Deepak Chopra is aging despite his mind-over-matter B.S.
Deepak Chopra (aka “Deepity* Bullshit”) has made numerous statements such as
Contrary to our traditional notions of ageing, we can learn to direct the way our bodies metabolise time.
Julia Sweeney hilariously discusses this in her book “Letting Go of God”. If you haven’t listened to the audiobook version of her book I strongly encourage you to do so. This picture concisely captures the issue:
It appears to me that Deepak Chopra is aging at the rate we expect of normal humans. That is, humans who do not know how to “direct the way our bodies metabolise time”. The fact that this charlatan and huckster appears on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) so often, especially during “pledge drives”, is the main reason I no longer donate to that organization.
- This is the definition of “Deepity” from Wikipedia:
Deepity is a term employed by Daniel Dennett in his 2009 speech to the American Atheists Institution conference, coined by the teenage daughter of one of his friends. The term refers to a statement that is apparently profound but actually asserts a triviality on one level and something meaningless on another. Generally, a deepity has (at least) two meanings: one that is true but trivial, and another that sounds profound, but is essentially false or meaningless and would be “earth-shattering” if true.