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Re:Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:29PM (#29490772)
I don't think that's at all accurate.

We have evolved to perceive some aspects of reality (the ones where perceiving them improves survival/reproduction) and to not perceive many other aspects of reality because those aspects of reality do not affect survival/reproduction success enough to make up for the cost of having the more accurate perception.

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Re:Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs by GoblinSlayer on Thursday December 09, 2021 @03:44AM (#29495206)
The aspects that improve survival are pretty big and their perception is accurate and that's how we study nature - by augmenting our perception with tools.
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