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Meditation-induced psychosis. Look it up. Don't act so ignorant and dismissive.

seigando 6y ago
I'm vastly more familiar with it than you are dude. Sorry that me pointing out you don't know what you're talking about triggered you. It's not a healthy state of mind to assume you know more than others about things you actually know very little.
- prophesi 6y ago
  I like how you explain to me how it's unhealthy to assume you know more than others right after assuming that you know more than me on this topic.
  - seigando 6y ago
    I'm not assuming. You've demonstrated your knowledge on the subject.
    - prophesi 6y ago
      We're this far into the thread and you've yet to tell me why I'm so wrong, and why you're the guru.
      - seigando 6y ago
        It's not my job to read or reread my comments for you. If you have trouble asking questions, that's on you.
        prophesi 6y ago
        Sorry, I didn't respond to your list of questions because you misread my claim in the first place.
        seigando 6y ago
        Really? Didn't seem to be much there to misinterpret. edit: also, instead of clarifying what you meant, you doubled down on your claims. That doesn't speak to me of misinterpretation on my part.
        prophesi 6y ago
        Because you ended the comment with an insulting fantasy of me. > Maybe you go through life constantly asserting and believing things that are in no way true....with no experience nor credentials nor having even read any literature to back any of them up... I would have loved to actually engage in a conversation on how vipassana meditation inevitably, whether it's after 8 hours or 8000 hours, leads to disassociation. Ego death. Seeing reality as it is. But if you refute it by calling the person inexperienced and ignorant, the other party will have no reason or motivation to discuss it further. I also didn't flag or downvote you, fyi.
        seigando 6y ago
        Yeah it seemed weird to me that those got flagged but also in line with a lot of what I read here. If you have something authoritative to say about meditation, I may read it, but I don’t think you’re off to a good start so far. I’ve been getting the impression that you believe your speculation to be authoritative, which is dishonest and deluded. Sorry if this comes across as harsh, but you’ve yet to say anything that indicates to me I was wrong to say what I said.
        prophesi 6y ago
        It certainly does come across as harsh, and is probably why you were flagged. In a debate, you simply don’t insult their intelligence, especially without evidence disproving their claims. You haven’t said why you’re an alleged expert on this subject, either. And regardless if either one of us are experts, that shouldn’t change a thing. If they’re truly ignorant, that can be quickly shown by counter arguments. HN’s toxicity has risen over the years, but we still strive to keep things civil. What’s magical about this community is that you _do_ come across experts, and through civil discourse you can learn a ton from them.

I'm vastly more familiar with it than you are dude. Sorry that me pointing out you don't know what you're talking about triggered you. It's not a healthy state of mind to assume you know more than others about things you actually know very little.

prophesi 6y ago
I like how you explain to me how it's unhealthy to assume you know more than others right after assuming that you know more than me on this topic.
- seigando 6y ago
  I'm not assuming. You've demonstrated your knowledge on the subject.
  - prophesi 6y ago
    We're this far into the thread and you've yet to tell me why I'm so wrong, and why you're the guru.
    - seigando 6y ago
      It's not my job to read or reread my comments for you. If you have trouble asking questions, that's on you.
      - prophesi 6y ago
        Sorry, I didn't respond to your list of questions because you misread my claim in the first place.
        seigando 6y ago
        Really? Didn't seem to be much there to misinterpret. edit: also, instead of clarifying what you meant, you doubled down on your claims. That doesn't speak to me of misinterpretation on my part.
        prophesi 6y ago
        Because you ended the comment with an insulting fantasy of me. > Maybe you go through life constantly asserting and believing things that are in no way true....with no experience nor credentials nor having even read any literature to back any of them up... I would have loved to actually engage in a conversation on how vipassana meditation inevitably, whether it's after 8 hours or 8000 hours, leads to disassociation. Ego death. Seeing reality as it is. But if you refute it by calling the person inexperienced and ignorant, the other party will have no reason or motivation to discuss it further. I also didn't flag or downvote you, fyi.
        seigando 6y ago
        Yeah it seemed weird to me that those got flagged but also in line with a lot of what I read here. If you have something authoritative to say about meditation, I may read it, but I don’t think you’re off to a good start so far. I’ve been getting the impression that you believe your speculation to be authoritative, which is dishonest and deluded. Sorry if this comes across as harsh, but you’ve yet to say anything that indicates to me I was wrong to say what I said.
        prophesi 6y ago
        It certainly does come across as harsh, and is probably why you were flagged. In a debate, you simply don’t insult their intelligence, especially without evidence disproving their claims. You haven’t said why you’re an alleged expert on this subject, either. And regardless if either one of us are experts, that shouldn’t change a thing. If they’re truly ignorant, that can be quickly shown by counter arguments. HN’s toxicity has risen over the years, but we still strive to keep things civil. What’s magical about this community is that you _do_ come across experts, and through civil discourse you can learn a ton from them.