Acharya Prashant addresses why people are easily convinced by pseudo-scientific concepts like energy healing and vibrations. He explains that most people do not lead lives of truth or deep inquiry. Instead, they live in a state of mental haze and random movement, eventually losing the inclination to question their reality. This lack of inquiry stems from a fear of facing the falseness of their own life investments. When individuals are heavily invested in a false way of living, they become status quo-ists who avoid any truth that might disrupt their comfort. This creates an ecosystem where fraudulent spiritual teachers can easily dominate by exploiting the common man's self-deception and the tendency to follow popularity over veracity. He further clarifies that even intellectuals and scientists are prone to superstition because scientific knowledge is not the same as self-knowledge. A person can be an expert in atoms or molecules while remaining inwardly unscientific, driven by fear, jealousy, and violence. Acharya Prashant argues that the opposite of a superstitious mind is not a scientific mind, but a spiritual one. He critiques the notion that rationality alone can eradicate superstition, noting that the ego itself is the fundamental superstition because it believes in an existence that is not real. True liberation from superstition requires rigorous self-observation and the courage to inquire into one's own inner tendencies rather than just external phenomena.