There are two main problems with scientific studies of meditation: 1) a scientific definition of meditation and 2) exclude the randomized placebo effect with controlled trials. Most scientific studies on the subject are not double-blind studies.
According to Harris, there is no substitute for time spent engaging these practices on retreat. Sam Harris http://www.samharris.org/blog/category/meditation http://www.samharris.org/blog/category/meditation Sam Harris http://www.samharris.org/blog/category/meditation Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, and The Moral Landscape. View on www.samharris.org http://www.samharris.org/blog/category/meditation Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <LEnglish5@...> wrote : Have you ever looked at mindfulness research? Most of it makes TM research look absolutely brilliant in its design and execution. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <anartaxius@...> wrote : While you can never fully trust science, you can pretty much distrust TMO promoted science as a matter of course. TMO promoted science is about 1% reliable based on various reviews of study size, controls, and experimental design. It's the dumbing down effect of religious memes that prevent researchers from thinking more clearly along scientific lines. It is difficult enough to do science properly without also having to get approval from people whose minds work along the lines of metaphysical fantasy. I don't have to do recreational drugs any more, as the doctors have been loading me up on additional pills and injections as I get older and more decrepit (the latter, according to TMO science is a sign my age is reversing) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : You can never fully trust science. Take this study, for example. If Fairfield, IA's claimed reputation as an early-to-bed, fairly drug-free, and fairly non-promiscuous small town is true, all that really means is that its population isn't very intelligent. :-) Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More Drugs, And Have More Sex http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More ... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ By Steven Bancarz| What is the mark of an intelligent mind in our day and age? When we think of intelligent people, we may have been conditioned to envision them ... View on www.spiritscience... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Preview by Yahoo