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      Meta-Post: Posts on Buddhism and Meditation

      Cross-Check columns, critical and not so critical, on Buddhism, meditation and related topics

      • By John Horgan on May 16, 2019
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      Below are columns I’ve written for Scientific American on Buddhism, meditation and related topics. Please let me know about missing stories, broken links or other problems. See also my books Rational Mysticism and Mind-Body Problems (available online for free). -- John Horgan

      A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat

      Buddhism, the Good and the Bad

      Can Buddhism Save Us?

      Meta-meditation: A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation

      Can Meditation Make Us Nicer?

      Why I Don't Dig Buddhism

      Research on TM and Other Forms of Meditation Stinks

      Do All Cults, Like All Psychotherapies, Exploit the Placebo Effect?

      Why Buddha Isn't Dead--and Psychology Still Isn't Really a Science

      My Doubts about Deepak Chopra and the Monetization of Meditation

      Does Buddhism Give Us Answers or Questions?

      Don’t Make Me One with Everything

      What Does It Feel Like to Be Enlightened?

      What Happens When a Skeptical Science Writer Meets a Cult Leader

      The Weirdness of Weirdness

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      John Horgan directs the Center for Science Writings at the Stevens Institute of Technology. His books include The End of Science, The End of War and Mind-Body Problems, available for free at mindbodyproblems.com. For many years, he wrote the immensely popular blog Cross Check for Scientific American.

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