Dear Readers,
While reading Descartes, I learned that 'pursuit of science should be dispassionate'. This one sentence made me feel nebbish in spite of years of research in my field. Profound thinkers have such power of reorienting your entire system of thought with their classical masterpieces or at least, ask fresh questions to your accomplished conclusions.
All this while I used to hold that the story of unfolding of human civilisation has a very important premise on man's nature or his immediate environment. It is his interaction with the surrounding that shapes and in turn is shaped by evolution of the specie. It is not this strand which seems to be problematised. I was basing my research on the Thar desert. What unnerves me is the humble acceptance of the fact that at times, I drift away from the scientific line of inquiry due to my strong filial sentiments with the land. This infests my arguments with prejudice, at times.
I resolve to overcome this emotional shortcoming. A probable solution can be to pick up an alternative field area. This would free my mind from any predilections and I can focus on the peculiarities of that specific geographical zone although the whole exercise would entail considerable effort and vigor. The second option which is more enticing, exciting and challenging would be to continue with a cautious distancing from bias and imposing a Spartan spirit of disciplining upon my thinking mind. Who knows, a Thermopylae ambush waits around the corner....!
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