#36 - The Fungus Effect Part 1: Down the Rabbit Hole (Michael Pollan)
Hard Knox with Amanda Knox
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Psychedelics and Creativity
"I think we should study this that psychedelics could contribute to creativity," he says. "It's the opposite of coffee in a way, if you put them on a spectrum." The brain in normal consciousness is very hierarchical and there is an ego-reinforcing network called the default mode network. Under the influence of high dose psychedelics, the default modeNetwork gets quieted; all these brain networks suddenly talk to each other.
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