Acharya Prashant addresses the question of why there is widespread disrespect for science among the common people. He begins by explaining that to understand our attitude towards science, we must first understand who we are. He defines the human being as one who desires freedom from suffering but has simultaneously made that very suffering their identity. This creates a fundamental conflict where we seek liberation but resist the process that brings it, as it feels like the destruction of our self. He elaborates on this conflict by introducing the concept of two lies: an inner lie and an outer lie. The inner lie is the ego, our false sense of self, which we want to protect at all costs. To protect this inner lie, we create an outer lie, which is an imaginary and superstitious understanding of the external world. For example, the inner lie might be "I am brave," and the outer lie to justify our fear is "There are ghosts outside." Science, by investigating and presenting the facts of the material world, shatters this outer, imaginary world. When the outer lie is broken, the inner lie is exposed, revealing our cowardice and ignorance. This feels like a personal attack, leading not just to disrespect but to hatred and violence towards science. Acharya Prashant then connects science to spirituality, explaining that science is the knowledge of the external, material world (Prakriti), which the Upanishads refer to as 'Avidya'. Spirituality, on the other hand, is the knowledge of the inner world, the self, which is called 'Vidya'. He quotes the Upanishads, which state that both Vidya and Avidya are essential for liberation. Those with only material knowledge fall into darkness, but those with only so-called spiritual knowledge, devoid of a factual understanding of the world, fall into an even deeper darkness because they are prone to superstition. In conclusion, he asserts that a truly spiritual person must have a scientific temperament and give full respect to science. The knowledge of nature (Prakriti) is science, and to truly know something is to be liberated from it. Therefore, science is a deeply spiritual process. The disrespect for science arises from a lack of genuine spiritual understanding. The very people who call themselves spiritual are often the ones most hostile to science because it threatens their inner and outer lies. True spiritual liberation is not possible without a scientific outlook and an honest curiosity to know the world as it is.