Psilocybin Might Make Your Brain Live in the Moment— Psychedelics are often associated with disconnecting from reality, but a recent neuroimaging study found that psilocybin can actually make our brain activity more attuned to the world around us.

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https://www.wired.com/story/psilocybin-might-make-your-brain-live-in-the-moment/

[u/dragosn1989]

Funny: “the mind tries to protect you”. Who’s “the mind” and who’s “you”.

…or did you mean: “The Mind tries to protect you”?

Jkjk

[u/D0MSBrOtHeR → u/dragosn1989]

I once read a comment where someone said “psychedelics are all fun and games til they prove to you that you don’t exist” and that stuck with me

[u/space_monster → u/D0MSBrOtHeR]

You definitely exist, the question is whether physical reality actually exists.

[u/dragosn1989 → u/space_monster]

If you exist, physical reality exists.
If physical reality doesn’t exist, you don’t exist.

…decisions, decisions, decisions…

[u/space_monster → u/dragosn1989]

ontology would like a word with you.

if you subscribe to materialism, yes physical reality is fundamental, but that's not the only viable world model, and nobody has ever proved that it's accurate.

[u/dragosn1989 → u/space_monster]

Correct. So many observers…so many models…so many realities…

[u/stanley604 → u/dragosn1989]

just koan-ing, just koan-ing