Minister ridiculed for saying ancient India invented internet

[A.P. Richelieu]

Can u scientifically prove that Internet didn't exist in ancient India? U can't. We usually consider those things as myth which we can't explain or more preciously don't have the knowledge to give an explanation. We still have a lot to learn to understand this world.

I m sure there were some technological process that ancient Indians used to communicate, it could be Internet or it could be something that was more advanced than Internet. How do u think those spaceships were controlled without a proper communication system back in those days. Open up ur mind.

Can you prove that Internet was not invented by a Moose, right after the Ice Age?
It is up to those making claims to prove the claims.

There has been ways to communicate long distance way before Internet.
You can send a single bit by lighting a fire which can be seen from a distance.
A few bits using smoke signals.
Complete sentences using a combination of flags.
Complete messages using Morse code and a telegraph,
but none of those methods is Internet.

Internet is TCP/IP based.

What is the likelyhood that Ancient India was using TCP/IP to communicate?

I will answer it for You: NONE.

 

[RudraMudra]

Can you prove that Internet was not invented by a Moose, right after the Ice Age?
It is up to those making claims to prove the claims.

English is not his first language.

By "internet" he did not mean the actual Internet. He meant the concept of accessing knowledge or viewing things without actually being present at the site.

But his naive comments makes for good fodder for trolls and bigots and they naturally have a field day.

There has been ways to communicate long distance way before Internet.
You can send a single bit by lighting a fire which can be seen from a distance.
A few bits using smoke signals.
Complete sentences using a combination of flags.
Complete messages using Morse code and a telegraph,
but none of those methods is Internet.

Internet is TCP/IP based.

What is the likelyhood that Ancient India was using TCP/IP to communicate?

I will answer it for You: NONE.

In India, photocopying is called "Xerox".

You want a copy of something made, you just say I want a "Xerox". That is part of our Indian culture.

What kind of idiot would go around "teaching" people that "Xerox" is actually a company that makes photocopying machine ?

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

English is not his first language.

By "internet" he did not mean the actual Internet. He meant the concept of accessing knowledge or viewing things without actually being present at the site.

But his naive comments makes for good fodder for trolls and bigots and they naturally have a field day.



In India, photocopying is called "Xerox".

You want a copy of something made, you just say I want a "Xerox". That is part of our Indian culture.

What kind of idiot would go around "teaching" people that "Xerox" is actually a company that makes photocopying machine ?

This is how a human mind work, since Xerox spread a new technology.
That is very different from trying to take an existing, well known technology and try to give it a much wider meaning.

 

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[RudraMudra]

This is how a human mind work, since Xerox spread a new technology.
That is very different from trying to take an existing, well known technology and try to give it a much wider meaning.

You cannot have double standards.

If "Xerox" is acceptable for photocopying, then why is not "internet" acceptable for "viewing without being actually there" ?

The same principle applies. Nobody is in any doubt about what he really meant by it. Everybody in India knew he was not talking about "TCP/IP", the same way no body in India things of the company when someone says "Xerox".

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

You cannot have double standards.

If "Xerox" is acceptable for photocopying, then why is not "internet" acceptable for "viewing without being actually there" ?

The same principle applies. Nobody is in any doubt about what he really meant by it. Everybody in India knew he was not talking about "TCP/IP", the same way no body in India things of the company when someone says "Xerox".

It is not double standard, ”to xerox” is a new term without any previous mening.
To try to create a new meaning of an established term is not OK.

If you order a ”salad nicoise”, you do not expect to get a leg of lamb.
The restaurant that responds by that ”this is OUR salad nicoise” is not going to have a good reputation.

The minister can use any terminology he prefers, and anyone else is allowed to ridicule him.

 

[RudraMudra]

It is not double standard, ”to xerox” is a new term without any previous mening.
To try to create a new meaning of an established term is not OK.

If you order a ”salad nicoise”, you do not expect to get a leg of lamb.
The restaurant that responds by that ”this is OUR salad nicoise” is not going to have a good reputation.

The minister can use any terminology he prefers, and anyone else is allowed to ridicule him.

I have no idea what salad nicoise is. Indian salads are made using ONLY vegetables. Even then, its a new thing. Indians do not usually eat salad.

I don't think the minister cares if anybody outside his voter base ridicules him.

I am only commenting on the bigots having a field day that only serves to showcase their prejudices, rather than anything negative about the minister.

BTW "internet" is also a new term. At least for large parts of India which never had internet for the longest time. Its only advent of smart phones and low cost 3G network that introduced Internet to the rural areas. So in Indian cultural context, its as foreign as "Xerox".

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

I have no idea what salad nicoise is. Indian salads are made using ONLY vegetables. Even then, its a new thing. Indians do not usually eat salad.

I don't think the minister cares if anybody outside his voter base ridicules him.

I am only commenting on the bigots having a field day that only serves to showcase their prejudices, rather than anything negative about the minister.

BTW "internet" is also a new term. At least for large parts of India which never had internet for the longest time. Its only advent of smart phones and low cost 3G network that introduced Internet to the rural areas. So in Indian cultural context, its as foreign as "Xerox".

Prejudice is the wrong term here, they showcase their postjudice.

 

[RudraMudra]

Prejudice is the wrong term here, they showcase their postjudice.

Oh no, its prejudice all right. And it has nothing to do with the minister saying anything. That is just an excuse for them to voice their prejudice.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

Oh no, its prejudice all right. And it has nothing to do with the minister saying anything. That is just an excuse for them to voice their prejudice.

Prejudice is when you judge before the minister makes the comment.
When you make judgements after the minister makes the comment, it is post-judicial.

An example of prejudice would be a mullah which decides to enter an election and gets criticized before he has stated his position.
A mullah which says that women should not drive, and then gets criticized is not a victim of prejudice.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

THIS WAS PREjudice because they are targeting him because he is from a pro Hindutva political party called the BJP.

It wouldn't have mattered what he said, they are constantly on the lookout for things they can twist and mock.

If he was to say we should protect cows, they would have jumped on him and called him a cow vigilante and Fanatic for wanting to save animal lives. The last time a few random person pulled down the statue of Lenin in his newly won state, he was ridiculed for being a "fascist"

The goal of a political party is to make people have a positive opinion of their party and make them vote for the party. If your claim is true, then voting is the ultimate act of prejudice.

’A member of a political party is judged by the previous activity of the party and how he conforms to those activities. Since the minister is making a stupid remark, which is inline with previous equally stupid remarks by other BJP members, criticism is not unwarranted.

If the minister would make an intelligent observation, not inline with BJP, and receive criticism by political adverseries, then it would be prejudice.

Criticism by political adversaries for whatever reason is what to be expected in a democracy.

 

[U-571]

im practically warning indians not to follow brahman path, it has always brought destruction to indian civilization

eliminate brahmanism and eliminate their monopoly on the state or their mindset.

it is very dangerious for india and has been through over indian history.

india has always been the best civilization in the world but brahmanism has always destroyed it, its indian nemesis.