Comments on: Deepak Chopra: shockingly wrong, even for Deepak Chopra http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/ The official blog of the Skeptologists Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Blind Watchmaker http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15752 The Blind Watchmaker Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:22:04 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15752 Need an antidote for Chopra nonsense? Try Tim Minchin (just in time for cocktail party season). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WidsgIt3lfw Need an antidote for Chopra nonsense? Try Tim Minchin (just in time for cocktail party season).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WidsgIt3lfw

]]> By: tmac57 http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15680 tmac57 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:43:54 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15680 I'm sorry, I haven't the slightest idea what your point here is. It had zero to do with what I said. I’m sorry, I haven’t the slightest idea what your point here is. It had zero to do with what I said.

]]> By: Greg http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15676 Greg Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:43:03 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15676 Not just a living: a fortune. Sad. Not just a living: a fortune. Sad.

]]> By: The Mad LOLScientist, FCD http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15419 The Mad LOLScientist, FCD Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:51:57 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15419 My thoughts exactly! If there's one thing that characterizes Sagan's work for me, it's his phenomenal sense of wonder. I've never seen an antiskeptic's face light up the way Carl Sagan's did in <i>Cosmos</i>. 30(? I forget) years later, I still revisit it from time to time. My thoughts exactly! If there’s one thing that characterizes Sagan’s work for me, it’s his phenomenal sense of wonder. I’ve never seen an antiskeptic’s face light up the way Carl Sagan’s did in Cosmos. 30(? I forget) years later, I still revisit it from time to time.

]]> By: pzdum http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15374 pzdum Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:52:18 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15374 we’re pulling the plug on this piece of blasphemy called PHARYNGULA… http://www.conspiracycafe.net/forum/index.php?/topic/25104-atheist-apocalypse/page__pid__117856__st__0& we’re pulling the plug on this piece of blasphemy called PHARYNGULA…

http://www.conspiracycafe.net/forum/index.php?/topic/25104-atheist-apocalypse/page__pid__117856__st__0&amp;

]]> By: dbjm http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15350 dbjm Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:28:55 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15350 Oops. If it is a straw man argument, then it is a straw man argument. That is a tautology. Whether Chopra argues the point has nothing conditional to do with its status as straw. Oops. If it is a straw man argument, then it is a straw man argument. That is a tautology. Whether Chopra argues the point has nothing conditional to do with its status as straw.

]]> By: Max http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15325 Max Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:18:34 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15325 Good point. Ironically, science popularizers like Carl Sagan and Michio Kaku may have provided the bits and pieces of real science for Chopra to mangle. Good point. Ironically, science popularizers like Carl Sagan and Michio Kaku may have provided the bits and pieces of real science for Chopra to mangle.

]]> By: Max http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15324 Max Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:09:59 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15324 How do you two reconcile your differences? If you have children, what do you teach them? How do you treat illness? How do you two reconcile your differences? If you have children, what do you teach them? How do you treat illness?

]]> By: gwen http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15317 gwen Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:18:08 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15317 Not a fan of Chopra, not a fan of Oprah, not a fan of Oz, not a fan of Jennie McCarthy nor Dr Phil. They are all rooting around in the same bag as far as I'm concerned. Oz has compromised his credibility with me by adding a large dollop of woo to his career. Not a fan of Chopra, not a fan of Oprah, not a fan of Oz, not a fan of Jennie McCarthy nor Dr Phil. They are all rooting around in the same bag as far as I’m concerned. Oz has compromised his credibility with me by adding a large dollop of woo to his career.

]]> By: Gary http://www.skepticblog.org/2009/12/02/deepak-chopra-shockingly-wrong-even-for-deepak-chopra/#comment-15315 Gary Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:47:06 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=5355#comment-15315 I'm not a scientist by any measure. I simply want to know what is real and tangible. My wife, on the other hand, is a "magical thinker" and involves herself in all sorts of paranormal mumbo-jumbo, crystals, psychics, curanderas with their healing eggs, aura, and lately its drum healing (playing drums heals all sorts of ailments), The Secret and its so-called universal energy, etc. I scoff at this stuff. She says I'm "negative". I like to say I'm a realist. Do I enjoy a good fantasy or science fiction movie? Of Course I do, but when I leave the theater I don't begin to believe that I can buy a magic wand and go about casting spells. Skepticism has give me a a sense of freedom. It's about being realistic. I’m not a scientist by any measure. I simply want to know what is real and tangible.
My wife, on the other hand, is a “magical thinker” and involves herself in all sorts of paranormal mumbo-jumbo, crystals, psychics, curanderas with their healing eggs, aura, and lately its drum healing (playing drums heals all sorts of ailments), The Secret and its so-called universal energy, etc. I scoff at this stuff. She says I’m “negative”. I like to say I’m a realist.
Do I enjoy a good fantasy or science fiction movie? Of Course I do, but when I leave the theater I don’t begin to believe that I can buy a magic wand and go about casting spells.

Skepticism has give me a a sense of freedom. It’s about being realistic.

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