In this comprehensive roundtable, Mathew Crawford, Cynthia Chung and Matt Ehret share notes and discoveries pertaining to the subtle forces shaping our world.
The stuff he says about Rumi - I think he doesn’t know how to research. For one, just because some people take his poetry, strip it of context and use it for their own purposes does in no way indicate that Rumi himself meant what these people took the poetry to mean. It’s not proof of any kind. And Rumi having sexual encounters? That sounds highly improbable given his writings and the Islamic culture he was steeped in. Intellect of this person is highly suspect, for the time being.
The stuff he says about Rumi - I think he doesn’t know how to research. For one, just because some people take his poetry, strip it of context and use it for their own purposes does in no way indicate that Rumi himself meant what these people took the poetry to mean. It’s not proof of any kind. And Rumi having sexual encounters? That sounds highly improbable given his writings and the Islamic culture he was steeped in. Intellect of this person is highly suspect, for the time being.