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#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Practice of Stilling the Body and Keeping the Mind Active
Various individuals, including Rick and Carl Diceroth, engage in practices that involve keeping their minds actively while stilling their bodies. This practice is similar to the state of rapid eye movement sleep, where the body is paralyzed, but the mind is highly active, leading to elaborate dreams and creative ideas. Notable minds and creatives adopt similar practices, such as walking or pausing to let the mind churn forward rapidly. While some find inspiration in being physically active, others, like physicists and mathematicians, experience breakthrough solutions after rest following periods of sleep deprivation. Research on sleep by Matt Walker highlights the importance of rapid eye movement sleep in creativity and memory consolidation.
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