[return0]

Conversely though, claiming the opposite is also wrong. Many people feel that meditation is good for many things, but that emotion is not science.

[r00fus]

> "emotion is not science"

However, study of emotional response can be part of the scientific process. In fact, that's the basis of the advertising industry.

If I have tested meditation and found it predictably alters my moods (and similar examinations have been done for friends/family), is it fair to claim that is not science?

[vidarh]

It is not science, but in the context of the original "start meditating" quip on this thread, it is what matters: If it works, it solves the original problem, whether or not it works because o the placebo effect or something else.