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Some Qs people asked me and my replies to them - part 15

Q: While socializing and having a conversation with a person, is it better to have a fast response or a slow but thoughtful response?
Krishna: Slow thoughtful response is the best. With a fast one, you could go wrong or even might hurt the other person.

Q: Why should Astrology be treated as science?

Krishna: It isn’t science just because some people say it is. It is pseudo-science and people who claim it is science and people who believe them don’t know the difference! Read here why astrology is pseudo-science: Why Astrology is Pseudo-science

Q: How can colour boost your luck?

Krishna: Luck? There is no such thing in reality, according to scientists. It just is your perception.

True scientists don't believe in luck! They are go-getters and think only well planned hard work will yield good results. While lazy people believe in it and escapists blame 'bad' luck when they lost control over their lives and the situation they are in.

What others call luck, true scientists call chance of finding something while searching for it vigorously and whole-heartedly using all your capabilities, keen observation and knowledge and grabbing the chance when the opportunity presents itself to you.

What is 'luck' according to science

Colour has nothing to do with an imaginative thing. If you can imagine luck is real, then you can as well connect it with a colour. That becomes irrational and a superstition. That ‘s all.

Q: What are the qualities in a person to predict in astrology accurately?

Krishna: No qualities in a person can predict the future correctly the astrological way. Why? Because Astrology is pseudo-science. The very parameters taken into account are faulty. How can anybody predict anything correctly then? Read here the full story: Why Astrology is Pseudo-science

Q: What is your opinion on the removal of Article 370 and Section 35A?

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Krishna:

I support the removal of Article 370 and section 35A. One India, one rule. What is wrong with it?

Oh, yes, people say Kashmiri people ‘re silenced. Democracy ‘s murdered.

What democracy? Democracy works only when people are free to decide on their own, not manipulated by playing with emotions, spreading wrong information, religious sentiments, racist overtones, by gagging the data, manipulating it and not when people are terrorized into submission.

This is exactly what Pakistan- sponsored terrorism and propaganda is doing. This is what separatists, who are getting money from across the border are doing. Democracy ‘s dead long back in Kashmir. Nobody is free anymore to realize the facts. How can anybody listen to reason, decide on their own, if there is no level playing field?

All that you get if you are a Kashmiri (my friend married a Kashmiri and he tells me they get Pakistan radio, and ISI propaganda 24X7X365 in the border areas spreading hatred towards India and calling for Jihad. India tried but couldn’t block this fully) is false promises of Heaven after life if you are a Jihadi and ‘some money’ if you co-operate. Of course you are born with religious hatred, and unending calls for Azadi.

You have to first remove this hatred if democracy has to work in Kashmir.

And the politicians there just manipulate these hatred-filled sentiments more to earn money, power, and fame. If they are not house-arrested several people would have died by now. Lives of innocent people and soldiers are more important than ‘ some freedom of these manipulators’. Only when you have a life, you can talk about human rights. Life comes first in the human rights list. Letting loose these politicians now would unleash an agitation where several lives would be lost. Keeping them and their plans away from common people is safe for everybody.

All the people who a re crying for democracy in Kashmir - Get this right: First create a conducive atmosphere for the democracy to work. Then talk about it. We would listen then.

Several people sent me this message after reading my reply to t he above Q: Different perspective though great answer mam!

I thank everybody for the compliment.

Q: What are some ways to remove bad luck from you?

Q: What can never be the realm of luck?

Krishna: Nothing can come under the realm of luck. Luck is just your perception, not reality.

What is 'luck' according to science

Q: Do you have any haunted places near you? What is the story behind it?

Krishna: Oh, there are several, all imaginations based on strange perceptions and fears. Read here how we investigate things ‘haunted’ and paranormal here: Science and the paranormal

Q: How does the demon Ba’el haunt its victim? What does it look like? How do I know if I am being pursued by this demon?

Krishna: There are no demons. Period.

It looks like your imagination or hallucination.

If you are hallucinating something is pursuing you, consult a genuine medical doctor immediately.

Read this article to gain more insights: Science and the paranormal

Q: Are black cats and white cats lucky or unlucky?

Krishna: Neither lucky nor unlucky. It just is your perception and strange interpretation of things around you. Read here why: What is 'luck' according to science

Q" Ancient people beleived that wearing gemstones would change your life> What does teh scientific view say about this?

Krishna: It is an ancient belief that has no scientific evidence. Whatever people explain using ‘scientific terms’ is pseudo-science, not a genuine one.

You can believe whatever you want but don’t try to authenticate it using science. Science doesn’t endorse such silly beliefs without genuine evidence. Period!

Q: Does a howling dog mean a good sign of a ghost?

Krishna: No!. It means the dog is in some sort of distress or want to express something in its own way.

There is no evidence of ghosts in the first place according to science. How can anybody or anything sense it when it doesn’t exist in the first place?

People imagine, perceive strange things and give silly interpretations when they cannot understand things scientifically. That’s all. It is an ancient method of viewing and understanding the world around us.

Science and the paranormal

Q: What precautions must be taken before entering any place having a paranormal influence?

Krishna: You should first get acquainted with science and scientific instruments to understand, analyse and interpret things properly and don’t come under the influence of fear, and other things that screw up your thought processes. Read here how you can arrive at a better understanding of paranormal activities: Science and the paranormal

Q: We are experiencing objects disappearing from the home without any explanation. How can you make them safe?

Krishna: Objects can’t disappear just like that into thin air. If they are disappearing, it means somebody is playing games. Catch that person to make your objects safe. That’s all.

Q: To which realm do ghosts belong?

Krishna: Hallucination realm. We have reasons to say that: Science and the paranormal

Q: Has anyone really seen a ghost? Is there any evidence of a ghost's existence or not?

Krishna: Nobody can see a ghost because, there is no evidence of it in the first place. But people can hallucinate under certain circumstances. Read here what they are: Science and the paranormal

Q: Can we do something unknowingly that could expose us to demonic possession?

Q; Is demonic possession real?

Krishna: Demonic possession is a mental condition that should be treated by a qualified medical professional.

People of ancient times who never understood things scientifically used to imagine things. Now if people still think in those terms, …

Q: How does looking much younger/older than your actual age affect your life?
Krishna: That depends on the culture of the region and people around.

In India where people give respect to age and experience ( even though based on just strange perceptions and imaginations, not on facts), if you look younger than you actually are, nobody respects you, especially if you belong to female gender. People infact ignore you and your words, even if they are based on sound knowledge and facts!

They shout at you, tease you, and call you names. You burn inside.

Then when some boys half your age ‘try to get close to you’, you feel like screaming.

People, especially salesmen and businessmen, try to cheat you. When you try to resist it, friction develops. You will have to fight your way through life. That causes stress, lots of it.

Those are the negatives. Not a rosy picture.

Oh, yes, you get lots of compliments on your looks and health. You become the center of attraction wherever you go.

An artificial life of -what people call- ‘bimbo’, even if you are not one!

But life goes on despite everything. :)

Q: What are the things people should cancel from their life?

Krishna: Unscientific things: superstitions, baseless beliefs, perceptions based on just imaginations, castes, races, weakness based on ignorance, pseudo-science.

Q: How do you see a real ghost? Are tehy visible to human eyes?

Krishna: You can’t see a real ghost because they don’t exist! Scientists tried their best but couldn’t find evidence for ghosts till now. But they came out with several scientific explanations that tell us why some people hallucinate about them. Read here what they are : Science and the paranormal

Q: What is one condescending behaviour that people need to stop immediately?

Krishna: Living in ancient times!

We are into 21st century. Do people realize that? Then why do they still follow ancient texts, customs, thoughts that harm both them and the societies they live in?

Our brains have evolved. Our understanding of the universe has advanced. Things occurring around us make more sense now.

But why do some people still hang on to cave interiors? When you try to light a lamp, why do they fight you?

This inertia of a human mind intrigues me a lot!

Q: How can some people see the future? How does this power come in them?

Krishna: Nobody can see the future just like that.

Oh, yes, if you are informed well enough, your knowledge can take you to informed imagination which might come true sometimes either by chance or by effort.

Q:What is the most disturbing thing to a woman?

Krishna:

Krishna: Not exactly disturbing but somewhat bothering is the way how some people are portraying themselves as messiahs of gender equality by trying to vilify others who have alternate views on some issues.

This is one such statement of theirs: ‘'When women scientists of ISRO could be cheered for competing with men and proving themselves equal to men in mind matters, so should people cheer drinking and smoking women because they broke the barriers and got empowered!"

And if you have alternate and equally vital views on this issue like these - Effects of pregnant women smoking and drinking on their fetuses -

you are a toxic patriarch! No, you are a problem causing, double standard, adam and eve of Biblical times!!! No, you belong to neanderthals! No, you are a Lucy (Australopithecus)

No, you are …

Toxic empowerment!

Naziequity can get you nowhere! You just remain as unequal as ever if you use such tactics!

Some Qs people asked me and my replies to them - part 15

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