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One of the fundamental techniques used by most varieties of mysticism is to make proclamations vague enough that they can be plausibly associated with any fact
by wyager 10y ago
One of the fundamental techniques used by most varieties of mysticism is to make proclamations vague enough that they can be plausibly associated with any fact that is discovered later on. This is how mystics trick gullible people into believing that they have hidden knowledge. The trick is that these proclamations can't be used to make useful predictions; they only fit the data in hindsight.
- anigbrowl 10y agoYou might want to look past the Deepak chopra types into the older mystery schools that don't solicit people's attention.
- cariaso 10y agoSuch as?
- vedant 10y agoTheravada Buddhism.
- anigbrowl 10y agoHermeticism and derivatives of Egyptian mystery schools make for some interesting reading, and can be approached through academic avenues of archaeological/anthropological studies rather than woo-woo books and blogs. I'm definitely not suggesting it as an alternative to using scientific methods.
- olavk 10y agoI find hermeticim fascinating, but I don't really see the connection. Where is hermeticism talking about genomes and neurons?
- anigbrowl 10y agoIf I direct you to particular texts or ideas, then not only would I be falling into the trap of saying 'you should check out this spiritual technology, dude,' you'd be missing out on the exploratory and imaginative process that necessarily precedes discovery and innovation. I'm saying that people should keep using the scientific method to formalize and test their hypotheses, but that esoteric traditions offer some interesting and under-explored paradigms within which to hypothesize. I'm being deliberately vague here because I don't want to bias you.
- olavk 10y agoI think you are being deliberately vague because you haven't anything except handwaving.