Andrew Huberman· PhD
Meditation has benefits such as stress reduction, improved focus etc. but the real value is to allow us to observe our consciousness, rather than alter it.
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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.
Meditation has benefits such as stress reduction, improved focus etc. but the real value is to allow us to observe our consciousness, rather than alter it.
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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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But the real wisdom of the 2000-year-old wisdom of meditation that really is the chewy center of the Tootsie Pop is a recognition of what consciousness itself is always already like regardless of the contents in it and the changes in contents.