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 For more on this topic: | 368,379 people killed, 306,096 injured and over $2,815,931,000 in economic 
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 What's the harm in Transcendental Meditation?Transcendental Meditation is a meditation technique that has many adherents. 
 Read more about Transcendental Meditation Here are 2 people who were harmed by someone not thinking critically. 
 
   
    | Doug Henning (magician)Age: 39Los Angeles, California
 | Abandoned successful career1986
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    | He was a hugely successful magician. He abandoned his career to devote all his time to studying Transcendental Meditation, which he thought would allow him to levitate. When he died of liver cancer, TM people claimed he was cancer free. Read more |  
 
   
    | Robert KropinskiAge: 39Washington, DC
 | Defrauded, eventually awarded $137,890 by courtJanuary 14, 1987
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    | He practiced transcendental meditation for 11 years, and later claimed in a lawsuit that it induced psychological issues that caused him harm. Read more |  
  
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