Sam Harris great as usual.

Deepak Chopra suffers from:

– poor definition of terms and semantic trickery thru loose meanings
– lack of understanding of subject-object co-emergence
– likely developmental emergence in general

I have come to understand and appreciate legitimate post-mythical redefinitions of the term “God”. But what Deepak Chopra is championing is certainly not that.

Most of what Deepak values: creativity, inspiration, empathy etc. can be explained or is en route to being explained by science.

For what Deepak is championing imbuing consciousness with metaphysical qualities is completely unnecessary.

He should just stay in the subject/intersubjective realm and not try to posit psuedo-scientific explanations for his phenomenological experiences. He’s not very good at it.

On the other hand, Sam Harris with his new project Waking Up looks to be one of the leading champions of a scientifically consistent, post-metaphysical contemplative practice suited for westerners. Looking forward to diving deeper into his work.