In my attempts to formulate a response to this post, I find myself obtrusively distracted by paying attention to my own breathing. I am tempted to upvote simply for the use of the word “wackaloonery.”
I think Subsumed has the right idea; the potential gains have to be weighed, not just against the effort of conducting the training, but the fact that it might have a negative effect.
To throw some anecdotes at the issue, I have known a number of people with exceptional breath-holding skills, all of whom are notably stupid. There may be some causation running in the other direction, since if they were smarter, they probably would not have bothered practicing so much to hold their breath.
In my attempts to formulate a response to this post, I find myself obtrusively distracted by paying attention to my own breathing. I am tempted to upvote simply for the use of the word “wackaloonery.”
I think Subsumed has the right idea; the potential gains have to be weighed, not just against the effort of conducting the training, but the fact that it might have a negative effect.
To throw some anecdotes at the issue, I have known a number of people with exceptional breath-holding skills, all of whom are notably stupid. There may be some causation running in the other direction, since if they were smarter, they probably would not have bothered practicing so much to hold their breath.