What Alex O'Connor has said about Meditation
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 12, 2026
Alex O'Connor, British atheist philosopher and YouTuber, formerly Cosmic Skeptic, has been quoted on Meditation once in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on November 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
O'Connor suggests meditation lets people step outside their concepts, similar to what psychedelics do.
“what meditation probably does for people is it allows them to kind of step outside of their concepts”
Modern Wisdom: Why Atheists Keep Finding God (in everything) - Alex O’Connor - #1175 (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 55:09
Episodes
Why Atheists Keep Finding God (in everything) - Alex O’Connor - #1175Modern Wisdom · Nov 12, 2026 · 1 h 57 min
Alex O'Connor tells Chris Williamson why consciousness undermines materialism, how mysticism and prayer work, and discusses embryo selection, the non-identity problem, and fantasy as cheating.
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