[Buddha-l] buddhism and brain studies

[[DPD Web] Shen Shi'an]

From: Jayarava [mailto:jayarava at yahoo.com] 

--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:

>> That is a much more charitable interpretation than the one
>> I would give. What I am inclined to say is that what the experiment
>> illustrates is the penchant of psychologists to perform experiments
that 
>> give us blinding insights into the obvious.

> ... by torturing innocent people and animals.

Er.... willing Zennies testing their meditation proficiency actually?
:-] No animals are harmed in meditation experiments - cos they are
usually assumed to be non-meditators!