Empathy and creative thinking tend to get enhanced by psilocybin, not critical thinking and logic skills :)
Is this based on evidence of some kind (clinical peer-reviewed studies, personal experiences, anecdotal reading, other)?
The only studies I'm aware of that even approach something of the kind are linked in the article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelics_in_problem-solvin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelics_in_problem-solvin...
Noteworthy:
> This experiment was a pilot that was to be followed by control studies as part of exploratory studies on uses for psychedelic drugs, that were interrupted early in 1966 when the Food and Drug Administration declared a moratorium on research with human subjects, as a strategy in combating illicit use.
Considering the complexity of this space, forming and asserting specific conclusions (ie: the ability to deceive yourself into believing something) seems a bit premature.
EDIT: I too am interesting in the meaning behind the smiley.
an attitude of patronizing superiority; disdain.