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The Illusion of Free Will, with Sam Harris

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What's the Difference Between LSD and Psychedelic Drugs?

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A lot of psychedelic drugs are serotonin related. LSD and psilocybin activate some of these serotonin receptors in the brain which create all those very weird illusions and experiences that people can have. Dm t is actually released in your brain just prior to death so um we don't know it's never been studied and uh there's no evidence that it is but some people think it is this was accounting for people having their life flash before their office right right i would say that like if you died under a steam roller it you probably wouldn't get much of anything i can imagine various deaths from our show.

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