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The Default Mode Network & End of Suffering - Gary Weber

Non-Dual Couch · interview · Watch on YouTube

Neuroscience & the brainReligion, belief & skepticismConsciousness & cognition

What it is

A dialogue with Gary Weber on the default mode network, meditation and non-dual awakening, with discussion of psychedelics, thought and time. It is part of the Non-Dual Couch series.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited to explain the default mode network and how meditation may quiet it.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend this talk given by a physicist exploring what spirituality does to the brain”

    Physicist explores what spirituality does to the brain.

    hankstenberg, 2020-01 · Strong recommendation · in “How we pay attention changes the shape of our brains”

  2. “Watch this video for an explanation”

    Explains the default mode network and its shutdown.

    ta1234567890, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Neural correlates of the DMT experience assessed with multivariate EEG”

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Topics: default mode network, meditation, non-duality, neuroscience, psychedelics

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