the neural buddhists

david brooks at the new york times posted an op-ed column recently titled the neural buddhists and it made the rounds quickly in my buddhist circles.

i have a few random thoughts about it, but generally i’m unsure about the characterization of contemplative buddhism as merely psychological and completely logical as it comes to american shores. there is something about it, in my experience, that is about seeing the limitations of logic to model our world and gaining flexibility or rather awareness of that tendency to reduce and then dismiss large parts of our experience. nonetheless, i have some thoughts below the break.

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