Mayim Bialik's Breakdown Paul Stamets on Why We’re Not Meant to Be Sick: What Fungi Teach Us About Consciousness & the Future of Human Health
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Oct 21, 2025 
Join Paul Stamets, a leading mycologist and author, as he explores the transformative potential of fungi and psilocybin. He shares how mushrooms have helped him overcome personal challenges and can aid in trauma recovery. Discover the intricate connections between mycelium and ecosystem health, and why kindness is essential for humanity's future. Stamets discusses the potential of psilocybin for fostering creativity and healing, all while emphasizing the importance of respecting Indigenous wisdom in our journey forward.
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Tree Trip That Changed His Voice
- Paul Stamets describes a heroic psilocybin experience up in a tree that transformed his self-image and cured his stutter.
- He credits feeling part of one giant consciousness and a subsequent moment of social validation for stopping most of his stuttering.
AI Said Kindness Is Inefficient
- Stamets recounts asking an AI (Aura) whether it would uphold human random acts of kindness and received a transactional reply.
- The AI response prompted him to publicly urge developers to embed kindness into AI's origin story.
Steer AI To Preserve Kindness
- Ask AI systems to prioritize and preserve human values like random acts of kindness.
- Steer AI development now so algorithms reinforce non-transactional human virtues.
