly absurd and relates to your story, and note that it has nothing to do with religion, again.] Whenever priests, old men and the wise old men of the community described to me the greatness of the ancient Indian civilisation
Really?

None of what you describe has anything to do with religion at all, inasmuch as mythology is just literature of a certain kind.

[BTW: here's a bizarre story :) It's incredibly absurd and relates to your story, and note that it has nothing to do with religion, again.]

]]> By: Preyas http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-8125 Preyas Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:00:43 +0000 http://baboonlogic.com/2008/04/28/the-field-lagrangian-of-feng-shui/#comment-8125 "The list is endless, What I have presented here are some of the simplest ones." Apparently there was a talk at tifr in which the speaker quoted shlokas from a few Hindu texts to "prove" that we already had quantum mechanics at the time vedas and upanishads were written. I wonder if he advices budding string theorists to learn sanskrit first. “The list is endless, What I have presented here are some of the simplest ones.”

Apparently there was a talk at tifr in which the speaker quoted shlokas from a few Hindu texts to “prove” that we already had quantum mechanics at the time vedas and upanishads were written.

I wonder if he advices budding string theorists to learn sanskrit first.

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