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So meditation is actively improving your "introspection and generalized mindfulness", but people doing crosswords and playing Chess are just being silly and was
by CoryG89 10y ago
So meditation is actively improving your "introspection and generalized mindfulness", but people doing crosswords and playing Chess are just being silly and wasting time?
I was with you until I read that. Maybe I just don't buy into the whole meditation thing, but from where I stand, at least Chess seems like it actively improves/encourages/practices strategic thinking skills.
- j2kun 10y agoI don't meditate, actually, I was just including that in re some other thread that was mentioning it. I'm saying that yes, Chess does improve strategic thinking skills, but it probably won't help you be more strategic in other situations unless you're good at the "skill of skill transfer."
- ivm 10y agoPlaying chess builds up your strategic thinking in chess and it's barely transferable to other activities, even to other games. Meditation is about watching your mind and training to recognize your subtle thoughts and emotions. It's universal and can be applied to any activity in one's life because everything is being processed inside our minds.