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Mapping Cloud 9: Part 4 - Steven Kotler | Flow Research Collective Radio

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The Role of Mind-Altering Substances in Nature

Mind-altering substances in nature play a crucial role in promoting survival and evolution by facilitating de-patterning. Animals tend to get stuck in repetitive behaviors that hinder their progress, and mind-altering substances enable de-patterning, which enhances creative decision-making and innovation. These substances promote lateral thinking, leading to divergent and creative problem-solving approaches that are typically difficult to achieve naturally. By disrupting old behaviors that are ineffective and necessitating new ones, mind-altering substances serve as a rapid method for nature to drive evolution and survival, favoring the ones with the capacity for such adaptations.

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