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Putting meditation to the test (2011)

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Re: Putting meditation to the test (2011)

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Post by cbd1984 » Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 1:28 AM UTC

fit2rule wrote: post #8

cbd1984 wrote: post #6

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This is how pseudoscience takes root. You are the easiest person for you to fool.

Its also how science fails to take root: by discouraging people from trying things, just because it hasn't been rubber-stamped by the authorities yet ..

This is how science keeps people safe. Bullshit kills:

http://whatstheharm.net/

Re: Putting meditation to the test (2011)

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Post by cbd1984 » Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 1:29 AM UTC

nunodonato wrote: post #11

fit2rule wrote: post #8

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Its also how science fails to take root: by discouraging people from trying things, just because it hasn't been rubber-stamped by the authorities yet ..

exactly. science is sad sometimes, just like any other religion, it creates walls that some people get stuck inside of... waiting for some kind of "approval" by its priests

If you think science is a religion, you're grossly misinformed about what science is.

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