Acharya Prashant addresses the apparent contradiction of scientists who are rigorous in their professional work but superstitious in their personal lives. He explains that the ego can be curious from two distinct centers. The first is an evolutionary curiosity, similar to that of animals like rabbits, which is driven by biological survival, security, and progress. This curiosity is directed entirely outward and, while it can be amplified into scientific research, it remains rooted in a dark, unexamined center. In this state, a person can perform science as an action without being scientific in their being, leading to a divided existence where logical rigor in the lab coexists with primitive beliefs at home.
