Acharya Prashant explains that a mind filled with desires loses its capacity for logical and critical thinking, becoming essentially insane. Such a mind loses sense of probability and begins to perceive stochastic or random events as divine interventions. He notes that a mind driven by desire is blind, reaching stupid conclusions and refusing to acknowledge facts that disprove its biases. While any desire has a chance of being fulfilled through repeated attempts, this fulfillment does not lead to the actual fulfillment of the individual. He uses the analogy of tossing a dice to show that if one tries enough times, a desired outcome is statistically inevitable, yet people mistakenly attribute this to the benevolence of a deity or priest. He further describes how psychological biases and the concept of karma are used to maintain these delusions. When a desire is not fulfilled, people often blame their own past sins or negative karmic accounts rather than questioning their beliefs. This system of ignorance ensures that favorable results are attributed to a favorite cause, while unfavorable ones are rationalized as being for a greater good. Acharya Prashant also critiques astrology, suggesting that practitioners rely on the general stupidity of people and the laws of probability to make predictions that eventually seem to come true. He concludes by demonstrating a simple algebraic trick to illustrate how easily uneducated or uncritical minds can be deceived into believing in supernatural powers.