People for Science: Group Rules

There certain prescribed rules. Please do look at them

1.   Post related to Scientific temper, methodology, obscurantism, superstition, explaining natural phenomenon should be posted.

2.   Do not post Jokes, Unnecessary forwards, and propaganda posts.

3.   We all are members of many other groups. So, posts, which may be very relevant on social or political issues including labour issues, caste issues, other people’s issues should be avoided. Also avoid propaganda of events related these issues.

4.   Post on new discoveries, new debates etc. should be done and people should participate in the same.

5.   Discussions and debates should be healthy, based on rational and logical reasoning and facts. Abusive and personal attacks should be strictly avoided.

6.   Admin reserve the right to remove people not observing rules.

People for Science (PFS): Group Introduction

This group People for Science (PFS) is to promote Scientific temper amongst people.

The obscurantism that is so well prevalent in in day to day life of common folks is the actual reason for such incidents to take place. We have seen that in some extreme cases there is some reaction of the people, when some baba is caught there is some reaction. In fact, these Babas thrive on this deep-rooted obscurantism. But obscurantism is not limited to such extreme cases, but it is there in day to day life. People wearing rings of different stones, asking Pandit to decide who to marry and when to marry, renovating or constructing our houses based all vastu, are just a few examples.

Moreover, present regime is even worse. It is up to undo whatever scientific and rational was there. It has launched a full-fledged attack on science and scientific temper. A committee is formed constituting some Directors IITs, DG of CSIR and former DG of CSIR to study panchgavya. They are changing syllabus to replace science with obscurantism.

some of us to convened and discussed the issue and do something about it.

We discuss decided the following as a beginning. We discussed many things at reached following conclusions:

1.   We should demand the government of Delhi to introduce scientific temper in curriculum and in methodology of teaching.

2.   We should run a campaign to create awareness. This campaign can be in schools, colleges, and residential areas. Campaign can be in forms of visuals, videos, lectures, demonstrations, exhibitions etc. and should be also on social media.

For this it was also decided that we can coordinate with many other groups and individual already active on similar ideas. We should also pool resources- be it literature, visuals other material or even human resources.

This group too, is part of the campaign now. One can post and discuss relevant material.

It was also decided that the PFS will organize debates, discussions on topics like Scientific Temper

1.   Pseudo-Science

2.   Scientific methodology

3.   Situation of Science & research in India

4.   Myths, science and obscurantism

5.   Science & technology and research orientation

6.   Ancient texts and science

7.   And many other aspects dealing with nature, philosophy and day to day science.

This WhatsApp group shall work a platform for information sharing as well as an alternate to physical activities. One can post news about science, pseudo-science, debates on some oar many of the aspects mentioned above and propagate scientific temper among the people.

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