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#377: Psychedelics — Microdosing, Mind-Enhancing Methods, and More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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Psychodelics - What's Happening?

Psychodelics work on the seratonan system, an important and brain chemical that modulates a range of different importanta psychological functions. And o stimulating these to ar as appears to em at a higher level, have an interesting effect on the regularity in the quality of brain activity. So we can characterize conscious states in a way analogous to m to waves. We know, if look at normal waking consciousness, that the waves look very different tht they're much more rapid. Theres s much more richness going on. What we've discovered with psychodelics is that that richness is enhanced further. Another thing to emphasize, tying this in with a therapetic work, is

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