[Buddha-l] Reïncarnation is a memoryproblem

[curt]

This is obviously a highly flawed study, but the article does not 
provide enough detail to tell just how badly flawed it is.

As has already been pointed out, "lost memories" that are "retrieved" 
under hypnosis have been  known to be suspect for quite some time. In 
fact, there's no particular reason why such "memories" should have ever 
been seen as reliable in the first place.

To conflate the well known phenomenon of "false memories" with "belief 
in reincarnation" is bad science. The people who did this study, and 
anyone who gives it any credence, are themselves revealing either a 
shocking level of credulity, or a complete lack of intellectual honesty 
- or both.

- Curt

Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:
> Comments anyone?
>
> http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/070406_past_lives.html
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