Jack comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 21 March 2010 09:19:10AM *  1 point [-]

As cool as this was there is reason to doubt it's authenticity. There doesn't seem to be any internet record of Pandit Surender Sharma "India's most powerful Tantrik" except for this TV event. Moreover, about a minute in it looks like the tantrik is starting to laugh. Maybe someone who knows the country can tell us if this Pandit Sharma fellow is really a major figure there.

I mean, what possible incentive would the guy have for going on TV to be humiliated?

Comment author: prase 22 March 2010 03:16:03PM 2 points [-]

what possible incentive would the guy have for going on TV to be humiliated?

Perhaps he really believed he could kill the skeptic.