"Author seems to have some deep lying trouble with India/Hinduism." Let's ignore that for the irrelevant ad hominem attack it is and get down the real issue he

"Author seems to have some deep lying trouble with India/Hinduism." Let's ignore that for the irrelevant ad hominem attack it is and get down the real issue here: "If you don't like it, don't take it." The implication of that (even if you don't mean it to be so) is that any old snake oil salesman or tub-thumper should be allowed to strut their stuff unhindered by criticism while leading their benighted flock up the garden path because it's up to them, and not you, to decide. Caveat emptor and all that. Let me be the first to call that out as utter bullshit. Just because some swivel-eyed Valley tech preacher has some people swearing he healed their lumbago doesn't mean they deserve to avoid adverse examination. The author of the article in question here has every right - and indeed duty - to criticise Fried in this way if he has the information and the argument to do so. Let there be more of it, I say.