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Scientists say 7 days of meditation can rewire your brain (www.sciencedaily.com)

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

ask any yogi.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Placebo/nocebo effects are powerful...

But the guy who did this research is a full on grifter.

It's akin to Steve Jobs treating cancer by eating fruit. It didn't mean that fruit doesn't have any health benefits, it just can't cure cancer.

Like, this chiropractor truly believes any human can be one immortal if they just "live in the moment" enough...

And he wrote a paper about how awesome he is and how effective his company's treatments are

One co-author (Joe Dispenza) is employed by Encephalon, Inc., the company offering the retreat; all other authors declare no competing interests.

He's just not dumb enough to put all his programs claims up to scientific rigor. You prove the handful of parts that you can, then extrapolate that to the obvious grift parts.

It's snake oil salesmanship 101, basic enough everyone should recognize it on sight, just so they don't fall for it.