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Why Do Dolphins Get Stoned? The High Performance Benefits of Altered States – Jamie Wheal (Encore)

The New Man

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Do Dolphins Have a Nero Toxin in Them?

The desire to shift states could be as deeply rooted in us is clearly pre human, right? So it precedes culture, even an could be as powerful as that fourth evolutionary drive. It serves as a d ptterning instrument, basically meaning we get stuck in cognitive and behavior or ruts. We tend not to re invent or re imagine. But intoxication can help break some of those patterns and introduce novelty into an individual organism or its ego systems. Behavior loops, therefore is rewarded. Andd no nd persists despite its drawbacks.

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