#IndicStudies, 2nd Webinar at FLAME University Date: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
TITLE: Where #QuantumPhysics and #IndicVisions overlap
Abstract of the Talk: Quantum Mechanics is a twentieth-century culmination of three centuries of modern (Galilean-Newtonian) science. One may therefore wonder how one can talk about Quantum Mechanics and any traditional religious perspective. This can be done because the world-view that QM engenders, the notions of causality and determinism that follow from it, and the picture of reality that emerges from it have some remarkable parallels with some of the insights of ancient Indic philosophers. This lecture will explore some of these fascinating findings. Its goal is not to show that the methods and mathematics of QM are implicit in ancient writings.
Bio: Dr. Varadaraja V. Raman is an Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has lectured and written profusely on many aspects of Indian heritage and culture and authored numerous books, more than 300 book reviews, and scores of articles on science and religion. He is an active member of organizations devoted to building understanding between science and the humanities. He has been elected Senior Fellow of the Metanexus Institute and was the recipient of the Raja Rao Award, which honors and recognizes writers who have made an outstanding contribution to the literature of the South Asian Diaspora. He has written a web column entitled Reflections on Remote Roots, which is widely circulated to people of Indian heritage in many parts of the world.
