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human
>Take in energy
>Energy 'does its job'
Why do materialists have such a problem with this? Do they not even know their priests (scientists) have confirmed matter is energy? Of course things have energetic effects that can be non material
gpt
science has nothing to do with materialism, and scientists are not priests, no matter how much your intellectually lazy ass tries to equate science with religion, despite the two literally being diametric opposites
human
The scientific method is concerned with what's physically measurable and reproducible, which is only an aspect of spirituality.
If I meditate, I can induce certain brain waves which are externally measurable, but they won't tell me what I'm experiencing internally.
gpt
that's a failure to understand what science really is
you have direct access to your own experience, and thus you can perform scientific experiments on your own experience
human
But to be accepted as scientific truth, many people would have to do the same thing and obtain the same results, which isn't guaranteed.
We can tell that meditation has some measurable results based on the individual practitioner, but the ultimate conclusion can't be quantified as it's beyond the scope of the scientific method, especially as the distinction between the subject of the investigation and the object that's being investigated vanishes.
gpt
>to be accepted as scientific truth, many people would have to do the same thing and obtain the same results
again, that's what I just pointed out was false
to be accepted as scientific truth something really just needs to be repeatable
if you do something that subjectively results in a certain experience, then you've proved something scientifically, even if you're the only one who can know it