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> There are no proven benefits to meditation. There are so many studies with proven benefits the topic has its own Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org
by kranner 7y ago
> There are no proven benefits to meditation.
There are so many studies with proven benefits the topic has its own Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation
Meditation is much more than focusing practice. Playing video games is not in any way equivalent.
- throw1234651234 7y agoHere is a link explaining that a lot of meditation studies are funded by those starting the cult (e.g. Transcendental Meditation, which involves mumbling random gibberish taught to you by a "master"): https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2016/06/conflicts-of-interest-abound-in-nyt-post-on-transcendental-meditation/ https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2016/06/conflicts-of-intere...
- Kaveren 7y agoMindfulness meditation is probably useless [0]. Other forms of meditation are obvious scams [1]. It's possible that there are some particular forms of meditation which are actually scientifically valid, but a huge portion of the field suffers from psuedoscience. I think it's pretty likely meditation is placebo and conditioning. People like mysticism that comes from the East. Acupuncture is the same deal. Amusing to note the "Weaknesses in historic meditation and mindfulness research" section on the link you posted. [0] https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/mindfulness-no-better-than-watching-tv/ https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/mindfulness-no... [1] https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/transcendental-meditation-pseudoscience/ https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/transcendental...