Acharya Prashant explains that while selfless action has no specific outward signs or fixed patterns, desire-driven action is always patterned and predictable. He suggests that instead of looking for signs of selflessness, one should look for signs of desire. Using a chemical analogy, he compares individuals to elements in a periodic table, noting that while some people may appear 'heavy' or powerful due to their social status, their fundamental structure and reactions are identical to those of an ordinary person. The desires of a politician or a celebrity are qualitatively the same as those of anyone else; they only differ in scale or quantity.