Kumaréomania

A neurocentric and hyper‑skeptical extension of Kumaréfication, where all spiritual experiences, mystical insights, and religious feelings are explained as brain dysfunctions (dopamine, temporal lobe activity) or cognitive biases (placebo, suggestion). Kumaréomania goes beyond the original documentary’s point—which was that even fake gurus can produce real benefits—to claim that anything spiritual is inherently a scam or a delusion. It is common in hard‑narrow scientific and neo‑atheist forums. Critics argue that Kumaréomania is self‑refuting: the belief that all spiritual experience is delusion cannot itself be verified by science, and the fervor with which it is defended mimics religious dogmatism.

Example: “The Kumaréomaniac insisted that the monk’s decades of meditation were ‘just self‑suggestion and dopamine loops.’ He had never meditated a day in his life, but he knew, with absolute certainty, that it was all nonsense.”

Kumaréomania by Dumu The Void June 6, 2026