Pseudo-bullshit correlates with stupidity, shocker

[Excited Penguin]

http://gizmodo.com/scientists-are-still-...1762272253

Remember last November when Canadian scientists  using the tweets of Deepak Chopra to demonstrate how some people can interpret utter bullshit as deeply profound observations? It’s now sparked a counter-argument and a sharp rejoinder—two respectable scientists arguing about the meaning (or lack thereof) of bullshit.

Well, this is funny. I thought it was a joke at first but apparently they actually published a paper about it:
http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15923a/jdm15923a.pdf




What Chopra thinks about gravitational waves[quote from the same article as linked to further above]

Incidentally, Chopra weighed in on the recent discovery of gravitational waves. Writing at the Huffington Post, he dismissed the biggest science story of the year as little more than a “red herring,” distracting us all from the true mystery surrounding quantum consciousness and the nature of reality.

So, what do you guys think? Should we pay better attention to the information we receive or what?

[robvalue]

It's amazing how quickly people can dismiss things they've only just heard about in favour of their unsupported nonsense.

[vorlon13]

Deepak Chopra is a putz. I admire his ability to make filthy lucre off his shtick, however.

[Minimalist]

It's amazing how quickly people can dismiss things they've only just heard about in favour of their unsupported nonsense.

The basis of every religion, mon ami.

[brewer]

I start every day with a quote. You can also.

This morning I got "The web of life constructs exponential bliss." I'm so happy now.

http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/

[Minimalist]

He should peddle that bullshit to these kids.

[Heat]

Deepak Chopra's the embodiment of that one kid in class who cannot make a coherent argument so instead resorts to using sophisticated words in attempt of having his argument appear as such.

[ignoramus]

Deepak successfully lives his life by one rule.

IF YOU CAN'T DAZZLE THEM WITH BRILLIANCE,
THEN BAFFLE THEM WITH BULLSHIT.

[Excited Penguin]

As Gizmodo’s Matt Novak reported last fall, Gordon Pennycook and his Waterloo colleagues took a 2014 Chopra tweet, “and presented it to study participants along with randomly generated statements that employed profound-sounding buzzwords. The statements made sense grammatically, but made absolutely no sense logically.”

Chopra’s tweet was indistinguishable from the randomly generated nonsense. And the less skeptical and analytical the participant, the more likely he or she was to interpret random nonsense as being deeply profound.

For those who don't want to access the link.^^

[Angrboda]

That's so deep.