Yes, apart from meditation, this is also a fair description of what programming teaches; to put aside our assumptions and look at what works vs what doesn't work based on experimentation. To not invest all our emotions into something prematurely before we have tested it. Evaluating a theory based on its practical results rather than its appearance.

Also in modeling, the mind is trained to observe, rotate, interact and become one with the process of modeling that particular thing you are modeling, to align with its nature from a perspective of curiosity.

Curiosity is the best path before assumptions.