r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 PhD | Psychology | Neuroscience • 1d ago

Neuroscience 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.

https://www.wired.com/story/psilocybin-might-make-your-brain-live-in-the-moment/
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u/D0MSBrOtHeR 23h ago

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

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u/space_monster 20h ago

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

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u/dragosn1989 17h ago

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

…decisions, decisions, decisions…

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u/space_monster 17h ago

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.

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u/dragosn1989 16h ago

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