'Twin Peaks' Director Urges $1 Billion for Meditation

[shanek]

I say we give him the $1 billion...

...converted into pesos...

...in the form of one peso coins...

http://www.geocities.com/coinpc/img/442773Mexico1978.jpg

...on his head.

Sound like a plan?

[Suezoled]

Or we could those 1/2 pennies from England. $1 billion in half-pennies. that would be cool, too!

[Rolfe]

Originally posted by Suezoled
Or we could those 1/2 pennies from England. $1 billion in half-pennies. that would be cool, too! Sorry, they went out of circulation years ago. :(

Rolfe.

[smoke]

I really hate to see this kind of thing because I actually enjoy his films and, of course, his public persona will carry some weight w/ people. Noting other examples, such as Tom Cruise and cheeseball scientology, I do think it's interesting that 'celebrities' are just as vulnerable to irrational nonsense as anybody else. You would think that achieving ultra-success would require ultra-rationality and a clear discernment of reality, but I guess not. And celebs certainly have more money than most to indulge their irrational whims.

Gee, Mr. Lynch, how about using $1B to feed, cloth, educate, and provide health care to those living in poverty around the world. Oh wait, that makes too much sense...

[Chad Noles]

smoke wrote: I do think it's interesting that 'celebrities' are just as vulnerable to irrational nonsense as anybody else.

Considering that a lot of the "celebraties" work in the movie industry,I don't find it unusual that they are vulnerable to irrational nonsense.Many are envolved in a "fantasy" world all day.I am more surprised at any "celebraties" who can formulated rational thought.;)

[Beanbag]

Originally posted by Chad Noles
smoke wrote:

Considering that a lot of the "celebraties" work in the movie industry,I don't find it unusual that they are vulnerable to irrational nonsense.Many are envolved in a "fantasy" world all day.I am more surprised at any "celebraties" who can formulated rational thought.;)

"Hi, I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV, and I'm here to recommend..."

Sound familiar? I filter Barbara Streisand's political espousings through a similar BS filter.

Regards;
Beanbag

[smoke]

chad & bean, I would think the opposite of what you're saying would be true. Because celebs, in this case actors, are so involved in producing fantasy and make-believe, they should be keenly aware of the difference between that and reality. An actor playing a doctor doesn't really think that he/she is a doctor. Sure, they want to confuse the public about that reality.

Also, the business side of show biz sounds like it can be rather cut throat, so to be successful in that regard would require a great deal of rationality, one would think.

But I guess the lesson here, which I think you guys were getting at, is that celebrities, whether they're actors, artists, musicians, athletes, etc., are nothing more than very good at their craft/profession. They don't necessarily have any expertise or insight on any other aspects of life and can be just as irrational and open to nonsense as anybody else. Maybe even more so, as they can afford to indulge their nonsense...

[Yahweh]

I think we should invest the US$1,000,000,000 into perfume...

We can spray the perfume into the atmosphere, and make the whole world smell nice. No one would ever think of declaring war on other countries again when the whole world smells like posies! Evil be gone, its time to stop and smell the flowers...

Transcendental Meditation is pure nonsense, the scent of flowers choking the air in all their sweet aromatic goodness will end all conflict for all time and eternity.

Praze dah Lodr!

[CFLarsen]

The TM method of creating peace does not work. It is described in Robert Park's "Voodoo Science" and summed up in The Maharishi (Non)Effect. (http://www.skepticreport.com/psychics/radin2002.htm) (Scroll down)

[phildonnia]

Was there a link or something with the OP?

[Soapy Sam]

Yahweh- Not sure what you mean when you say TM is "pure nonsense" . There is a great deal of pure nonsense in it , I agree, but there are measurable neural effects. The same effects may be achievable by other methods and whether they are "positive" or "negative" is for the practitioner to decide. If nothing else it is a useful relaxation tool.

That does not qualify it as some sort of world stress reduction principle though.
I would rather use the money to buy everyone a small latte and tell them all to chill for ten minutes.