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Well, it's neat that he's doing this and all, but... why? What benefits? What is the reason? I even followed the link to where he begins the experiment, and

• RBerenguel 16y ago
  Hi Dan, you address a very good question that I didn't consider: Why did I start? I didn't write it down, it wasn't conscious. First, I wanted to learn to tune my brain. From high activity to zero: I already knew how to put it at half-speed, and had my part of occasional high-speed modes (where all code you write works and all theorems you state you can prove). But I didn't know how to stop it and let it cool. Meditating solves this, supposedly. Also, as of late, I have been feeling really un-concentrated. It was like I needed multitasking at every moment, when I was proving something I needed to switch to another paper and try to prove that, and then switch to something else. I wanted to disconnect and try to focus better. So far, I feel like I'm improving in this aspect, but it depends heavily on how the day is going. As a simple side effect, this will also help my hip flexibility (which is quite hard right now) and my overall posture (in sitting meditation you need a very good upright posture). I'm trying to see if I feel any difference from "before" (I have several batches of logs from last year with productivity, thoughts and so on hanging around that I will be able to put to use). These are more or less the why's, which I will need to address in some post soon, thanks for making me see it!