Scientists’ Role in Fighting Pseudoscience
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Example of Meghnad Saha:
- Meghnad Saha was one of the leading astrophysicists from India. He was also an elected parliamentarian.
- In 1954, he wrote to the then PM Nehru, “My request to you is that you do not smother your Desdemonas on the report of men like this particular Iago. I sometimes believe there are too many Iagos about you, as there have been in history about every person of power and prestige.”
- Here, Saha was referring to characters in Othello, a tragedy by Shakespeare. Saha was self-identifying with Desdemona- the faithful but misunderstood character of the play and was describing Nehru’s advisors as Iago- the main antagonist of the play.
- By making allusions to characters from the well-known play, Saha was conveying his displeasure at how the PM’s treacherous advisors were ruining the relation between the state
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