Meditation is not pseudoscience, this topic has been brought up multiple times in HN: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?q=meditation" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?q=meditation</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?q=mindfulness" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?q=mindfulness</a><p>If you read the HN threads you will find countless people talking about how meditation has helped them from their personal experiences.<p>Meditation has a lot of benefits and the results have been scientifically validated by different groups of researchers:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S000578940700072X" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S0005789407...</a>
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;link.springer.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;10.1007%2FBF00845519" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;link.springer.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;10.1007%2FBF00845519</a>
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC1361002&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC1361002&#x2F;</a>
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.harvard.edu&#x2F;gazette&#x2F;story&#x2F;2011&#x2F;01&#x2F;eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.harvard.edu&#x2F;gazette&#x2F;story&#x2F;2011&#x2F;01&#x2F;eight-weeks-to...</a><p>A recent research even showed that meditation is more powerful than a placebo: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10789738" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10789738</a><p>If you are still skeptical, watch this video by Dan Harris, a skeptical news reporter turned meditation evangelist, it convinced me to meditate everyday and I think it&#x27;ll convince you too: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=FAcTIrA2Qhk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=FAcTIrA2Qhk</a>