Even some educated people fall in the trap of this Nithyananda.
I have figured out the possible reason behind that.
Imagine the knowledge level of common people. They dont know about big bang,DNA,electromagnetism,galaxies,black holes and all the wonders of modern science.
These false gurus,like Nithyananda, takes some time to read some science books.Then, they mix their own teaching with this science and teach the people.
This sort of pseudo sceince taught by them is accepted by the masses because the masses have no prior knowledge of the scientific wonders.
For example, they may teach that the healing done by them heals at the DNA level or something.People will believe that their teaching are true because they are hearing about the wonders of DNA structure for the first time.They tend to believe the guru’s nonsense along with the actual science. Imagine the possibilities for these fake gurus, they have really unlimited source of scientific developments that they can use to teach along with their nonsensical beliefs.
So, people are made to believe in pseudo science by false gurus, thanks to real science and its developments.
One possible solution is to educate people about real science before they fall for these kind of gurus.