Science and philosophy arise from different kinds of inquiry. Matter seeks continuity of state, while the ego seeks continuity of existence and constantly changes identities to preserve itself. Fear, danger, and suffering are rooted in the ego’s sense of “I,” not in material reality itself. Questions are valuable because they expose hidden beliefs, and genuine learning requires challenging assumptions through inquiry, dialogue, and self-examination.
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Questioner: Hello sir, I am Pratik. I am a master’s student in quantum technology over here. So, from childhood I have seen science as a very great subject for me. The meaning of moving in life for me was science. Because of that I also took admission in ISC. I have also been part of the Gita community with you for around 3 years.
So I have one question over here. I found that in physics we have inertia. Ego also is very similar. It does not want to change. But if it has to change, it takes the easiest path. The corresponding analogy I can see is the law of least action over there.
In maths also we see that ego has an illusion of choices. It really does not have a choice but it thinks it has some choices. And in maths we try to remove all the paradoxes which we find. In paradox also I see some illusion of choices. In paradox it feels like I can go either this way or this way and I do not know, so I can take any choice as I am standing over here. Because of this subjectivity, I think maths removes all the paradoxes. Science does not talk about ego or something, but still I have a question. Why do we have these two different kinds of curiosities? Why are science and philosophy different?
