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the Maharishi effect!!1! Anonymous Tue Apr 2 20:24:29 2019 No.10517820 [Reply] [Original]

>In the 1960s, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi described a paranormal effect claiming a significant number of individuals (1% of the people in a given area) practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique (TM) could have an effect on the local environment.[93] This hypothetical influence was later termed the Maharishi Effect. With the introduction of the TM-Sidhi program in 1976, the Maharishi proposed that the square root of one percent of the population practicing the TM-Sidhi program, together at the same time and in the same place, would increase "life-supporting trends". This was referred to as the "Extended Maharishi Effect".[94][95] Evidence, which TM practitioners[96] believe supports the existence of the effect, has been said to lack a causal basis.[97] The evidence was said to result from cherry-picked data[98] and the credulity of believers.[97][99]

brainlets actually believe this. and no, not backwoods yokel brainlets; more like the wealthy urban professional brainlets you see walking around "gentrified communities"

fuck newagers. learn some fucking science.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 2 20:29:19 2019 No.10517836 Post something relevant to today. Why are you bringing 80s burnt out acid infused hippies here? Retards exist everywhere, if they dress and behave a certain way fed up people believe them and retard gains a following. Not that complicated.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 2 20:34:42 2019 No.10517848 File: 2.29 MB, 2348x1544, mharishiuni.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10517836 problem is, this is still alive and well. pic related. https://www.mum.edu

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Anonymous Tue Apr 2 20:51:20 2019 No.10517884

i just visited their website to see what's up there. a random window popped up seeking to chat with me (a girl, even.) i'll post the transcript here.

Kayla 20:33
Hey I'm Kayla (and I'm a real person). Can I help you with anything?
Visitor 20:33
Hi! if you are not a robot please type a synonym for "crimson"
Kayla 20:34
Hi there
Visitor 20:34
Hi again
Kayla 20:34
Did I just speak with you?
Visitor 20:34
Yes, I said the following:
"Hi! if you are not a robot please type a synonym for "crimson""
Kayla 20:35
Yes, I saw that.
Visitor 20:35
and?
Kayla 20:35
Red. Is there anything I can help you with?
Visitor 20:35
okay, sorry for that
there are far too many robots i've encountered
Kayla 20:36
I see.
Visitor 20:36
are you a believer in the Maharishi effect?
Kayla 20:36
Yes.
Visitor 20:36
can you explain why you believe it is a real thing?
Kayla 20:37
I’m sorry, I’m not the right person to be answering this. If you want to know more about TM, I recommend checking out the TM website: www.tm.org.
Visitor 20:37
i am just asking you about why you believe what you claim to believe
surely you have a reason why you were convinced it is real, right? it would be pretty outlandish unless there were some good reason for buying into that, right?
1/2

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Anonymous Tue Apr 2 20:52:22 2019 No.10517891

2/2

Kayla 20:38
Because I’ve seen the change within myself from TM and those around me.
Visitor 20:39
doesn't the maharishi effect claim that it has a physical effect on the environment? as opposed to purely psychological effects?
Kayla 20:40
Let me see if I can find you an article about the Maharishi Effect, one moment please.
Visitor 20:41
well, you claim to believe in the maharishi effect. do you believe it has a physical effect on the environment, or that it is merely a psychological phenomenon akin to viral ideas?
Kayla 20:41
I recommend reading about it here: https://research.mum.edu/maharishi-effect/
Visitor 20:42
would you mind answering my last question about _your_ particular beliefs on the matter? i don't generally trust links people send me on the internet
Read
Kayla 20:44
I’m not going to add my opinions in this matter. You are welcome to read about the research that has been done on the Maharishi Effect: https://research.mum.edu/maharishi-effect/
Kayla has closed the chat.

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Anonymous Tue Apr 2 20:54:32 2019 No.10517898

>>10517820
I feel your pain OP. Sometimes I read that artists or writers or any kind of public figures I like are really into meditation and I think "oh neat" but it'd ALWAYS fucking transcendental meditation, the meme scam meditation. Frustrates me to no end.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 2 21:13:55 2019 No.10517960 >>10517848 So the fed up people will fall for the meme. And then realise way too late that make believe doesnt solve real problems. Take a breather OP its all fine.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 2 22:01:32 2019 No.10518050 >>10517820 Sir, ensure that you are on the correct board; please do the needful.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 2 22:04:17 2019 No.10518059 >>10517820 David Lynch is 90, smokes Marlboros and drinks black coffee all day, and is still working. Now will you try TM?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 2 22:04:48 2019 No.10518060 >>10517820 If just 1% of posters in this thread get dubs, good times and a clean, goon-free environment will come to /sci/. But only if you reply to dubs posters with: "Nice dubs, check em!"

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 3 00:51:25 2019 No.10518341 bump

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 3 05:48:32 2019 No.10518680 >>10517820 >Transcendental Meditation technique (TM) It's already been trademarket it seems

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 3 08:20:16 2019 No.10518823 >>10517884 >>10517891 lmao

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 3 11:01:27 2019 No.10519093 >>10517820 >The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that "in all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves the system, the potential energy of the state will always be less than that of the initial state."

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 3 11:07:37 2019 No.10519101 >>10519093 Debunked. But even if that were true, wouldn't you rather the "limited" energy be positive energy rather than negative.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 3 11:10:27 2019 No.10519108 >>10517820 >the square root of one percent

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Anonymous Wed Apr 3 12:31:17 2019 No.10519274

>>10517820
>The evidence was said to result from cherry-picked data
I remember reading about that some time ago... They made an "experiment" on an American city (I don't remember which, I think it was Washington D.C.), and found that the crime rate lowered during the meditation...... because they ignored some deaths because of some bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 3 22:55:10 2019 No.10520465 transcendental bump

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 4 00:14:40 2019 No.10520616 transcendental money making machine

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 4 14:07:23 2019 No.10521942 bumping thread, so that /x/tards currently raiding us see that they are NOT welcome here.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 4 15:24:33 2019 No.10522170 >>10517848 I can imagine meditation reducing stress. Why not?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 5 04:47:33 2019 No.10523639 >>10522170 sure, but what about it changing any objective quantity?

>>	ECHS^Hive_Consciousness_Merger Fri Apr 5 06:07:56 2019 No.10523711 >>10521942 Why would spirituality respect walls as anything other than totems of inclusive spatial memory. These digital boundaries are all we need.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 5 06:12:29 2019 No.10523721 >>10518059 >David Lynch is 90 73.