I don’t think LessWrong as a website is the best place for telling people to meditate. It’s generally good for people who meditate a lot to have a local community where they can ask for guidance when they have trouble.
That said I think you underrate the importance of high status people saying that meditation is okay for getting skeptical people to be open for meditations.
I have frequently lead meditations for rationalists. I have seen people leaves the room when I lead a meditation at an LW meetup without coming back.
Lastly, LessWrong exists as a foundation for thinking about how to build friendly AGI. Theoretical discussion about the nature of meditation helps for discussing the nature of cognition that’s important for AGI. Even when a discussion about meditation has no practical use for it’s participants it can still lead to theoretic progress at understanding cognition that’s helpful for AGI.
I don’t think LessWrong as a website is the best place for telling people to meditate. It’s generally good for people who meditate a lot to have a local community where they can ask for guidance when they have trouble.
That said I think you underrate the importance of high status people saying that meditation is okay for getting skeptical people to be open for meditations.
I have frequently lead meditations for rationalists. I have seen people leaves the room when I lead a meditation at an LW meetup without coming back.
Lastly, LessWrong exists as a foundation for thinking about how to build friendly AGI. Theoretical discussion about the nature of meditation helps for discussing the nature of cognition that’s important for AGI. Even when a discussion about meditation has no practical use for it’s participants it can still lead to theoretic progress at understanding cognition that’s helpful for AGI.