Notes from the Wired
This is a website where I write articles on various topics that interest me, carving out a bit of cyberspace for myself.
You shouldn't believe anything I talk about — I use words entirely recreationally.
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Jul. 24
Mindfulness, Cognition, and Long-Term Meditators: Toward a Science of Advanced Meditation
Paper Title: Mindfulness, Cognition, and Long-Term Meditators: Toward a Science of Advanced Meditation
Link to Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40800948/
Authors: Ehmann S., Sezer I., Treves I.N., Gabrieli J.D.E., Sacchet M.D.
Date: 2025 (Imaging Neuroscience, Volume 3)
Paper Type: Review, Mindfulness Meditation, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurophenomenology
Short Abstract: This review synthesizes behavioral and neurocognitive evidence from studies of long-term meditators, defined as individuals with at least 1,500 hours of practice. Across perception, emotional processing, decision-making, and non-ordinary states of consciousness, long-term meditators show enhanced sensory clarity and reduced affective reactivity, supported by a neural shift from top-down cognitive control toward bottom-up, salience-driven processing. The authors distinguish long-term practitioners from true advanced meditators who possess skill-based mastery of deep states such as absorptive concentration and non-dual awareness. Significant methodological limitations are identified, and a unified neurophenomenological framework for studying meditative development is proposed.
Jul. 23
Strange Darling (2024)
I liked the opening. Movie has some really cool shots. In general, it felt very cinematic, with great cinematography. I also liked the way it was split into chapters; it felt very Tarantino-esque. The music during the opening chase scene annoyed me, though, and the dialogue was rough. Tarantino wouldn’t have written dialogue this bad. If you ignore the dialogue, it’s a 9/10; with the dialogue included, I’d give it a 6/10.
Jul. 23
Selected Writings from Saint Augustine
This summary and critic was created in the context of the seminar “Introduction to Saint Augustine,” which I attended at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. It is not a summary of a single work, but rather a summary of selected chapters from various works by him, such as The City of God or Confession.
Background Augustine of Hippo (354–430) was a Christian bishop in North Africa, one of the most influential thinkers of late antiquity. His major work, The City of God, was written in the aftermath of the Sack of Rome (410), when Rome was captured for the first time in centuries during the migrations of various peoples.
