Comments on: Sensation, Feeling, Image, Talk http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/2009/04/sensation-feeling-image-talk/ An outreach effort by The Mind and Life Institute to encourage discussion between modern science and Buddhism. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:57:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: David http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/2009/04/sensation-feeling-image-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-131 David Thu, 07 May 2009 15:20:35 +0000 http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/?p=275#comment-131 Another aspect of the Conceptual vs. Sensory Distinction that was made by Buddhist philosophy is "repeatability". The very fact that when a particular concept arises in the mind it can be reproduced rather accurately in repetition and over time makes it a clear distinction from the sensory, which may change depending upon external input. This also allows other animals aside from humans to have the ability to have a "conceptual" experience Another aspect of the Conceptual vs. Sensory Distinction that was made by Buddhist philosophy is “repeatability”. The very fact that when a particular concept arises in the mind it can be reproduced rather accurately in repetition and over time makes it a clear distinction from the sensory, which may change depending upon external input. This also allows other animals aside from humans to have the ability to have a “conceptual” experience

]]> By: H.R. Steiner http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/2009/04/sensation-feeling-image-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-118 H.R. Steiner Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:47:29 +0000 http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/?p=275#comment-118 I'm rather leery of researchers who quote Transcendental Meditation research which "appeared to be sound" when in fact the research was performed by the TM university which sells and promotes this form of meditation! This is clear bias. I wasn't able to see their use of controls, but often they will use some inconsequential controls, like Health Education, as a way to massage out some minimal changes in their datum. The recent University of Alberta study on meditation and healthcare claims successfully showed how inconsequential their cardiac claims were. An interesting criticism recently by a skeptics organization highlights how far this org will go to promote their "product" entitled "How to design a positive study", which is on how to create misleading TM meditation ADHD research. Caveat emptor: http://spacecityskeptics.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/how-to-design-a-positive-study-meditation-for-childhood-adhd/#comment-170 I’m rather leery of researchers who quote Transcendental Meditation research which “appeared to be sound” when in fact the research was performed by the TM university which sells and promotes this form of meditation! This is clear bias. I wasn’t able to see their use of controls, but often they will use some inconsequential controls, like Health Education, as a way to massage out some minimal changes in their datum. The recent University of Alberta study on meditation and healthcare claims successfully showed how inconsequential their cardiac claims were.

An interesting criticism recently by a skeptics organization highlights how far this org will go to promote their “product” entitled “How to design a positive study”, which is on how to create misleading TM meditation ADHD research. Caveat emptor:

http://spacecityskeptics.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/how-to-design-a-positive-study-meditation-for-childhood-adhd/#comment-170

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