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Fortunately, he was not one to give in so easily. According to family legend, he spent several weeks studying the holy books and proceeded to prove to the priests that the scriptures did not contain any injunctions against crossing the seas. But, why did the Islamic invasions not trigger a change in attitude? The Muslims did bring in new technologies (most visibly in architecture, food and warfare) but change seems to have been in the nature of a level shift rather than in the process of inquiry.
Fortunately, he was not one to give in so easily. According to family legend, he spent several weeks studying the holy books and proceeded to prove to the priests that the scriptures did not contain any injunctions against crossing the seas. But, why did the Islamic invasions not trigger a change in attitude? The Muslims did bring in new technologies (most visibly in architecture, food and warfare) but change seems to have been in the nature of a level shift rather than in the process of inquiry.
This is partly true but the blind following of fashion is no excuse for poor judgment. Moreover, it is also usually forgotten that many well-known international and Indian economists had also warned against the use of one-dimensional models for economic planning. qxd 44 7/14/2008 10:41 AM Page 44 The Indian Renaissance interesting comments of Milton Freidman, later Nobel Laureate, on Mahalanobis in 1956: “Mahalanobis began as a mathematician and is a very able one. Able mathematicians are usually recognized for their ability at a relatively early age.