deepak chopra

Hi everyone, I thought it would be fair to get commentary from the skeptic community regarding Wikipedia, We Have a Problem. Specifically, the reporting of 'editor suppression' tactics used often on Wikipedia by skeptic activist editors. Even more specifically, on a piece of real estate that...

Does anyone know what happened to the Integrative Studies Historical Archive and Repository (ISHAR) that was created by Rome Viharo and Deepak Chopra? It was apparently supposed to be a database for alternative medicine and mind/body woo...

So, I was searching for a thread about this, on this forum, but surprisingly could not find one. Perhaps I missed it. (If I did you can point me to it.) Perhaps no one cares. Whatever. Anyway, around June 14, 2014, our favorite intellectual imposter, Deepak Chopra, issued a $1M challenge of his...

Sorry for cross posting, but I believe this video is of interest to members of several forums. Enjoy!

Call it unreason, irrationality, illiteracy, (modern) superstition, or any other name you like. It happens to be a dangerous epidemic in modern society. The real problem is not Bigfoot or Loch Ness Monster, but nonsensical ideas spread by authors like Fritjof Capra, Rupert Sheldrake, Deepak...

Hi, Just watched a bit of the debate on youtube "Dangerous Ideas - Deepak Chopra & Richard Dawkins 2013-11-09". I only watched a bit of it because I find debates with Deepak Chopra a waste of time, and often follow a similar path. However, Deepak Chopra talked about Freeman Dyson and how he...

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Militant-Skepticism-Part-4-5008773.php#page-2\ Chopra must be pretty upset because he is up to part 4 now with his tirade against skepticism. He thinks skepticism is just a fad that will go the way of the hula hoop and he will emerge...

It seems like I am one of the few that read and comment about what Chopra has to say. SFgate often doesn't even put a link to the column on their web page but he still posts pretty regularly. This week it is all about those darn skeptics and scientists with their closed minds just don't...

Trying to find inner meaning when you are overwhelmed by the non-essential otherness of external objective realities? Lost in a sea of divorced spiritual identities seeking belongingness, despite the ephemera of Information flow blockages? Help is here. The quiz, asking you to distinguish...

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/16/oprahs-gang-good-with-bafflegab Even better are the comments following the CBC story at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/04/16/oprah-winfrey-lifeclass-toronto.html Sample : :th:

QIOdBLTYhy4 I like fantasy games, but not when they are act as though fantasy is reality. ETA: The disclaimer at the beginning of the video amuses me greatly.

A debate on the nature of reality, consciousness and modern science. Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine, Leonard Mlodinow the theoretical physicist and Deepak Chopra the Quantum Woo Master are among the 10 people on the interdisciplinary panel. 7WA76VTq3O8 Download Free Podcast through iTunes...

I really, really don't like Deepak Chopra. I can't read any more of his stuff, I think I'll just skip the new Shermer debate when it comes out and yes, today is the day I'm unsubscribing from his HuffPo blog, masochist, I know. So here it is, my last rebuke of Deepak. Goodbye old friend, I...

From his tweeter... Perhaps every soul doesn't reincarnate. Perhaps some reincarnate on new worlds or in higher dimensions. There, I refuted your refutation... AND that's what the believers say to explain it! Why do people bother saying stuff like this? I don't understand! Why not say that...

"Hinduism, whether ancient, medieval or modern, has no special claims on 21st century postural yoga." Came across this interesting article through the Butterflies and Wheels newsletter: http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/not-as-old-as-you-think Some highlights: I thought others...

Vic Stenger talks about the limits of science, and whether scientists should be critical of religion and the paranormal, or if such sorts of claims are out of the bounds of science, and therefore beyond criticism. He discusses the academic and spiritual career of Fritjof Capra, and his...

I thought this was an interesting post by shermer, following the ABC debate (http://bit.ly/a2KkiL), where he posts a funny chart made by one of his friends about Chopra's new take on science and religion. http://trueslant.com/michaelshermer/2010/04/12/deepaks-upgrade-to-god-2-0/ Deepak of...

I really wish the entire Nightline segment was online, because this looks priceless. Here's the clip. It was apparently a debate between Pastor Mark Driscoll (who looked like an escapee from a gay leather bar) and Annie Lobert, founder of the Christian ministry "Hookers for Jesus" on one side...

The Perils of Skepticism by Deepak Chopra. Chopra doesn't like skeptics. He really doesn't. And he lets them have it: Well! That certainly puts me in MY place. Before going further, I should mention that I have written about good old Deepak before. Here's a link to Chopra vs. Dawkins, in...

http://www.pickawoowoo.com/childrens-spiritual-books/index.html I can't believe the unabashedly precise name of this book company. It took me a while to make sure it wasn't a joke!

http://online.wsj.com/video/deepak-blames-america/0C935F1D-826B-44C8-8CC9-A78EE80A3D03.html Apologist strategy #1: Deny Islamic terrorist attacks were indeed committed by Islamists Apologist strategy #2: Admit it was Islamists but place the blame on your hated group of choice Apologist...

I was channel surfing a few minutes ago, looking for something to watch on TV and turned on to CNN on Demand. I was clicked on "Lifestyles" hoping to catch up on Jeanne Moos' quirky-fluff-stories-that-don't-really- belong-on-CNN-but-are-still-very-entertaining and was quite surprised to find an...

Hello All There are some interesting new developments after Dr. Deepak Chopra, a famous spiritual guru and a guru of alternate medicine, made a challenge to a critic on his website: My Last Message to Skeptsich intentblog.com/archives/2007/10/my_last_message.html "I have always maintained...

How annoying is this? On the Yahoo Home page, in the health section, there is a story called 'Should I Listen to an Astrologer?' The writer was told by an astrologer that he/she would suffer a nervous breakdown at age 35, and is now terrified as he/she approaches that age. "How does one let go...

Woo woo master Deepak Chopra is touting him: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/the-mind-outside-the-body_b_50389.html Dr. Dick Bierman is using real-time brain scans to see if people sense things before they happen. Sounds like something that needs to be given Randi's attention.

I was listening to Bill Maher and they had Deepak Chopra on there, talking about his new book, "Life After Death: The Burden of Proof," which claims that the afterlife is provable scientifically. Now, I concede that this guy's a quack. His methods are pseudoscientific, there's no proof for...

Here's a link to a piece by Deepak Chopra, entitled "The God Delusion? Part 1." Chopra takes issue with Richard Dawkins's conclusions in "The God Delusion." Let us visit Chopra's arguments, shall we? Let us also set aside--temporarily, at any rate--the wisdom of Julia Sweeney, who after...

My dearly beloved seem to be getting a regular supply of spiritually uplifting books from an unknown source (probably her mum). The latest is by this Chopra fellow. I've seen him derided often on these boards but I've not got much firm info. I'm told he's an oncologist ,therefore his warnings...

Did he really do these things? http://www.chopra.com/article.aspx?id=62

Deepak Chopra's latest venture into "woo" tries to assert that all branches of mysticism have an "invisible connection". What is disturbing about this is his assertion that these things are fact - but beyond the realm of science to currently understand. He again uses the old Western mystical...