One confounder here is that if meditation really does give you vastly increased well-being, then one of the most useful things one can do is to help others learn to meditate, but probably “they had a long and successful career as a meditation teacher afterward” wouldn’t be something that you’d recognize as both good and impressive.
One confounder here is that if meditation really does give you vastly increased well-being, then one of the most useful things one can do is to help others learn to meditate, but probably “they had a long and successful career as a meditation teacher afterward” wouldn’t be something that you’d recognize as both good and impressive.