It Is Not Magic!

I've said this many times before : malaysians are fucking stupid.

When doctors fails to tell exactly what's wrong with the patient our scientifically-illiterate people will say it's busung, santau, disampuk or telur layang.

When scientists say they do not know how primitive egyptians built the gigantic pyramids as early as 2630 BC, again, our scientifically-illiterate people say alien did it, magic people did it da da da.

When scientists can't find MH370 aeroplane our scientifically-illiterate people theorised that it has been abducted by aliens, abducted by Dajal Mata Satu in Bermuda Triangle and abducted by bunian (no, i'm not making this up. Our professor fb did say these.)

Well, let me tell you something. Just because the scientific community can't tell you conclusively what's the cause and effect of something doesn't means ''it's magic''. Science does not know everything but if you give scientists some time, I am very sure indeed that your questions will be answered satisfactorily with peer-reviewed research, statistics and logical explanation.

A long time ago, our ancestors believed that epilepsy is a spiritual condition. The world's oldest description of an epileptic seizure comes from an Akkadian text written around 2000 BC. The person described in the text was diagnosed as being under the influence of a Moon god, and underwent an exorcism. Babylonians which had no biomedical understanding of the nature of disease, on the other hand, attributed the seizures to possession by evil spirits and called for treating the condition through spiritual means.

The ancient Greeks thought of epilepsy as a form of spiritual possession, but also associated the condition with genius and the divine. One of the names they gave to it was the sacred disease. Epilepsy appears within Greek mythology: it is associated with the Moon goddesses Selene and Artemis, who afflicted those who upset them. Finally, in Tanzania, as in other parts of Africa, epilepsy is associated with possession by evil spirits, witchcraft, or poisoning and is believed by many to be contagious.

But after many, many years of research we now knew that epilepsy has nothing to do with magic, evil, divine da da da. It is caused by many natural factors which inter alia are diet, diseases (such as Angelman syndrome and Arteriovenous malformation), side effect of certain drugs (such as Aminophylline, Bupivicaine and Bupropion), alcohol consumption, drug withdrawal, missed anticonvulsants, fever, lights, head injury, hypoglycemia (how blood sugar), menstrual cycle, sleep deprivation, parasites and stress.

You guys should stop thinking that if there is any flaw in science then your stupid magical fairytale is the only other possible truth. That's false dichotomy. Anyone with a rational mind don't think that way.

P.S. In the 21st century, being stupid is a choice.

Fazrin Jamal

Prove your claim!

If you make a positive claim then the burden of proof is on you. You must prove that your claim is true by presenting reliable evidence. People who listen to and/or doubt your claim have no responsibility whatsoever to prove that your claim is untrue. Why? Because they can't prove a negative.

In the court of law, if A (prosecutor) claims B (defendant) murdered C (victim) then A must prove two things. First, C has been murdered. And secondly, that B is responsible for C's death. The onus is on A to present eyewitness, DNA report, CCTV recording and other reliable evidence. If B disagrees with the evidence presented what he should do is to rebut each and every evidence. This is the very reason why prosecutor is always the first one to speak in criminal cases.

Similarly, if I say to my friend, ''Hey dude, last night I slept with our lecturer. She has big hairy tits,'' then I must prove that not only i've slept with my lecturer but also that she has big hairy tits. If I don't present any evidence then it's perfectly okay for my friends to reject my claims. Why? Because they don't have any good reason to believe me. Anyone with a fully functioning brain would know i'm lying.

Anyway, it is an undeniable fact that most malaysians are fucking imbecile. They always make positive claims related to science, pseudo-science and supernatural exempli gratia ghost, 9/11 is an inside job, Neil Armstrong never went to moon, faith healing works da da da. I'm tired of their stupid superstition and conspiracy theories. So, to put an end to their endless bullshit I asked for scientific evidence for each of their claims. It's very sad and unfortunate when they presented me with pareidolia cases, hoax, unreliable eyewitness statement and scripture verses etc to prove their claims. When I say ''scientific evidence'' i'm referring to ''evidence which serves to either support or counter a scientific theory or hypothesis. Such evidence is expected to be empirical evidence and in accordance with scientific method. Standards for scientific evidence vary according to the field of inquiry, but the strength of scientific evidence is generally based on the results of statistical analysis and the strength of scientific controls.'' Evidence that you wants to present to me must be falsifiable and observable. If your claim is so fucking true then I don't think you would have any problem to present me at least one scientific evidence.

I can't wait to rebut your evidence one by one.

Fazrin Jamal