2013 Lewis meditation results

It is really interesting to see the &quot;Western&quot; approach to meditation.<p>I grew up in a Buddhist community and have sat week long meditation retreats without anyone quantifying results.<p>It is interesting that Westerners have to be scientifically convinced that meditation will have a quantifiable outcome for it to be a helpful practice. It&#x27;s like we know that eating fresh vegetables is good for us, but only when it is proven to us are we convinced that we should go ahead and eat fresh.

I&#x27;m very excited at HN&#x27;s discovery of gwern.

I guess it won&#x27;t be long until the Discovery Channel hosts &quot;Meditating With The Stars&quot; and &quot;Ultimate Meditation Championship&quot;.

Interesting to see such an amount of work done but it fails to take into account that a single month of meditation is not nearly enough to even begin to properly feel the beneficial effects it can have.<p>In some areas, simply feeling might also still be a better choice than quantifying.

Interesting analysis but I think the last sentence sums up my sentiments: &quot;Even if all the other issues could be dealt with and mindfulness meditation did improve arithmetic, what is it a valid proxy for?&quot;