on a reality show called Real Dipshit Of Hidden Hills .

I prefer not to substitute one unproven religion with another and name it "spirituality." But as long as the spiritual but not religious don't formulate laws to lay down for all humankind for all time, I have little argument with it. If Deepak thinks that limits me, that's ok. Because I can't help it, every time I see his name I

just outed themselves as someone who should not be taken seriously.

Worth tracking down

married Deepak Chopra, she'd be Oprah Chopra.

either one could deliver the word salad

Chopra has been well 'rewarded' at the bank for his 'deepities' that far too many people repeat as if they have any meaning. He's the king of vague "there is something connecting everything, and it's all unprovable but obviously true to people who don't worry about evidence" BS.

I'm not skeptical, I'm just a non believer. I don't know what this guy is, and neither does he.

"Deepak Chopra is FULL OF SHIT!" - Julia Sweeney.

For those few who might never have seen it, this is excerpted from her mostly excellent video "Letting Go of God."

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for the moment when Dawkins would just haul off and slap him across the face.

You could see that look on Dawkin's face from the beginning, I can't listen to that guy (Depak, not Dawkins) very long.

with organizations like the Center for Inquiry, have done a good job highlighting the nonsensical bullshit that Chopra spouts.

Seem like they touched a nerve.

"Rigid skepticism" would be that any claim, no matter what it is, should be questioned and investigated.

It's not a belief system Deepak.

And Deepak, Deary, science is a disciplined method of investigating phenomena..... involving observation, experimentation and confirmation. Science can't "know" anything and the only "truth" involved is where the evidence leads.... no matter where the evidence leads...

He's so slack and sloppy, like any psychic or religious guru....especially the way he (mis)uses big words!

http://www.wisdomofchopra.com

"Wholeness is the continuity of intrinsic photons"

"Emotional intelligence corresponds to irrational abstract beauty"

"Matter results from cosmic knowledge"

"Perceptual reality creates existential truth"



If you published any of those phrases and attributed them to Chopra nobody would question the source. His fans would just ooh and ahh over the pearls of wisdom like they always do.

...in which participants had to pick the real Chopra quote from a handful generated by wisdomofchopra.

They couldn't do it.

Not surprising, really, I probably couldn't either.

If there is an easier way to explain Poe's Law to someone by way of example, I'm not aware of it.

...something about that accent that enthralls listeners.

He's been spouting psycho-babble for years and getting paid very well for it. He's almost as bad as a TV preacher. So full of bull, and laughing all the way to the bank.

Never mind that if Chopra tried this shit in India, he'd probably get laughed out of the fucking room.

Like the Mahareshi Mahesh Yogi. From the Wikipedia article "The Beatles in India:"

Is he coming out with another book?

...and his biggest competition.

More westerners disillusioned with mainstream religion becoming atheists means fewer people buying Deepak Chopra's books.