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Below are columns I’ve written for Scientific American on Buddhism, meditation and related topics. Please let me know about missing stories, broken links or other problems. See also my books Rational Mysticism and Mind-Body Problems (available online for free). -- John Horgan

A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat

Buddhism, the Good and the Bad


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Can Buddhism Save Us?

Meta-meditation: A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation

Can Meditation Make Us Nicer?

Why I Don't Dig Buddhism

Research on TM and Other Forms of Meditation Stinks

Do All Cults, Like All Psychotherapies, Exploit the Placebo Effect?

Why Buddha Isn't Dead--and Psychology Still Isn't Really a Science

My Doubts about Deepak Chopra and the Monetization of Meditation

Does Buddhism Give Us Answers or Questions?

Don’t Make Me One with Everything

What Does It Feel Like to Be Enlightened?

What Happens When a Skeptical Science Writer Meets a Cult Leader

The Weirdness of Weirdness

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