Meditators seek spirituality via cutting influence of brain's default net. Yet many fear ems losing moral value via losing human features, & cutting default net is plausible path. So are ems w/ less default net spiritual ideals, or empty of moral value? https://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/02/how-human-are-meditators.html …
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When you talk about goal-directed brain editing, then I think of it more in terms of the goal you're claiming than about any particular neurological correlates you think might happen. I am not sure why you think saying "default network" should change my intuitions about this goal
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Sam knows more about both Buddhism and neuroscience than I do and probably has better-informed opinions on this.
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That's why I talked about reduced influence, rather than complete disabling.
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