The simple act of sitting together in silence for an hour bonds the people who do it because they understand the level of comitment it takes not to get up a leave.
“I did this difficult thing, therefore it must have been worth it” is standard cultish anti-epistemology.
I’m not saying it’s worth doing because it’s difficult, except insofar as doing difficult things together facilitate social bonding.
There are plenty of other reasons to think sitting together in silence for an hour is good, and the difficulty of doing it is only a little related to what makes it good.
“I did this difficult thing, therefore it must have been worth it” is standard cultish anti-epistemology.
Uh, sure, but that misses the point.
I’m not saying it’s worth doing because it’s difficult, except insofar as doing difficult things together facilitate social bonding.
There are plenty of other reasons to think sitting together in silence for an hour is good, and the difficulty of doing it is only a little related to what makes it good.