Given correlation between meditation & mystic experiences, is meditation dangerous to reliable beliefs?
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Replying to @robinhanson
@robinhanson My guess would be that spiritual people meditate more; that causal structure would imply the correlation is not problematic.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MakerOfDecision
@MakerOfDecision I'd say it is far more likely that causation goes in both directions.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @robinhanson
@robinhanson I'm trying to understand why this would be true... (Aumann says that after enough tweets, we'll agree, right?)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MakerOfDecision
@MakerOfDecision Meditation puts people in unusual states of mind that are unusually conducive to strange experiences.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @robinhanson
@robinhanson Whose "reliable beliefs"? Conditional on being a rationalist w/ a basic education, I'd think the effect is fully blocked.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@robinhanson In the general population, I agree that it would cause less reliable beliefs - but it has few implications for your audience...
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