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#598 Chris Letheby: Philosophy of Psychedelics

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Psychedelics and the Potential of the Mind

Psychodelic experiences allow people to know these facts about their own mind in a much more direct, vivid and intimate way. And that can be really transformative. I mean, you get people coming out of the experience saying,  it really is possible for my mind to experience these sorts of states. So it's not kind of a er, it's not just an idle curiosity. But this gaining of knowledge by acquaintance with the potential of the mind is very closely tied up with the mechanisms that underlie therapeutic effects of psychodelics.

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