How ironic. He’s talking about bogus information yet he’s implying that a processed cerial breakfast is better than fresh eggs. I don’t know a single person Lernard in nutritional science, who would think that a bowl of cereal for breakfast is better than eggs. Processed Cereal is just junk food for breakfast and eggs are really unquestionably one of the best things you could ever eat for breakfast. Leaving out the ideology of course.
This is probably the stupidest book produced in western academic circles. The author of the transmission of knowledge has no conception of how Rigvedic knowledge was transmitted orally, a singular and marvellous achievement. The Rigveda remains a nearly unchanged knowledge tradition. The author in his absolute ignorance, claims writing evolved in four civilizations of the world, not mentioning India. The varu inventions in math, science, architecture, philosophy, martial traditions of India never find a mention. Not even the invention of zero! The various old universities are mentioned, but not Nalanda or Taxila! Why is a book on transmission of knowledge forgets one of the most important fountains of knowledge in the world? Racism seems to be the answer to me. But maybe it's just a classic case of people writing books when they shouldn't be.
Excellent ...prof & the madman.
Hey! Not such a bad intro.
Check out The Man Who Loved China....equally as good.
Starts at 2:40
Love his accent, love his work, public speaking, not so much. It’s all punctuated with umms, and ahhhs. Hard to get past that.
How ironic. He’s talking about bogus information yet he’s implying that a processed cerial breakfast is better than fresh eggs. I don’t know a single person Lernard in nutritional science, who would think that a bowl of cereal for breakfast is better than eggs. Processed Cereal is just junk food for breakfast and eggs are really unquestionably one of the best things you could ever eat for breakfast. Leaving out the ideology of course.
hi guy, i think the ref was about sources, vs sources in general. how the public is easily influenced by pr from "trusted" source. M
This is probably the stupidest book produced in western academic circles. The author of the transmission of knowledge has no conception of how Rigvedic knowledge was transmitted orally, a singular and marvellous achievement. The Rigveda remains a nearly unchanged knowledge tradition. The author in his absolute ignorance, claims writing evolved in four civilizations of the world, not mentioning India. The varu inventions in math, science, architecture, philosophy, martial traditions of India never find a mention. Not even the invention of zero! The various old universities are mentioned, but not Nalanda or Taxila! Why is a book on transmission of knowledge forgets one of the most important fountains of knowledge in the world? Racism seems to be the answer to me. But maybe it's just a classic case of people writing books when they shouldn't be.