Maths Didn't Even Help 'Einstein To Discover Gravity,' Says Union Minister Piyush Goyal
The Indian economy is not in the best of shapes, to say the least. And the more our ministers try to reassure us that everything is alright, they are making it look even scarier. The more they speak they are also making us question their knowledge about the subject.
The latest Modi minister to make himself a laughingstock is Piyush Goyal, who is in charge of the Railways, Commerce and Industries.
Speaking at an event Goyal said, "Don¡¯t get into the calculations on the television that say for $5 Trillion Economy, the country will have to grow at 12%, today it is at 6%. Don¡¯t get into these maths. Maths never helped Einstein discover Gravity.¡±
There are something fundamentally wrong with what the minister said.
It wasn't Einstein who discovered gravity, it was Sir Isaac Newton.
And Newton was a mathematician and physicist.
Both Newton and Einstein had used mathematics extensively in their works.
Now, the minister¡¯s statement has gone viral on social media.
Son: Papa, Maths ka exam hai, thoda padha do.
¡ª Millennial Nirmala Tai (@Vishj05) September 12, 2019
Piyush Goyal: Don't get into maths. Maths never helped Einstein discover Gravity.
Son: But Papa Einstein didn't discover Gravity.
Piyush Goyal: Don't get into Science.#YoPiyushHatesMaths
Einstein when he was told that he discovered gravity. pic.twitter.com/7fnxNh7vnZ
¡ª Ankur Bhardwaj (@Bhayankur) September 12, 2019
Einstein just arrived in Manesar, Haryana to check the gravity of crisis in Maruti plant. pic.twitter.com/UVc69EOuDq
¡ª Rofl Gandhi 2.0 (@RoflGandhi_) September 12, 2019
BREAKING NEWS : Nirmala Tai is feeling very insecure about her job after Professor Piyush stole her limelight by brilliantly linking Einstein & Economy.
¡ª Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) September 12, 2019
She has asked her BJP IT cell advisers to come up with something better. Soon.#YoPiyushHatesMaths pic.twitter.com/FsIB6wMkv6
Piyush Goyal said Maths didn't help Einstein to discover Gravity.
¡ª Chowkidar Nirav Modi (@niiravmodi) September 12, 2019
He is right because BJP IQ and Policies helped Einstein to discover bjpeE = mc2
Key Points by legend @PiyushGoyal in this video clip
¡ª Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRai) September 12, 2019
1. Einstein discovered Gravity , not Newton.
2. Maths is useless.
3. Maths restricts innovation.
Ladies and gentlemen , We have a new Pappu in @PiyushGoyal ? https://t.co/obNAB07oMS
.@PiyushGoyal : Einstein discovered Gravity.
¡ª Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRai) September 12, 2019
Newton : pic.twitter.com/lP8AIVMtTx
Meanwhile the minister has issued a statement saying his comments were taken out of context.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal's clarification on his recent comments: The comment that I made had a certain context. Unfortunately some friends have sought to remove the context, pickup one line and create a very mischievous narrative. https://t.co/34nn1x3IlS pic.twitter.com/iK7UyU8Q12
¡ª ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2019
Goyal is the second Modi government minister who has been on the receiving end of some major trolling on social media. Earlier Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was brutally trolled after she blamed millennials who take Ola and Uber for the slowdown in the automobile sector.
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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