Last week ’s Indian Science Congress started off reasonably well with an inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself . However , the conference ’s festivities took a number of unexpected turns after speakers made bizarre claims mixing Hindu mythology and scientific discipline , as well as dismissing the findings of Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton .
G Nageshwar Rao , the Vice Chancellor of Andhra University , cite an ancient myth as evidence that stem cell research was used in India K of years ago , AFP news agencyreports . In special , he cite the floor of the Kauravas , the 100 legendary son of the King of Hastinapur , Dhritarashtra , and his wife Gandhari .
" Everybody inquire and nobody believe , how come Gandhari throw giving birth to 100 children . How is it humanly possible ? Can a fair sex give birth to 100 children in one life , " he posed to the nonplussed audience , according tothe Press Trust of India .
" But now we believe we have trial - tube babies … 100 ball were fertilized and put into 100 earthen pots . Are they not test - tube babies ? Stem prison cell research in this state was present chiliad of years ago . Today , we speak about stem cell research . ”
" We had hundreds of Kauravas from one mother because of bow mobile phone enquiry and test tube sister technology . It hap a few thousand years ago . This was scientific discipline in this land , " he added .
Not exactly peer - go over stuff , here .
He went on to talk about the ancient Amerind heroic verse form of Ramayana and claimed that Ravan , the story ’s Heron , used 24 different type of aircraft and airstrips in Sri Lanka to rescue his married woman Sita from the ogre king Ravana .
Another university lecturer from southerly Tamil Nadu DoS threw specter at the greats of Western science , Einstein and Newton . According toBBC News , Dr KJ Krishnan debate Newton fail to " realise gravitational repulsive forces " and say gravitational waves should be renamed " Narendra Modi Waves ” , after India ’s quality minister of religion .
