Why Scientists Need to Get High

nautil.us

2 pointsakaij2 comments

> But you can only understand the paths they blaze through the mind if you’ve traveled them.

I believe the term "high" for psychedelics is misleading and inaccurate. It wrongly implies similarity to being drunk, which is not the case. The intellectual aspect of psychedelics is often overlooked.

I dunno I spent about two years doing mushrooms ranging from: 4g; .5g a day; 3g every 3 hours for half a day; 12g at once and... it was nice but can't say it did anything intellectually.

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