Haha, to a certain degree you're right. There is more to it that is different from meditation. But I've been a semi-regular practitioner of meditation for a couple of years now. In fact, the big attack I had earlier this year was while I was at a meditation class!

Had I followed what is taught in meditation I'm sure I would have eventually had the same result. But as a very technical, science-oriented person its nice to know that there is research behind what our ancestors realized a few thousand years ago.