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Re:Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs by TimTheTinker on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @12:38AM (#29481590)
Why can't consciousness be from both the material and the immaterial?

If a chemical alters perception, that just shows that consciousness is strongly affected by the material, but other non-contradictory hypotheses aren't thus disproven.

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Re:Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs by guythedudebro on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @01:16AM (#29481792)
Sure, it could be. I never said otherwise.

However, I am unsure what good evidence for a corresponding immaterial part might look like.

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Re:Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs by TimTheTinker on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:02PM (#29628637)
If you're looking for physical evidence, perhaps brain signals that don't have a material origin? But that would be very difficult to establish.

I think a better approach is philosophical, by considering the nature of thought and the spoken word.

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