Amen. I feel the same way about the concept of “understanding” - lets be a bit more intellectually honest and admit we just don’t know what we’re talking about. Highly recommended: Reading up on Philosohpy of Mind (Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, John Searle, etc).https://twitter.com/purpultat/status/1189613030151094272 …
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Or even understanding understanding via the experiential route via insight meditation and self reflection. This one written by an neuroscientist. https://amzn.to/320DcEn
Oh yes I have that book actually! So thorough and I like that the guy steers clear away from woo (as far as I’ve seen). I haven’t gotten all the way through that thoug. Big undertaking.
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At worst case if it's all woo at least the focused attention skill can be transferable to some other tasks
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Yeah that’s a healthy approach I think.
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