Comments on: Maharishi Mathematics

By: tom golstch

tom golstch — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:51:11 +0000

These folks prove once again that since they feel obligated to reference all this yogic gibberish to western science, as do fundamentalist Christians seeking to have western medicine verify ‘miracles’, what the accepted structure of reality actually is.

By: Why Can’t We Visualize More Than Three Dimensions? | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:29:39 +0000

[...] this could be a new tantric discipline: visualization in higher dimensions. Or maybe the Maharishi already offers a [...]

By: Ellipsis

Ellipsis — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:50:37 +0000

On the other side of the coin, Hagelin’s a smart guy, who did a lot of quite decent physics in his day and (not that this would be any sort of justification, but..) probably makes more money than any of the people writing/reading here now. MUM is obviously completely nutty, but if you don’t take it too seriously and just relax about it (isn’t that what the point of it is, how to relax?), I think it’s certainly harmless. Science certainly has not answered the question of how do we get people to relax and enjoy life … so if you take that as a goal, then I wouldn’t say MUM is the worst thing in the world.

By: John M. Knapp, LMSW

John M. Knapp, LMSW — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:20:30 +0000

For a critical look at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his Transcendental Meditation Movement, you might like to visit TM-Free Blog. J.

By: Cash

Cash — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:39:44 +0000

I’m continually surprised that science has become the new standard for validation. There’s a reason faith, science and spirituality co-existed ( with bits of fighting here and there ) together for so long. One or the other might get the other hand for a time but the other ones always bounced back.

Defining themselves in the context of the others doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense. Spirituality won’t survive a scientific litmus test and science can’t explain the meaning of life. Criticizing either of those by the others is like criticizing a steak for not being an apple.

By: Ars Mathematica » Blog Archive » Maharishi Mathematics

Ars Mathematica » Blog Archive » Maharishi Mathematics — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:24:38 +0000

[...] Via Cosmic Variance. [...]

By: Peter Woit

Peter Woit — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:04:21 +0000

Several years ago I took a look at the MUM course materials in physics and “Vedic Science”. They seemed to be spending quite a lot of time teaching students about string field theory and how it integrated well with the rest of the Maharishi’s teachings. Looks now like they have given up on string theory and moved on…

By: Arun

Arun — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:15:36 +0000

Bah, it is the American Beatles/hippie generation that went and imported Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Bhagawan Rajneesh and that sort. If some people are so dumb as to be willing to give these folks lots of money, then it is highly likely (so says evolution) that others will arise that will exploit this niche. This does not reflect on Indian mathematics, any more than creationism and intelligent design reflects on American biology.

Furthermore, Americans give money to the foreign missionary sort who are a lot more destructive than the Maharishi. At least the Maharishi doesn’t go about telling illiterate people that if they don’t believe in his God they will burn in hell or giving them antibiotics and claiming that their prayers to Jesus cured them (and not the antibiotics). At least the conman and the conned are on a level playing field here.

By: Plato

Plato — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:10:37 +0000

I wonder if we can be "just as guilty" of perpetuating those things that one could despise? It's a penguin?

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:32:13 +0000

Nevertheless, they are completely ridiculous.