New Age woo, pantheism, "connected"

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I haven't heard Sam saying that kind of stuff, do you have any links? I've heard him talk about the benefits of meditation, and that by disregarding all religion we may miss useful parts it contains such as this.

Yeah I think Buddhism is utter balls, but happens to have a couple of useful features.

And you're right, woo-ing it up is probably going to be somewhat of a barrier to actual scientific understanding.