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Brian Josephson won his Nobel and then got into transcendental meditation. He was talking pseudoscience since. It does not take away from him that he is a smart
by jules22 3y ago
Brian Josephson won his Nobel and then got into transcendental meditation. He was talking pseudoscience since. It does not take away from him that he is a smart man, but it seems to have effected his rationality quite a bit.
I know some meditating academics. They all have this tendency to irrationality.
- carabiner 3y agoI think you can compare meditation to the field of "medicine" or "diet." There are cranks and pseudoscience in there too, but I wouldn't write off the whole field as irrational. It's got a semantic problem too. If more people called it "mindfulness" or "focus practice" that would be more accurate for how most normal, secular people meditate. Maybe even calling it meditation vs. alternative meditation (like alternative medicine). LOTS of different forms of meditation, and not all I think are worthwhile. Some are better than others. TM seems like a total scam/fake though, just like chiropractic, astrology, juice cleanses etc.
- jules22 3y agoYes, TM variants are the popular ones here, not vipassana or mindfulness. I do think it is the most harmful one. I haven't seen harm in mindfulness yet. It is best not to discuss meditation under 1 tent. I prefer your terms.