ChristianKl comments on Open Thread, Aug. 8 - Aug 14. 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 14 August 2016 12:32:06PM 0 points [-]

I recently read that sleeping (and anesthetica) come with increased interstitial space (http://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6156/373). Maybe that increased in interstitial space usually leads to a loss of consciousness.

I have a hypothesis that it's also possible to be in a state of meditation whereby one is conscious but the interstitial space is still increased. Does anyone have ideas about whether that's plausible?