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#376 - Beau Lotto - The Neuroscience Of Awe, Distraction and Anxiety
Modern Wisdom
What Does Awe Do?
We measured people's brain activity, and we measured what changed in their perception behaviour of themselves and the world. Your ego diminishes. You feel small, but connected to all those around you, including nature. And even your whole perception of yourself changes. In some sense, this is what psychodelics are all doing. This is what silasiban or iawaska is getting you out of you. But i think our most powerful perceptial state, ironically, is not thinking of yourself.
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