Charles T. Tart » neuroglamorizing http://blog.paradigm-sys.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:10:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Neuroglamorizing http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/137 http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/archives/137#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:59:50 +0000 Dr. Charles T. Tart http://blog.paradigm-sys.com/?p=137 I'm coining a word here. Pass it around if you like it.

Neuroglamorizing. Noun. The hyping of ordinary speech by the use of frequent but superfluous terms relating to the brain and brain functioning.

Instead of talking about becoming less fearful, for example, you make it sound like your understanding is much deeper and very scientific by talking about reducing activation in your amygdala.

Dogmatic materialism is so prevalent in scientific and academic circles that you find neuroglamorizing everywhere.

I love research on brain functioning and it's very useful. The more we understand about the brain the better. But when we slip into a habit of making ourselves seem smarter this way, we may well be thinking less deeply and accurately, charmed by our own glamor, being fashionable in in the scientific know….

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