Fariq Naik – Being Fundamental Can be Positive

21 August 2024

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The speaker discusses the meaning of " fundamentalist" in physics, stating that individuals who follow a particular subject or field cannot be considered a fundamentalist. The speaker also advises individuals to label individuals by their field of interest, rather than by their own definition of the subject.

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For example, the media says Muslims are fundamentalist.

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Muslims are terrorists. What is the meaning of the word

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fundamentalist? Fundamentalist? By definition, means a person who

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follows the fundamentals of a particular subject. For example,

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for a person to be a good mathematician, he should know,

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follow and strive to practice the fundamentals of maths, unless he's

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a fundamentalist in the field of math. He cannot be a good

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mathematician. For a person to be a good scientist, he should know,

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follow and strive to practice the fundamentals of maths unless he's

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a fundamentalist in the field of maths, he cannot be a good

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mathematician for a person to be a good scientist, he should know,

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follow and strive to practice the fundamentals of science, unless

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he's a fundamentalist in the field of science, he cannot be a good

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scientist. You cannot paint all fundamentalists with the same

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brush that all are good or all are bad, depending upon which field

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the person is a fundamentalist, you have to label him accordingly.

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