How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of the monastery

Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by colechristensen on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @02:31PM (#37226780)

What's popular on YouTube and what's good are very often not the same. You're seeing what YouTube is trying to optimize for... it's not surprising that it's manipulative, exaggerating, populist nonsense. YouTube could do this for literally any topic. The YT algorithm's take on the best meditation advice doesn't need to define what meditation is to you. Topics which should be "boring" get this treatment on social media. Find your information elsewhere or figure out how to filter and ignore the nonsense.

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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by jules22 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @05:03PM (#37228482)

I don't disagree. This is hacker news. We all know how skewed social media is. We all understand the biases of recommendation algorithms.

However, my point is not one of presenting a representative sample, but rather easily accessible and video instances of highly visible subjects to illustrate.

There is plenty of scientific literature on meditation induced mental disorders for what you prefer. I have looked at that too.

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