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    Mission Reality
    Mission Reality
    Mission Reality
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    Mission Reality

    By Abhijit Naskar

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    "More than machines, we need mindfulness - more than likes, we need kindness - more than connections, we need commitment - more than advancement, we need enlightenment."
     

    "A critical book that appears at the right time, our digital age, which challenges us to think and re-think what's real and what can be made real. It posits we have the ability to change our reality at the confluence of the currents of technology, science, spirit, and nature. By this great churn humanity may make its greatest advancement. Read. Think. Explore."- Lewis Cardinal, Canadian Activist, Board Trustee - Parliament of World Religions

    Mission Reality is a spell-binding odyssey of investigation into the nature of reality, by one of the most influential scientific minds of our time Abhijit Naskar. Here, the humanitarian neuroscientist takes us deep into the abyss of our mind to obverse the construction of our own reality up-close. This book not only gives us insight into ourselves and the world we live in, but also it gives us a call to take charge of the societal reality which will be handed down to our children.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVicdansaadet Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2019
    ISBN9781393920311
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      Mission Reality - Abhijit Naskar

      MISSION REALITY

      Abhijit Naskar is the twenty-first century mind of science, whose glorious philosophical touch has enabled modern Neuroscience to effectively engage in the human society towards diminishing the ever-growing conflicts among religions. As an untiring advocate of global harmony and peace, he became a beloved best-selling author all over the world with his very first book The Art of Neuroscience in Everything. With various of his pioneering ventures into the Neuropsychology of religious sentiments, he has hugely contributed to humanity’s attempt of eradicating religious differences, for which he is popularly hailed as a humanitarian who incessantly works towards taking the human civilization in the path of sweet general harmony.

      MISSION

      REALITY

      ABHIJIT NASKAR

      Mission Reality

      Copyright © 2019 Abhijit Naskar

      This is a work of non-fiction

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      An Amazon Publishing Company, 1st Edition, 2019

      Printed in the United States of America

      ISBN: 9781083099464

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      DEDICATION

      To All Humanitarians

      CONTENTS

      1. Real Unreal
      2. Illusion of Reality
      3. Order and Chaos
      4. Word is Not The Thing
      5. Collective Reality
      6. Possibility versus Ethics
      7. Famous not Wise
      8. Artificial Intelligence and Transhumanism
      9. What is Life
      10. Why Diversity Matters
      11. The Eternal Dilemma
      12. Perils of Genius
      13. Beyond Paradigms
      BIBLIOGRAPHY

      1.  Real Unreal

      The brain works on hypothesis. All that we perceive is merely a hypothesis or a hunch, based on the data acquired until that moment. And a person with more access to data, would be closer to the truth than another person who has less access to data.

      Nevertheless, to the person, the personal hunch - the hypothesis, appears to be the truest explanation of all. Because that's what our brain wants us to think, so that we don't go crazy over the anxiety that comes along with the question of truth. That's why reasoning is so rare today, just like it was centuries ago, when Galileo was imprisoned in his own house because his explanation of the universe went against the collective hunch of the members of the society he lived in.

      As it appears, the attempt of understanding a phenomenon often brings along more pain than does giving in to the conformities of the society's ignorance. That's why till this day, organized religions have such a strong grip over the people, because people are not exactly looking for actual answers that can be backed up with evidence in their everyday life, rather they are looking for comfort and solace that they lack in their daily life.

      When humans create an illusory image of a supreme source of divinity and solace outside their ordinary existence, they do so, driven by their evolutionary drive of self-preservation. Yet, the progress of humanity is precisely predicated on breaking that innate urge for self-preservation and looking beyond - seeing what humanity could achieve only if they could sacrifice some of their affinity to comfort and security.

      Humans are lamentably insecure creatures. Hence, when a rare few individuals question that very insecurity and embark on a journey of inquiry, they are seen by the people of their time as abnormal. Yet it is the abnormality of a handful of individuals that paves the path of advancement.

      Now, the interesting part is, the greatest role in the advancement of our species, not one of the greatest, but the greatest, has been played by Science. But till this day, science hasn't fully been able to attract the attention of the masses, despite the fact that, it has contributed the most in the life of the humans. Somehow, people can't connect with the idea called Science at an emotional level – they see science as something mechanical - something harsh and soulless. And perhaps we the scientists have ourselves to blame for that.

      Many scientists, if not most, till this day, have a kind of condescending attitude towards the ordinary people of the society. Somehow, in the ceaseless pursuit of intellect and knowledge, they tend to forget that the purpose of science is to serve people. Naturally, people as well have developed a kind of cold mechanical distance between their everyday life and the world of science.

      To break down this wall of coldness, we must first make it clear, what Science really is. Here I am not talking about its academic definition, rather I am talking about the soul of science. So, let me elaborate. When I started training myself in Neurobiology, Psychology and Theology, mostly on the streets of Calcutta, at the book-kiosks on the sidewalk, for I had no money to buy the books, I had no academic background - no college degree

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