tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post3560465394336664940..comments2023-04-13T02:48:31.429-07:00Comments on Sanal Edamaruku: The Guardian: Sanal Edamaruku on Prahlad JaniRationalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13409668202689639009noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-15075085277187840562010-10-15T17:29:01.771-07:002010-10-15T17:29:01.771-07:00Great job, this is the way to approach such "...Great job, this is the way to approach such "sensational" claims. The burden of proof should not fall onto the shoulders of the ones who listen, but the ones who claim such things.<br />If there is no convincing proof that something happened, there is no need to disproof it.<br />I mean, that is how it should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-40021082698425336692010-06-15T09:39:47.755-07:002010-06-15T09:39:47.755-07:00Thank you Mr. Edamaruku.Thank you Mr. Edamaruku.brian katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568625901413169944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-49876926798212878642010-06-15T04:55:21.188-07:002010-06-15T04:55:21.188-07:00Is it so difficult to put this fraud in a sealed g...Is it so difficult to put this fraud in a sealed glass room with air-vents? He could even have some shade for times when there's an over-abundance of his "food" i.e sunshine.<br /><br />Besides, he shouldn't need a loo - no food and no drink = no poop and no pee.<br /><br />J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-34709438746700367762010-05-25T06:51:46.432-07:002010-05-25T06:51:46.432-07:00keep up the great work, mr Randi is right, we need...keep up the great work, mr Randi is right, we need more people like youHjalmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11300589872205902761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-22947911740004186932010-05-20T01:27:46.967-07:002010-05-20T01:27:46.967-07:00Our medias are still spending for this kind of bas...Our medias are still spending for this kind of baseless "revealings". They may have to show atleast 5% logics before they air this kinds of media garbases.<br /><br />Thank u very much Mr. Sanal EdamarukuHaris, Manjerinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-48828126823333087532010-05-19T05:31:06.715-07:002010-05-19T05:31:06.715-07:00Well done Mr Edamaruku for bringing some light to ...Well done Mr Edamaruku for bringing some light to the darkness though many close their eyes at that time!Segarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10600891471955370312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-55697310056052947312010-05-19T05:26:51.241-07:002010-05-19T05:26:51.241-07:00Hats off to Mr. Edamaruku for his efforts towards ...Hats off to Mr. Edamaruku for his efforts towards spreading rationality over blind faith. The twin pillars that support irrational faith, are fear and greed. There are unscrupulous people always willing to exploit this situation, and lots of gullible victims ready to fall prey due either to their fear of some eventuality or due to wanting to get something without putting in the necessary effort.Lata Tauronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-74679934091258859682010-05-19T01:08:59.915-07:002010-05-19T01:08:59.915-07:00Thanks Mr Edamaruku!
Really the situation is a sha...Thanks Mr Edamaruku!<br />Really the situation is a shame for the nation in general and the scientific community of country, in particular. We feel ashamed that we harbour such pseudo-scientific people in our institutions.Balkrishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384836238254097284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-45283827058255370272010-05-19T00:09:12.530-07:002010-05-19T00:09:12.530-07:00Excellent Sanal,
I was stunned by the story! How ...Excellent Sanal,<br /><br />I was stunned by the story! How to defend this claim as a rationalist?<br />Thanks for your writings, It clears the doubts of a lot of people. There are lot of scientists in this country who lacks common sense! Our country is rich with all such frauds and babas whom you always defended.Shybuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389672135923428468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-20296428835134282182010-05-18T22:29:45.369-07:002010-05-18T22:29:45.369-07:00Why not put Dr Shah on sunshine diet? If his resea...Why not put Dr Shah on sunshine diet? If his research is scientific, he will survive otherwise his abode will be heaven or hell, depending on what view the all knowing God takes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111152365498935277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-76686610214847743922010-05-18T22:12:11.885-07:002010-05-18T22:12:11.885-07:00As always good work Sanal…you make us proud! If no...As always good work Sanal…you make us proud! If not for a handful of sensible people like you, Indians would become the laughing stock of the world. This reminds me of the hoax that the herbal petrol (some Raman) played on the entire country! We seem to be so desperate for a scientific breakthrough that we are willing to believe every cheat and charlatan. I hope our Government and people realise there is no shortcut to hard work, commitment and perseverance.Gopi Shankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243231955788874267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-85582317700880276142010-05-18T21:36:53.470-07:002010-05-18T21:36:53.470-07:00In another discussion elsewhere, i met many educat...In another discussion elsewhere, i met many educated people who refused to be skeptic about the claim till it was tested ( they thought they should be fair-minded). As if millions of years of open, universal, geographically and ethnically unrestricted and still ongoing 'testing' did not give them a clue that man cannot live without food for long, and without water for much less ! Thanks Sanalsashikumar kurupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-72711099523993629022010-05-18T21:00:23.164-07:002010-05-18T21:00:23.164-07:00Any rationalist should investigate such claims by ...Any rationalist should investigate such claims by the so called super men with an unbiased method.Had Mr Edamaruku`s team caught the holy man red handed, I would have been happy.<br />But sadly I did not find that.One should not go on inferences though inferences may be correct. Dr Shaw`s team should have kept the subject under tight security of impartial persons where as the same was not done.<br />So both teams can now blame each other and stuck to their guns.Hence I request DrShaw to once again conduct the research in front of impartial persons with tight security.Then perhaps, the holy man will cry for food loudly!!PGPanikkarhttp://www.engineeringconsultancy.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-36206240892975082342010-05-18T20:17:06.899-07:002010-05-18T20:17:06.899-07:00It's a real shame, but it has always been Indi...It's a real shame, but it has always been India's bane, the nexus between these kind of pseudo saints and the politicians. The other day I was appalled to see a Facebook community urging support for the idea of giving Mata Amritanandamayi the Nobel peace prize for 2010; that, I felt, is the height of absurdity. And imagine the Indian government coming out with an open statement against the BBC for coming up with a well-researched documentary on the organized fraud that is known as Sathya Sai Baba. Prahlad Jani and fraudsters like him get attacked and exposed frequently, but I feel the Rationalist Association should be targeting the bigger fishes first. We rarely see articles like these on the Amritanandamayis and the Sai Babas. I genuinely feel the Rationalists Association is not doing enough on that front.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12713891532909805716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-1918875542675793492010-05-18T12:01:22.453-07:002010-05-18T12:01:22.453-07:00Such frauds need to be exposed -- both for the sak...Such frauds need to be exposed -- both for the sake of rationalism as well as to protect the gullible 'believers' from exploitation by greedy 'godmen'. Congratulations on your good work.Debashis Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10165255760811411787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869303440693657334.post-71899669776602233242010-05-18T12:01:22.454-07:002010-05-18T12:01:22.454-07:00Ha Ha Ha.... Mr.Edamaruku,
I am laughing not for t...Ha Ha Ha.... Mr.Edamaruku,<br />I am laughing not for the Craps of Prahlad jani, but for his success in Baiting NASA & the Indian Defence Ministry with his Craps. it just proved that what an idiotic nature of beliefs we humans have inside us regarding the unknowns. <br />My heartiest Congratulations to you for joining the revolutions of trying to pull such craps off from this world.Dipangkar Baruahnoreply@blogger.com