Current Trends in Economics and their Shortcoming
In economics, as in other sciences, we need universal theories, and we need to understand how they apply in specific contexts. This is quite distinct from the ideas of theoretical and empirical work or basic and applied science. When we talk about theories of human behaviour (whether in economics, psychology,...
Nov 28, 20225
I’m on board with most of this, but I get stuck at the “cellular‑level” part.
It is useful to ask how far meditation (or any mental practice) can actually influence the body at the cellular scale. In one sense everything we do is “cellular” because we are made of cells. I assume you mean something narrower, but I’m not sure what.
For context: there is roughly one nervous‑system cell for every 100 000 other cells in the body. So any mental intervention can only act on most tissues indirectly. Are you talking only about neurons and glia, or do you think the effects propagate further?