The Science of Creative Intelligence is not science. Theologian Robert M. Price, writing in the Creation/Evolution Journal (the journal of the National Center for Science Education), compares the Science of Creative Intelligence to Creationism. Price says instruction in the Transcendental Meditation technique is "never offered without indoctrination into the metaphysics of 'creative intelligence. Skeptic James Randi says SCI has "no scientific characteristics." Astrophysicist and sceptic Carl Sagan writes that the "Hindu doctrine" of TM is a pseudoscience. Irving Hexham, a professor of religious studies, describes the TM teachings as "pseudoscientific language that masks its religious nature by mythologizing science". Sociologists Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge describe the SCI videotapes as largely based on the Bhagavad Gita, and say that they are "laced with parables and metaphysical postulates, rather than anything that can be recognized as conventional science". In 1979, the court case Malnak v Yogi determined that although SCI/TM is not a theistic religion, it deals with issues of ultimate concern, truth, and other ideas analogous to those in well-recognized religions. Maharishi biographer Paul Mason suggests that the scientific terminology used in SCI was developed by the Maharishi as part of a restructuring of his philosophies in terms that would gain greater acceptance and increase the number of people starting the TM technique. He says that this change toward a more academic language was welcomed by many of the Maharishi's American students.
The Science of Creative Intelligence is not science Theologian Robert M Price writing in the Creation/Evolution Journal (the journal of the National Center for Science Education) compares the Science of Creative Intelligence to Creationism Price says instruction in the Transcendental Meditation technique is "never offered without indoctrination into the metaphysics of 'creative intelligence Skeptic James Randi says SCI has "no scientific characteristics" Astrophysicist and sceptic Carl Sagan writes that the "Hindu doctrine" of TM is a pseudoscience Irving Hexham a professor of religious studies describes the TM teachings as "pseudoscientific language that masks its religious nature by mythologizing science" Sociologists Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge describe the SCI videotapes as largely based on the Bhagavad Gita and say that they are "laced with parables and metaphysical postulates rather than anything that can be recognized as conventional science" In 1979 the court case Malnak v Yogi determined that although SCI/TM is not a theistic religion it deals with issues of ultimate concern truth and other ideas analogous to those in well-recognized religions Maharishi biographer Paul Mason suggests that the scientific terminology used in SCI was developed by the Maharishi as part of a restructuring of his philosophies in terms that would gain greater acceptance and increase the number of people starting the TM technique He says that this change toward a more academic language was welcomed by many of the Maharishi's American students