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Re:People’s egos get bigger after meditation and yoga, says ... by lhorie on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:15PM (#17357336)
The methodology seems strange. Questionnaires were compared based on whether yoga students had just done yoga, vs not in 24 hours (but presumably do yoga regularly). So essentially, there's a statistically significant correlation with time from last session, but it doesn't say anything about correlation with frequency of sessions.

And as usual, correlation is not causation. Was there a control group with another physical activity? Reading? Solving Sudoku puzzles? One could also postulate a perfectly reasonable-sounding theory that people's egos get bigger with any activity where there's a surge in endorphins, regardless of whether that activity is yoga or not.

Re:People’s egos get bigger after meditation and yoga, says ... by theredking on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:07PM (#17376515)
Very well said.