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Originally Posted by AppleSauceMcGee
Hey, do you beleive that psychadelics i.e pyslocybin opens a path way to a deeper understanding of the thread of organic life and the non organic cosmos and possibly going deep enough that religion/ spirituality, and science merge? im knowing it more and more every day
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By what mechanism would altering your brain chemicals influence your understanding of life, the universe, and everything? It strikes me as far more likely that such drugs cause a feeling of contentedness and "oneness" that makes the user feel like they have a connection with the world. Going on empirical evidence, however, I would have to say that people who use psychadelic drugs are either not more knowledgable about the world or that they are completely incapable of conveying their new knowledge to the uninitiated and thus only seem like insane drug addicts who have had inalterable damage done to their mental faculties. 
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