Hocus Focus Quotes

“Smartass Disciple: If you are really a master, then make me see miracles!
Master of Stupidity: Go to sleep and dream, then wake up thirty years later!”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Changing the spelling of one's name to ensure success, performing rituals for good luck, wearing colored gem stones for success in business – all these fall into the same category of psychological reinforcement. Hence, emerged the blood-sucking professions of astrology, palmistry, vastushastra, numerology etc. The very existence of these fraudulent professions is predicated on the fear and anxiety of vulnerable masses. Thus, a person’s superstitious beliefs become the tool of exploitation in the hands of ruthless fraudsters.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“It is all about the trade of ignorance. And India is such a bronze-age nation that is filled with these trades (astrology, palm reading, vastushashtra and others).”
― Abhijit Naskar, Prescription: Treating India's Soul

“Having said that there's no such thing as real psychics, there are many people who genuinely believe that they are psychic and they genuinely want to help people. But then there are frauds who know they ain't psychic and their sole purpose is to exploit vulnerable masses, just like there are frauds and morons in the field of science.

In science, frauds are those scientists who manipulate research date to suit their expectations, and morons are those scientists who won't mind causing hurt and harm to everyday people in the name of science.

We ought to stand up against these frauds and morons no matter their line of work, instead of looking down on regular people for their every little illogicality.

Enough with this condescending outlook of life from a high and mighty, intellectual pedestal!

Come down, come down to earth, come down to the street, come down to the soil, for that's where life is.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race