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Re:Neural correlates of the DMT experience assessed with mul... by empath75 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:26PM (#21589745)
It seems difficult to say the least to maintain a non materialist point of view in the face of all the evidence that chemicals alter mental state.
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Re:Neural correlates of the DMT experience assessed with mul... by monktastic1 on Friday November 22, 2019 @02:14PM (#21608944)
Why? If this reality is (something like) a dream, it wouldn't be all that strange if the dream contents (drugs, brains) behaved in ways commensurate with what's going on in "reality" (the mind of God or whatever), without those dream contents being the cause.
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Re:Neural correlates of the DMT experience assessed with mul... by davebryand on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @07:11PM (#21590072)
I thought the same thing until I had my first experience. Now it's hard to maintain a materialist point of view...
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Re:Neural correlates of the DMT experience assessed with mul... by empath75 on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:46AM (#21596066)
I had the exact opposite experience. I’m having a hard time following the chain of logic that goes from a material substance altering the way you think to not believing that the mind is generated by the physical substance of the brain.
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