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Re:Ten years of trying to meditate by vorpalhex on Monday May 16, 2022 @09:45PM (#31405128)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32820538/

We don't have to engage in crude methodology. We have tons of research.

Re:Ten years of trying to meditate by Hasu on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @12:56AM (#31406198)
There's even more tons of research showing positive effects from meditation.

Meditation research generally is low quality, as is suffers from lack of defined methodology, lack of a consensus definition of what meditation is, and the general subjective experience of meditation. (Concretely, if you want to do brain scans on someone meditating, how do you know they're actually meditating? This extends to scans on people who are "experienced practitioners", how do you know they are experienced practitioners?)

Regardless, the vast body of research does not point to negative effects, most point to mild positive effects, and the medical field considers it perfectly safe for healthy people. If you want to use research, don't pick and choose the studies that find adverse effects, look at the overall body of research.

Re:Ten years of trying to meditate by bowsamic on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @02:32AM (#31406738)
So you stand by the assertion that meditation has no negative effects?
Re:Ten years of trying to meditate by Hasu on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:40AM (#31412313)
I never claimed that.
Re:Ten years of trying to meditate by bowsamic on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:55AM (#31412544)
You have literally been arguing that it doesn’t have negative effects this whole time?