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Ed Latimore
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Ed Latimore's personal blog at edlatimore.com covers philosophy and culture. Since 2017, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-11, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers cite Ed Latimore's review of the Wim Hof method, which covers the scientific evidence for its claimed effects, when discussing breathing techniques.
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Thoughts on boxing, self-improvement, and practical stoic philosophy
What Hacker News says?
The effect on the nervous system is different depending on the technique. Also the WH method (I'm not a practitioner btw) has been experimentally demonstrated [0] to have the purported effects. Not all such breathing systems can say that. [0] https://edlatimore.com/wim-hof-method-review/#the-science
Comment linking /wim-hof-method-review/
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