"For this analysis I defined an artificial category “very mentally healthy”. Someone qualified as very mentally healthy if they said they had no personal or family history of depression, anxiety, or autism, rated their average mood and life satisfaction as 7/10 or higher, and rated their childhood at least 7/10 on a scale from very bad to very good. Of about 8000 respondents, only about 1000 qualified as “very mentally healthy”.
Of total respondents, 21% reported having a spiritual experience, plus an additional 18% giving the “unclear” answer.
Of the very mentally healthy, only 17% reported having a spiritual experience, plus 14% giving the “unclear” answer.
In a chi-square test, the difference was significant at p < 0.001.
So this tweet is false, unless you’re using some kind of hokey ad hoc definition of “the mind is healthy”."
This is one of my favorite pieces you’ve written, it is thoughtful and perceptive. I suspect that being mentally healthy isn’t sufficient: there has to be a level of depth and openness in order to have the type of mystical experiences you’re describing
Have you read Scott's fact check of this using his SSC survey data? https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/fact-check-do-all-healthy-people
"For this analysis I defined an artificial category “very mentally healthy”. Someone qualified as very mentally healthy if they said they had no personal or family history of depression, anxiety, or autism, rated their average mood and life satisfaction as 7/10 or higher, and rated their childhood at least 7/10 on a scale from very bad to very good. Of about 8000 respondents, only about 1000 qualified as “very mentally healthy”.
Of total respondents, 21% reported having a spiritual experience, plus an additional 18% giving the “unclear” answer.
Of the very mentally healthy, only 17% reported having a spiritual experience, plus 14% giving the “unclear” answer.
In a chi-square test, the difference was significant at p < 0.001.
So this tweet is false, unless you’re using some kind of hokey ad hoc definition of “the mind is healthy”."
This is one of my favorite pieces you’ve written, it is thoughtful and perceptive. I suspect that being mentally healthy isn’t sufficient: there has to be a level of depth and openness in order to have the type of mystical experiences you’re describing
Are you still going to write about enneagram types?
Nice read! Thank you for writing this.