You lost me at "Blood donation". It's common sence that this is used by new couples to check if they have STDs, without the unconfort of going to a clinic.
Relating to the 2nd study, 100$ or 1$ is the same (not significant) for someone with high income so they just found a correlation between "rich" people and higher number of sexual partners.
Didn't know this was a thing but normally (it requires time) I learn like that - often being scorned by more experienced people, saying it is inefficient and/or I I'm rude not to hear their advises.
In the long run, this actually builds confidence to attack any (engineering and more) problem you face and being relatively independent from a teacher.
You make several wrong assumptions from what I've written.
- You asked for verification, I gave you my own, if more 9 people do the same, you have a statistic.
Yes, I'm kidding here, but first hand "investigation" also have its merits. Never did I want to imply this prove (scientifically) any benefits for everyone.
But I can do that now if you are into it - logical reasoning can be a powerful tool.
- I said "I could guess youneverread a study about the benefits of oral hygiene". Never did I say that there were no studies about this. Your response makes me think my assumption was correct.
Moreover, I may have failed to make my point clear: you do things that are what science recommends in order to be healthy, but you learn it, not from peer-reviewed articles but from people near you.
> It is quite clear you don't care about peer-reviewed science. That's your prerogative.
"Ad Hominem" argument and we don't need this. I, specifically, said I didn't care about "peer-reviewed studies about this", this referring to Mindfulness. Though I don't support my own attitude for people that are curious and want to learn more about Mindfulness.
> That is an easy claim "in a few years, you'll all be scientologists" is just as simple.
True, my bad. At that point I was digressing.
> Can you show scientific evidence that meditation improves the achievement of flow?
What I said was, again, from my personal experience (I play(ed) a lot competitive sports).
But a quick search lead me here:
http://mrsmindfulness.com/how-you-can-enter-mindfulness-in-4...
(cannot attest for the site credibility or the studies it mentioned, but I found the explanation quite interesting and clear)
PS - I hope you take this in a good way but you could use some Mindfulness in order to help you see what it is instead of seeing what you think it is (honestly, we could all use some).
There are no studies like that since there is no such thing as placebo meditation.
Meditation, in general, for the usual western mind, can be seen as mental hygiene.
I could guess you never read a study about the benefits of oral hygiene but you probably never doubt its benefits - because of culture (parents/school).
"Our" culture is very advance in many "sciences" but is a child in others.
Give it some decades - your grandchildren will teach their children about meditation, in the same manner any parent, nowadays, teach their kids to brush their teeth before bed.
Answering your question, even though I don't know (and care) about peer-reviewed studies about this, I can tell you that mindfulness has many benefits (verified by myself) and I've experienced most benefits given by the first link of [vanderZwan] reply.
Actually, it's a win-win situation.
Do you see yourself working at a company where most/all your colleges were hired, not because their experience, but because their age?
He is actually doing you a favor (in general terms, since one need food on the table...), and also protecting his company from frustrated employees (like you would, probably, be), since the young guys are able to endure more BS and bad management.
In some circles, meditation is still viewed as weird.
But your comparison is curious.
Indeed, to a external observer, a person looking at the wall and another doing meditation may look very alike, but what they are doing is the exact opposite of one another.
About the "curse of smart people", which also applies to those who are better at sports, or something else, one cannot forget the Rocky 3 effect - sometimes, external circumstances will allow you took relax and stop progressing in your skills (and thus, not much effort) while still being successful. When a big problem/challenge arises, it will "hurt" more to leave the comfort zone, and then it depends on oneself...
It takes time to build the tools to do what humankind can do now.