You may not be a dualist, but you sound like a negativist. It's nobody's job here to convince you of the benefits of meditation beyond the reams of research out there that for some reason you question.
Regardless, the structural changes to the brain are one of the effects, not the cause. The cause is of those structural changes is mental.
The goal here is changes that are highly subjective and personal. If meditation helps people, that is its goal, so to complain there is no evidence is nonsensical.
I guarantee you if you learn to meditate and master a form successfully, you will not be in HN forums demanding evidence.
Transcendental Meditation, as cultish as it is, is one of the most researched forms of meditation and there is a massive amount of research on its benefits. Go have a ball with that.
> You may not be a dualist, but you sound like a negativist. It's nobody's job here to convince you of the benefits of meditation beyond the reams of research out there that for some reason you question.
"Negativist." Ha.
Likewise, no one gets a free pass on claiming scientific backing on National Skeptics Day without at least something to back it up. You can believe whatever you like! I'm just pointing out that the article does little to source its claims while making a lot of prescriptive suggestions.
> The goal here is changes that are highly subjective and personal. If meditation helps people, that is its goal, so to complain there is no evidence is nonsensical.
> I guarantee you if you learn to meditate and master a form successfully, you will not be in HN forums demanding evidence.
Yes I suppose I might be more prone to selection bias and personal investment if I sink years of my life into something. I'm pretty touchy about coffee that way, I suppose.
When you say stuff like, "You have to try it to understand," it's a huge red flag that suggests you're about to try and sucker someone.
Regardless, the structural changes to the brain are one of the effects, not the cause. The cause is of those structural changes is mental.
The goal here is changes that are highly subjective and personal. If meditation helps people, that is its goal, so to complain there is no evidence is nonsensical.
I guarantee you if you learn to meditate and master a form successfully, you will not be in HN forums demanding evidence.
Transcendental Meditation, as cultish as it is, is one of the most researched forms of meditation and there is a massive amount of research on its benefits. Go have a ball with that.