Andrew Huberman· PhD
Like, you know, we don't have a reliable sensor for when our our oxygen is low. And so that happens to people underwater because that feeling that wanting to breathe is a buildup of carbon dioxide.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Like, you know, we don't have a reliable sensor for when our our oxygen is low. And so that happens to people underwater because that feeling that wanting to breathe is a buildup of carbon dioxide.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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And then it didn't speed up, but I could just feel my heart beating. I was more aware, excuse me, of my heart beating. And then I, as the impulse to breathe started to kick in, uh, you could feel a bit of ramping up of it's not anxiety, but it's a sense of urgency, >> you know, hardwired, fortunately, sense of urgency.