I think you’re on the right track. There’s something important that happens during meditation and meditation-like practices that helps the brain integrate more evidence to build better models. A few relevant posts:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pbFWf4tDKYW4X9D6X/connectome-specific-harmonic-waves-and-meditation
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zcYJBTGYtcftxefz9/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4BBW3aHavmKxbQmof/fake-frameworks-for-zen-meditation-summary-of-sekida-s-zen
I think you’re on the right track. There’s something important that happens during meditation and meditation-like practices that helps the brain integrate more evidence to build better models. A few relevant posts:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pbFWf4tDKYW4X9D6X/connectome-specific-harmonic-waves-and-meditation
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zcYJBTGYtcftxefz9/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4BBW3aHavmKxbQmof/fake-frameworks-for-zen-meditation-summary-of-sekida-s-zen