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299. Psychedelic Science | Dr. Dennis McKenna

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Effects of Psychedelics on Cognitive Function

I want to tie a couple of things together here. I recently talked with Dr. Carl Fristen, who works at University College in London. He's formulated a theory of cognitive function that's very influential or elaborated a theory of Cognitive Function. We look at the world through a hierarchy of concepts and that this is necessary and that AI systems do the same thing. It looks like the psychedelics affect systems that are naturally affected by high levels of stress because when you're extremely stressed, maybe that's a time to revisit some of your fundamental presumptions.

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