Order in Nature

(written June 16, 2019)

In this article, the author states the base assumptions which modern science is based on. The first assumption is that nature is orderly, and the laws of nature describe that order. Here is what the article says:

When we speak of the orderliness of nature, we speak in terms of regularity, pattern, and structure. For example, when we look at a herd of wildebeest migrating, we assume that it’s not just random behaviour. We justify this assumption through observation by noting the patterns of behaviour, the structure of the herd etc, and thereby come to conclusions explaining their behaviour. The same applies to other natural phenomena. Before Newton’s law was formulated, the motions of the planets were unexplained. We knew they were moving in specific patterns, but we didn’t know why. Newton unravelled the mystery by making an assumption: he assumed that gravity would hold true not just here, but elsewhere too. A universal law that applied everywhere. Of course, we haven’t seen every single star in the universe, or every planet, but Newton’s law have held true at every single star we have observed, and in every single test we have devised, so we can safely assume that Newton’s law is universal.

Nature is orderly, as explained by the assumption stated above. However, the way that the scientists prove that nature is orderly is wrong as it has two main flaws. First of all, the scientists use inductive reasoning with selective evidence to prove these laws, but call them universal, while in actuality there are innumerable laws and energies that govern and maintain the universe. The universe is very complex and as humans, we are very limited. The laws that we have discovered may be true, but they are limited to certain spheres of reference, and there are an infinite amount of laws which we do not even know of. This is because of our process of research. Inductive reasoning is the process of making broad generalizations through small, limited experiments. This process is faulty because what applies to a small group might not apply to the entire universe. Additionally, the entire scientific assumptions are based on selective evidence which is the practice of coming up with conclusions through evidence that is favorable, not necessarily correct. Here is an example of a limited law which has been stated as “universal” due to selective evidence: Newton’s law of Gravity. Newton’s Law of gravity has been observed as universal because scientists have found favorable research which proves that the law works. They have tested the law on a limited number of celestial bodies and have decided through inductive reasoning that since gravity applied to a certain number of celestial bodies, that it applied to the rest to the universe. However, recently, it has been discovered that Newton’s laws are limited because they do not apply to the quantum realm and objects which move at the speed of light. Hence, the scientists have created limited laws and through ignorance have failed to understand that there are innumerable energies and laws which control the universe. The second flaw of the process of the scientists is that they ignore the fact that there is a lawmaker behind everything. Logically, every law needs to have a lawmaker behind it. The scientists think that the universe was created by the Big Bang, but that idea is incorrect. Order cannot be the effect of destruction. Hence, behind the creation and maintenance of the universe is an all-intelligent personality, or Krishna. As per Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1, Lord Sri Krishna is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance, and destruction of the manifested universes.