7 Free Thinkers Reason-Freedom-Curiosity Free thinkers 1 Freethinkers Magazine FEB1,2013. Magazine Issue 2,Pseudo-Science Objectives: To promote thinking freely without depending on authority, religion, tradition, culture, popular opinions, society norms, irrationality, mysticism and feelings etc. To fight against tyranny of all types, especially tyranny of thought. To pursue truth at all costs. To rekindle the sparks of freedom, curiosity, reason. To think freely and come to conclusion independently in any matter. http://freethinkersmagazine.wordpress.com Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 2 Dedicated to all freethinkers of past, present and future! Editors: Sohith Dinesh [email protected] [email protected] sohith.wordpress.com Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 3 Contents: 1. Editor‟s Note -page 1 11. OH MY GOD! –page 108 2. Astrology –page 5 12. BLACK MAGIC –page 113 3. Homeopathy–page 22 13.Veerya Vs Vivekananda –page 122 4. Truth in Mathematics –page 27 14. Silly Hindu Superstitions –page 124 5. Vedic Science, My Foot! –page 52 15. Sanal Edamaruku –page 130 6. The Dictator(2012) –page 62 16. Fish Medicine is Fishy! –Page 132 7. Paid News Phenomenon–page 64 17. Who Will Slay The Jabberwocky?-Page 137 8. Quotes for Freethinkers –page 70 18. Resources –page148 9. Paranormal Delusions –page 73 10. Eddie Willers-The Common Man–page 100 Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 The contents of this magazine are extremely truthful. They may challenge your world view and core beliefs. Unless you want to find truth and unconventional ideas, don‟t read further! Free thinkers 1 EDITOR’S NOTE: Freethinkers always existed in minority protecting reason and sanity of society. Progress in morals and human rights, development of technology and science is rooted in freethinking. This magazine is an attempt to make sure that the spirit of freethinkers is not lost in a society of conformity and mediocrity. “Freethinkers” magazine discusses issues that are not freely discussed in society. It is a proud effort to spread awareness of freethinking to general public and reduce the irrational nonsense going around the world. Freethinkers will criticize anything irrational or wrong. Freethinkers will promote science and rational thinking so that people can make better decision themselves rather than follow tradition, culture, authority and other shit. Freethinkers will expose anything nonsensical going on around the world. One more idea behind the magazine is that in future if a day comes when you start sensing the stupidity around you and feel something is wrong with the world, you will have a companion which will assure you of reason and freedom. This magazine will act as single source of vast ideas, references and help you make an informed decision. This will present you other side of argument. Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 2 „Freethinkers” magazine should be read with open mind. At least try to see the reason behind what we say. If you find anything fault with the facts, hypothesis or reasoning, then inform us. Any decision should be the outcome of reasoning and sound hypothesis or assumption. Unless you do the same with your thinking, you cannot claim to be right. So if you are angry with what you read here, you should be able to reason why you are angry and give feedback to us. If we cannot clear it, then you can go on with your decision. If you cannot reason why you are angry or feel something wrong, then most probably that‟s because you are wrong in either assumption or reasoning or at least you are dogmatic with years of indoctrination done by parents, society, authorities and assholes. We are expecting feedback and response which will give us a chance to discover where we went wrong in our assumptions or reasoning or evidence. You can write to us criticizing us and we encourage it. We will reply in same. We oppose censorship. If you think what we are doing should be banned and stopped, you can fuck yourself! Yours freely, Sohe Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 3 This page is intentionally NOT left Blank! Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 4 Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who has said it, even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your reason and your own common sense.–Gautama Buddha Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 5 Astrology Hello! Before speaking about astrology let me your future. You don’t know what you will do in ask you one question. Did you ever consult an future. You don’t know whether you will be a great astrologer to know your future? If yes, ask one person or end up in shit. You can’t rely on your question to yourself, do you believe in yourself? I decision anymore and you want guidance from say no, you don’t believe in yourself. A person’s unknown entities. A person relying mostly on future is decided by him and his surroundings and astrology will turn his life into shit and nothing not by dancing stars or eternal monsters, so if you more. I want to address those who lost faith in contact an astrologer for knowing your future themselves by having faith in astrology. I am through the celestial wandering of an unknown star addressing those who say stars are a major factor in or other similar means it generally says that you are human decision making. not sure of yourself, your present, past and thereby Psychological Aspects:: Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 6 Let us take a person named ZZ with characteristics ZZ. If ZZ have done atleast good work, the degree of aforesaid. Then the general question is: why does he chance will be less. If he has done nothing, the believe in astrology? The answer for this is that ZZ degree of chance would be more enough to cause wants some motivation or that ZZ has some fear fear in ZZ, now he needs a great “amount” of luck about his future. He was unsure about his luck and to succeed in his specific work. At this point fate. This is simple, the success of a work requires astrology enters into the scene. ZZ will be very either hard work (smart work included) or luck. If distressed about his luck and wanted to know the ZZ was perfect in his hard work, he will have the result, whether he will succeed or not. What would confidence that he will succeed. But the problem is he do? He will go to an astrologer and asks him that humans are never perfect - they are perfectness whether his luck is dull or brilliant. The luck- seekers. So there will be some degree of “chance” in meter(astrologer) says whether ZZ’s luck is good or almost all works. So what will happen depends on Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 7 worse and will give some suggestions to “enhance” selective understanding of humans (read “Forer’s his luck. effect” to know how people react to attitude If the star-genius(astrologer) says ZZ’s luck is good predictions), humans always take what they are and his luck would be better in future, ZZ would be expecting. They will always have filters to their eyes. happy and motivated, he will be a fan of that They will listen to what they wanted to hear. Before astrologer if he had succeeded in his work and if he going to an astrologer ZZ would be a little tense had failed in his work, there is a possibility that ZZ about his future. And when the astrologer predicts would become suspicious about astrology or about the poor state of ZZ’s luck and that ZZ will have a the astrologer and consult another astrologer. So great problem in 10 days, he will be horror struck this is the reason why many astrologers doesn’t say and will do whatever the astrologer says. He will that your luck is alright, they always say that there burn wood in fire along with ghee, he will give alms is a glitch in your future. There is another reason, to poor, he will wear a ruby ring and chant a Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 8 mantra for 1000 times, he will wear a lucky chain temples, pour oil on the steady stones, and dancing and whatever. He will spend all his lifetime rocks, he will kill animals, children, and virgins(if searching for ways to enhance his luck. At this ZZ is some sort of celebrity and he is in a deadly point if ZZ had succeeded in his work, he will need of success or if he is willing to follow “dark” become a hardcore admirer of that star-gazer path for luck enhancing), he will tie threads, burn (astrologer) and gives free publicity for the candles and still many. astrologer. He will praise the astro-businessman for In the second case, when the astrologer says that ZZ his great skills of removing the effect of the angry has luck hiccups, ZZ would never leave astrology for monsters and misplaced stars. He will become a his lifetime. So what happens in astrology? This is slave of astrology. If ZZ fails to succeed he will it, nothing more. ZZ would rotate around the damn himself for not doing the luck enhancers well astrologer, like a planet around the sun, for his and will try another luck enhancer. He will go to careful observations of ZZ’s fate and altruistic help Freethinkers magazine, Issue 2, Feb-2013 Free thinkers 9 in enhancing luck.