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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by tokai on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @02:30PM (#37226766)
There's also a lot of studies showing that meditation can cause harm.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-021-01503-2

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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by DrThunder on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @03:41PM (#37227594)
True... but this lends credence to the fact that it's not just a cult pseudoscience. It's actually having an effect positive or negative on people.
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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by jules22 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @04:49PM (#37228325)
I did not argue that it was inert. I actually argued that

1.) not really doing what enthusiasts claimed it was specifically doing. 2.) making people become develop bizarre beliefs and generally become irrational.

It can be a cult pseudoscience while not being inert.

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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by jules22 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @05:38PM (#37228865)
fixing terrible writing

1.) meditation was not really always doing what enthusiasts claimed it was doing.

2.) it was making people develop bizarre beliefs and generally become irrational.

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