We have gathered a lot of things that make us powerless—like the concepts you’re talking about. Those concepts make you powerless. Once you get rid of those concepts, you are the superpower. That superpower in the Sanatan philosophy is called the self, Atma. That’s the shruti that all Puranic literature, all Smriti, is supposed to submit itself to. The only superpower is the self, Atma—me. There is no other superpower."
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Questioner: Namaste, sir. I am a research scholar in biological science, and I have a question about science and pseudoscience. So, what are the definitions of which one is science and which one is pseudoscience?
Acharya Prashant: It’s very well known that science is falsifiable and verifiable. Science does not come up with truths; it comes up with theories. Simple.
Questioner: So, sometimes, sir, we have to believe in things which we don’t have any knowledge of, like, if a person doesn't have any knowledge in the medical sector, he has to believe in that. That is science.
Acharya Prashant: But there is a sector in which there are professionals, and there are established books, and there is an entire community based on science. You don’t just blindly believe on a doctor. The doctor is certified by a particular institution, right? And that institution is founded on science.
