Right. Because one guy who goes to GW knows more than a community of intellectuals (plus a few morons here and there).

I am studying medicine and I had a Neuroanatomy course last semester.
Now, what I'm saying is that even if this stuff works it's complete bullshit and most likely psychosomatic. It's never a good idea to tamper or attempt to tamper with your brain. If the damned thing was so simple, we'd already have good A.I.s.

In short... If anything, it might work because you are meditating and calming yourself... The whole amygdala shit is just pseudo-science to help and trigger that. Now, some stupid kid might (And most probably would) get the wrong idea and could try to stick a probe up his nose in order to "click" his actual brain.

Omcifer: If you really are interested in the human brain, you could study Medicine (Neurology), in the meantime... I suggest you take a hold of "John Martin's Neuroanatomy."

lol I made a song called Amygdala Clicking just because it sounds so cool

I already know how to meditate, and I don't trust shortcuts.

this is just a meditation excercise, it can't harm your brain and if anything is probably a little good for you (relaxin' etc). it'd probably work but their explanations about actual neuroanatomy are irrelevant

I'll stick to binaural beat generators

this is just a meditation exercises, it can't harm your brain and if anything is probably a little good for you (relaxin' etc). it'd probably work but their explanations about actual neuroanatomy are irrelevant

I've done numerous meditation exercises in the past, and I agree with this completely.  After reading the technique in the website it is no different than any other new-age way to "unlock" some sort of higher self.  You aren't actually "clicking" anything, you are merely imagining it.  Any mental benefits would be nothing more than the effects of meditating.

No offence, but I wouldn't consider Wikipedia a community of intellectuals. All the knowledge you get on wikipedia, in the end, barely scratches any surface, and is far too shallow for the waters any intellectuals would thread. Intellectuals are the ones that give lectures, discuss matters on a high levels, write in-depth books about certain topics. Although Wikipedia is a great source of knowledge, it's not a community of intellectuals. It's a community of people that take the works of intellectuals, and writes their interpretations of what they think is the most important and easiest understandable parts... that sentence sure came out wrong but whatever, too busy to look up dictionaries and get my wording right.

My point is, if you read any in-depth university books and read the wikipedia article on what you're reading, you'll notice that one single line on wikipedia alone could be an 800-page book. Wikipedia is popular science no matter how you put it, and it's probably the best place for that. But a community of intellectuals? Come on... It merely scratches the surface, not something a community of intellectuals would bother doing.


Sorry for the off-topic rant

Have you seen the article for minor Star Wars characters?  Sadly, I have...

this is just a meditation excercise, it can't harm your brain and if anything is probably a little good for you (relaxin' etc). it'd probably work but their explanations about actual neuroanatomy are irrelevant

There are known potential risks associated with meditation.

oh crap completely forgot. sorry guys but that post i made

this is old news' date=' it works thats all that matters. For me its calming and "untiring" if that makes sense. Im usually tired, even personality wise. but when i mentally do this i get pretty aware of my surroundings[/quote']

was complete bullshit. I was baked at the time i made that post and was building up to a joke. dont remember the joke. but again sorry

There are known potential risks associated with meditation.

The only thing "known potential risk" means is that it isn't 100% foolproof.

If you aren't a 100% fool, then you are going to be fine.

There are known potential risks associated with meditation.

LMFAO then please list them

There are known potential risks associated with meditation.

what do you mean... like uh... strained ligaments in your knees or something?

I'm not totally sure, but I think that he was trying to be sarcastic.

No, I wasn't being sarcastic. Although the risks are small, and more common in certain forms of meditation than others, there have been cases where people have experienced prolonged dissociation, out-of-body experiences, undesirable repressed memories surfacing, feelings of panic and anxiety afterwards, et cetera. I'll find some links if you REALLY want them, but you can mostly google this stuff yourselves.

out-of-body experiences

This isn't a risk, this is a major benefit

This isn't a risk, this is a major benefit

Some people do not want to leave their bodies unexpectedly.