Psychedelics and the Self: A Conversation with James Fadiman (Episode
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- Опубликовано: 22 мар 2021
- In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with James Fadiman about the psychedelic experience. They discuss who should and shouldn’t take psychedelics, set and setting, the role of a guide, the effects of microdosing, the difference between MDMA and true psychedelics, “good” and “bad” trips, the power of thought, the fiction of a unified self, changing states of self, compassion, and other topics.
Released: March 23, 2021
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The profound wisdom shared along with Jim’s giggle whenever Sam cracks a joke about dosages gone awry made me realize we’re basically just listening to two real-life wizards here.
There's nothing wizardly going on here. If you want Wizards pay attention to those in the real sciences. This is just egomaniacs talking to themselves.
@@tomwellington2046 yet here you are, consuming it for whatever reason and talking trash. Which real scientists are you speaking of? Like the ones who circled the wagons and told us Covid-19 origin was definitely absolutely positively no-doubt-about-it a natural virus even though there was no evidence for that conclusion at that time? Exploring the mind and and possibilities with psychedelics for therapeutic reasons is pretty f’n scientific to me given that we need more medicine options than the currently available hyper-addictive opiates (which the corrupted big pharma scientists and Doctors you probably support are responsible for America’s addictiion crisis, preying on vulnerable Americans). Lets hear about which scientists we need to be supporting according to your master opinion?
I haven’t experimented, but I ate a pot brownie once thinking it was a simple high. It wasn’t. Hold onto your seats. Before I was immobilized on the couch watching tv fighting off the clouds of hysteria, wrangling the death grip of the angry metronome while contemplating the distance to a glass of water and fighting off fears that dying of dehydration was impossible, I had the most revelatory time of my life. Time split into two distinct planes. My experiences were congruent, I was either two people, or in two places. It almost convinced me that we aren’t in one place. I had a brief moment of 2 sets of perspective which if it weren’t for the brevity of the moment would have upset reality. This experience has kept me from experimenting further. Sam should experiment more so he can speak w experience so I don’t have to. Ill stay here. (Both of me)
Do you have a family history of schizophrenia? People's reactions are very different to the same dose of edibles. Those with risk factors might develop anxiety or schizophrenia.
If you're ready to give it another try, make sure you start with a small dose next time.
@@abhijeetholambe9861 no history of that. Since then I’ve had a few 10 mg gummies and had no adverse effects. I think it was just a potent brownie:)
Homemade edibles are notoriously overdosed. The people making them often can't do the simple math to get the dose reasonably close to what is considering a good starting dose for a first time user, which is about 10mg. My brother in law had sworn off edibles after an experience that was super dissociative for him. I inquired about it and he said his friend used a half ounce of weed to make one pan of brownies and then cut them like regular brownies. A half ounce is 13 grams, give or take, and assuming 20% THC content and a 90% extraction, which is pretty typical, that means the pan had a total of 2500mgs. 1 brownie = around 250mgs.....or 25x what is considered a reasonable first experimentation. A "heroic" dose for someone who is experienced with this stuff. Yeah, that's not gonna be much fun. But he survived and was fine and now will eat them with me when he comes over in reasonable doses. We have a lot of fun and nobody ends up on 2 planes of existence. LOL.
I meant to say experimented further with other psychedelics
@@jordanchiaruttiniREALTOR Lol I used to make edibles often, and I’ve had the same analytical conclusion. But that dosage of THC is sublime. I ate like 4 brownies and smoked a thick dab once. It was unbelievable
I don't agree with not taking it if you have a problem in life,in fact that's the best time taking it because it takes you on a journey to understand the self and the situation and life,it gives us the answers we need most of the time
Free talks on psychedelics is appreciated
With psilocybin being allowed( soon ) for treatment of depression, anxiety, stress, and more here in Oregon, I'm hoping to be an early case study on its success.
If you ever need to talk you can hit me up man. I think microdosing, meditation and therapy is key
Still have to go down the garden here.
Me too.
Have you had a chance to try it yet? Curious about your experience. Apologies of you've already touched on it.
@@generic007-28 Not yet. I mentioned it to my psychologist but I don't think it's available at this time.
I was 187th "like"! This video should be in the thousands!!!!
1:10 - Sam knows it, we all know it
Sam’s all time favourite subject material
I hope you will talk also with Dennis Mckenna! Thank you for your work. Psychedelics have been extremely beneficial for me
Except Dennis McKenna has made content for Gaia which is extremely extremely troubling.
I’d listen just for Sam’s voice alone. Please don’t hate.
You can tell the influence that Alan Watts had on this guy.
"When you've received the message, hang up the phone."
Great conversation!
@vctjkhme
Yeah, word.
Dr. Fadiman's story about the dude he encountered who rattled off his substance-experiences as if he were collecting them all, as an experiencer sort of in competition with himself (and others), was quite Alan-esque too!
Loved the episode
We have passed through many births, some have forgotten, but I remember them all. Our true being is unborn and changeless, I am the One who dwells in every creature. Through the power of my own maya, I manifest myself in a finite form. Those who know me as their own divine Self break through the belief that they are the body and 8f are not reborn as separate creatures. Such a One is united with me…
~ Krishna
--Bhagavad Gita
@Sam Harris Could you release the full episode on this one? I've recommended it to a lot of people but they can't listen to the whole thing.
Fantastic Sam. Thanks for the great content
This was great!!!
thumbs up for the OG great man james fadiman
It is very much "my cup of tea" thank you Sam and Jim
❤️
@Emily Gagnon thanks but no thanks
Yes, a guide or coach is always good.
My buddy " bought the ticket, took the ride " back in the day.
I could tell he was in a bad patch, what to do?
Break his focus I figured.
So, I threw my rum & coke in his face.
Freaked him out a bit, not to mention the other people at the table . ( they had no idea )
He did thank me later though.
What are friends for?
Anyone else broke but embarrassed to ask Sam for free podcast?
Hey, if you can't afford it, the world would still like to have a more informed human on board.
@@digitalgods5568 The one hour is still enough to inform myself :)
Only one way to deal with that - ask for a free account and see if there's really anything to be embarrassed about
Thank u Sam 🌼
@Amanda Williams Hi. I did check out pscyh etc., but it's not clear to me that he actually sells these items you list. Do you know if he does? Thanks.
@@jaytaylor7740 jay email me.
I've had the experience Sam Harris describes of not having enough of a psychedelic putting you in an unpleasant space. I tried to take a small portion of an 111ug tab, hoping to kind of "work my way up" to 111ug over a couple of sessions. A few hours in, I just took the rest. It was like a never ending come-up: anxiety, uneasiness. Yuck.
Just some advice , sometimes you might see what you dont want to and once youve seen what you don’t want to , you are ready for a cosmic journey .. i had allot of anxiety on my third or fourth trip on shrooms but after a few hours i felt great once again being my self .. i hope n wish you all the best :)
Eat 7g of mushrooms. Never a bad experience
Taking psychedelics is the willingness to stand tall no matter what walks through the front door. If you aren't able to do that, don't take psychedelics or start by microdosing with a guide or person you trust.
Ooooo this talks good, I’m requesting the free subscription!
I requested a year ago and still nothing. Good luck.
@@Sal3600 dang. Oh well.
@@SudhirYadav-kz6ts will try again. Thanks. Don't want to spam them.
@@mj-nc2iz that was it I think. Might just be a website error. Try again.
@@mj-nc2iz They say they accept 100% of requests, no questions asked. So there ya go.
Daryl Davis would be great to hear in conversation with you, Sam. I think he's the best voice we have on identitarian unity.
@Amanda Williams if that's an Army uniform, I'd keep this to yourself
How long does it take for the website to grant the free subscription? I sent a request a few weeks ago
You won't get it
Check your spam folder
Thx Sam
Always great stuff Sam, thx
It's very important to get accurate info out there as to how certain chemicals impact upon us. I find it laughable when some people say edible hash or weed induces 'mild relaxation', for example. 50mg of that and you will feel more than lightening up. These things are no joke and deserve respect.
Being too high and not being able to do anything about it sucks. I never really liked weed, it takes me out of my skin. Last experience was an 8 hr high from one bong hit. I just don’t have a need for it. A few glasses of wine suits me fine.
@@kt9495 Yeah, even red wine can take you into a more reflective state if you have between 750mls and 1l. Safe enough, though :)
@@Seanus32 Haha I’ve had a few of those nights. In Vino Veritas! Can’t do red anymore, too many tannins I guess. I’m fortunate to find access to these states naturally now but understand the desire to explore.
Oh very cool a new post from Sam! Oops, Hold on a minute...let me just Crank this up to 1.75 there we go:)
Psychedelics are the future of medicine. They (hopefully) will treat depression, addiction, ADHD and more. We live in exciting times
Why ADHD?
Thanks Sam!
Sam, you should have Hamilton Morris on the show! He has lots of great ideas about psychedelics and drugs/drug policy in general.
I am probably going to do another shroom trip soon, though I am honestly a little scairt. I have OCD/Tourette's, possibly bipolar or mild schizophrenia on top of that. Some damn thing. (I have been told vastly different things by different doctors, after telling them the same exact information.) I have had vocal and facial tics all my life, along with obsessive worries about things that probably do not exist. My first shroom trip blew all these symptoms out of the water for a few years, before whatever disorder it is reared its ugly head in my early twenties and landed me in the psych ward twice for "nervous breakdowns," complete with psychotic delusions. I hated the medications they tried to give me and turned to alcohol, which resulted in my accumulation of quite the little criminal record, not to mention health problems and the devastation of personal relationships. Once upon a time I was sure I would eventually be a professor, but that ship sailed long ago.
While I have a natural fear of these substances and their life-altering effects, I have read psilocybin shows potential for OCD treatment in particular, and I believe that is the primary underlying disorder that caused the "breakdowns." I figure I will soon go to a nice lake or other natural setting, and take the plunge. I hope my reaction will be, "Boy, I wish I had done this years ago." If it snaps the frayed thread from which my sanity hangs, oh well, hospital food isn't all that bad. Haha.
Dunno who that is, but be careful or some douchey guy might come along and threaten you for plugging other creators.
As far as who should and who shouldn't take LSD, I would say if you're looking for more in life, take it. If you're already overwhelmed, take it anyways. If you're terrified of the experience, take it. Just take it.
This guy gets it.
hahahah. That is terrible advice. But yeah, just take it.
I would never recommend lsd as it is a much colder and scarier experience than magic mushrooms. I think magic mushrooms are overall much better and seem to fit perfectly in our bodies while lsd seem like it is a bit forced and has much more side effects.
Yes! I love you.
But if you get permanent/persistent psychosis from LSD ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sam, please do a podcast with Yanis Varoufakis
Bernardo Kastrup please
To me psilocybin is the rougher trip. It might be that I am naturally more intellectual than emotional so I am more in my comfort zone with LSD.
I've heard the same thing. Emotional people like LSD more because they feel something they don't usually feel. And analytical thinkers like the emotion psilocin provides access to.
But also LSD is, in general, more recreational, shallow, and easy to handle in most doses compared to the utter ego destruction and life-changing possibilities with psilocin.
@@Ginsu131 we need a dose of that ego destruction in western society reeeeaaallllll bad
@Amanda Williams for sale?? Lmao
I suffered through PTSD for so long,after I took the healing shrooms which i got from healermanchris ,now I am a new born😂😂this is the best spiritual awakening I've clearly experienced....
@@diegojake2649 how long did you suffer
nice
Nice
Take MDA and inhale as much NO2 as you can. You most definitely leave yourself. I think MDA can do it alone but not on any level like they do together.
i listened to james fadimans advice: "dont do shrooms if u have any doubts about doing them, also don't do them if u feel like u need to do them"... stuck to those guidelines and ive had 5 amazing as fuck mushroom trips!!!
I’m not a full subscriber but just in case,
Sam how do we know other creatures are conscious other than they physically appear similar to us? Is this an assumption? Does this affect the moral landscape?
Who is "us"?
Why draw the line there and not at you vs any other possible instance of consciousness.
Consciousness seems to correspond to states of my brain, so it's natural to assume that other brains have corresponding consciousness.
Also consciousness seems to be about whatever information is present or processed in a location. So I'd assume that places in which information is condensed might produce consciousness.
I find it unfortunate that you chose to include this portion of the discussion on youtube, rather than the part focusing on the idea of the separate co-existing selves. Not because I don’t think this first portion is interesting (and doubtless valuable to some people), but because I thought the latter portion would be more useful to more people (I think a number of the people I know might derive benefit from listening to it, but now I have no means with which to share it).
Either way, thanks for a great interview!
Once I figured out the only way I could trip was alone in the woods, I got up to 10g of mushrooms spending the day in a state park. It's always been both revealing and cathartic. Nothing to bug out about unless you can't face the truth about yourself.
You are alone, among many... peace Michael
Michael B., how did you figure out that the only way you could trip was in the woods? I ask because I'm not sure where to try out my first "trip" with psilocybin (SP?)? Thanks.
Michael B., how did you figure out that the only way you could trip was in the woods? I ask because I'm not sure where to try out my first "trip" with psilocybin (SP?)? Thanks.
@@jaytaylor7740 Because it was the only way I felt at peace when tripping. I tried doing it with friends, at a concert, alone at home, the beach...but I always felt some underlying anxiety, even though they were mostly good trips. Once I started going to the woods, it felt so perfect, I knew it was the only way for me.
Now mind you, I have social anxiety so your situation might be different. But even if you do it with a guide, nature would be best.
Is it possible to do this without ingesting these?
Sam have you ever watched The Man from Earth?
What's an example of a beneficial action taken by someone purely derived from psychedelic consumption?
Nothing is purely derived from any one factor. Not when it comes to human psychology.
@@PlayNiceFolks Then how can you isolate the benefits of any drug?
@@reinforcedpenisstem by asking better questions.
@@justinscafidi6629 I was just told that it can't be isolated. Are you saying that it can then?
The action isnt "taken" as much as takes place.
The simplest answer is ; reaching deep levels of calm, self acceptance , accepting others, accepting death.
Those are far from the only benefits but are all common for people to experience with psychedelics.
If youre still stuck on action well its pretty easy to imagine what type of actions would occur.
People would in turn
treat themselves and others better,
be more understanding,
be less angry ,
be less judgemental.
Of course these things dont happen to everyone.
Get Dennis McKenna on one time!
7 grams of mushrooms is my personal favorite dose. In my experience, the larger the dose the less likely you are to have a "bad trip". My theory is that "bad trips" come from that lasting bit of reality you still have on lower doses. Higher doses make reality go out the window and you don't have the experience of tripping out from a perspective that's still somewhat grounded in reality. If that makes sense lol
Interesting that he’s not used mdma etc but I do understand … apparently he just doesn’t need to .. everyone is different
I think it's a bit naive to say having done a lot of different variations of substances isn't useful. In fact I think it's more useful than going deep with only a couple of them.
Each one tells you its own lies and pulls you in some direction that you may think is good for your life, but might not be ideal - or even good - after all. Go too deep in one direction and you're stuck in a tunnel of the biases one of them produces.
Also not even just different types of psychedelics! For example Ketamine has done more self-therapy for me in realistically guiding my life in a helpful direction than anything else.
At 15:35 James says Bi-Polar is a group that can't get into research projects. Anyone know why?
Later in the podcast (after the 1 hour point) he explains that they don't want a later manic episode that would have happened with or without the use to be incorrectly attributed to the use. It's about having a scientific sample.
Basically they're not considered stable enough to bother working with in any clinical situations.
lmao you know society is failing itself when sam opens another ama
When is Paul Stamets coming on the show?
DO VIDEO PODCASTS
30:29 - dosages
Thanks Dad
I have the app. Where is the list of podcast?
Dude I just randomly clicked on this video and I’m like the second person here. I did not get notified about this
Wow you must given a award or something
I'm jealous
@@thivyaprasad280 the point you guys clearly missed. RUclips is not doing its job by alerting listeners.
Who's the one the clicked on this video? Lol
Right, 500k subscribers but it's only at 900 views after more than an hour.
shrooms, or the effects of taking it, has had some awesome effects for me personally. that rare piercing the ceiling of the damp dark room and seeing what is actually outside - beautiful really. When it wears off the paralyses just hits in again. That connection between seeing what is outside the room and the freedom/beauty/tranquillity that comes with it, while in "reality' being in the damp room is... the challenge. Anyway, high a.f on shrooms and having one of those great times. When the stuff wears off and the window closes again. Fml. 😂🤣
at times on the ride its almost like having adhd. all the noise - u dont want to force anything, but still you want to get "somewhere". A lot of noise and constructed filters to pass by before that can happen, but time is the issue. never enough time to make the ride last, to see the sights and find what needs finding.
Dr. Timothy Leary did group sessions.
These don't really work.
If you're going to do it , do it alone.
Yes there will be fears but you need to check them out. Stay with it.
No guides , no leaders , none of that. Standalone.
Did you say podcatcher?
I would like to ask Sam why he used the words "my god" at the start of this podcast?
enough r/atheist cringe adam - one more and you’re gone
One important point that James misses as to why choose psilocybin over lsd is availability. You can grow your own.
I'd love to live in the USA where you can just walk into an acid dispensary and choose between strains of LSD.
@@bellezavudd lol. I really want LSD or MDMA.
In my limited experience, I found LSD to be a lot easier to avoid bad experiences or headspace. I heard the analogy of being strapped to a rocket, mushrooms you have little to no control over the direction of the rocket, whereas LSD you can shift the direction relatively easily. That’s been my experience. LSD definitely is a different vibe and experience to mushrooms but not as ruthless IMO.
Interesting. My experience has been the opposite! This shows how different medicine effect us all.
im so scared to do the hero dose...
Become a hero, or realize you have always been.
@@_eddiecole Why would you encourage someone to potentially damage their mind?
@@tomwellington2046 i should have had a disclaimer. Don't do a hero dose if you are unfit for it.. my comment was for those who are going to take the substances anyways. One could interpret your comment as if you were discouraging someone with a damaged mind from doing the things they could do to fix it...like a heroic does perhaps.
I love James ability to easily define ego death. I think his comments on DMT and chasing experiences(while some people do do this with negative connotation) are a little back-handed though considering his occupation-even if he himself has had the ephinany moment.
I don't agree that MDMA isn't a psychedelic. It certainly is, it is just a very weak such and you need a high dose to experience it for a short while. But when you focus on it with your mind you can get to the same place as you do on LSD for instance. If I close my eyes I can get to a +100ug LSD space on just 40mg of MDMA. But then of course I have to focus and that is not really what you are supposed to with psychedelics. It should force you there, not allow you to get there.
Uh...that's actually neurotoxicity. Do your homework.
@@randall2158 No it is not. There isn't even any proven neurotoxicity from MDMA and from R-MDMA it is not even hypothetical.
Sam! I’m trying to do homework and you’re over here dropping talks with the word psychedelic in the name and an episode number of 242! Come on! 😂
It was in the FRONT of me... Whata Junkdrome!
@@hokiturmix this comment is too advanced for me. 😂 what’s a junkdrome?
@@theworldsonfire.4091 Front 242 Junkdrome.... Happy hunting. :D
@@hokiturmix 🙂
@@theworldsonfire.4091 What do you meant by that number other than it begins with 42?
Yang gang!!!
PogChamp
Please invite James Lindsey on your podcast/youtube channel to discuss Critical Theory and it's impact on our culture (Climate Justice, Social Justice, Black Lives Matter, Antifa, ....). I agree with James' assessment in that it is very negative and may be catastrophic to our western culture.
“A heroic dose of psilocybin.”
Terence McKenna
Get on panquake, bill Binneys social media.
I feel sorry for you, you will get yours, keep the same energy.
Love the subject thanks Sam I think one day u will come round to change your belief system and open up to fundamental consciousness and the like great show!
I think we’re going to have to wait 10 or 20 years before that might happen. Most likely never. I’ve always love Sam but he’s spent too many years belittling people like Chopra, Spira and the like. I think he’s a panpsychist for life.
@@sxsmith44 I don't think you understand what a pan psychist is
He believes matter is somehow conscious.
I like the fact he can keep a neurochemical experience separate from a claim about reality. Sure you may have great personal insight and life changing perceptions but youre not experiencing revelation (as evidenced by the subjective nature of the experience) just alteration.
Be careful of wisdom you did not earn
Carl Gustav Jung
Weed worked wonderfully for me, removed anxiety and settled my childhood traumas, anyone who can shares the same confidence in weed please comment.
🌞🚹
‘They had not discovered LSD at this time’
Albert Hoffman discovered LSD in Switzerland in 1938...check your facts please.
Yeah that was easy to misunderstand but ,
the " they" he's referring to are the psychology professors he was interacting with. Those people are the ones who didnt know about LSD yet.
And FYI,
LSD wasn't discovered in 1938. Thats only when it was 1st synthesized. It actually sat on a shelf for 5 years before ever being tested in any way or consumed by humans. April19th 1943 was the day of discovering its effect.
Before that nothing was discovered about it in any way.
Hey Sam! Is there any way you could have a conversation with the youtuber "Vaush"? I feel like that would be a very good conversation.
don’t plug other content creators michael - you’re close to a ban - don’t come back here
@@RealChrisHatch oh I'm not plugging his channel. Just think it would be a good discussion. You were close to making a good point tho.
That would be a huge waste of time. Vaush is a performer that pretends to be an intellectual yet he always.... ALWAYS says exactly what his audience wants to hear and he will NEVER diverge from this. Sam is an independent thinker. All such a discussion would constitute is Vaush making stuff up and throwing around baseless moral accusations toward his perceived enemies and Sam mostly rolling his eyes and pointing out that Vaush's opinions are unsubstantiated. Boring.
.. it seems to me that psychedelics might catalyze a resonance among the trillions of subatomic particles in our bodies, so that everything works better.
Falling out of bed is a much, much more likely way to find your end than at the end of a strangers barrel. The 24/7/365 dysfunctional focus on nationwide news strikes again.
first?:D
Smoke some DMT, Mr. Fadiman. An expert in this field should experience the full effect of what these molecules have to offer.
i just wonder about all this zenning out while the world burns. meditation and tripping balls is cool but goddamn...
When the city burns you want to stay calm
Why do you wonder?
Drama fear and anxiety helps nothing but news stations.
I just wonder if the world is burning or is it the self? guess one has to have right action in the world, meditate, and trip balls to find out.
@@_eddiecole Oh it's definitely the world. In any case, I prefer to stay alert and awake during fire alarms. I sympathise with the impulse to distract yourself with dreams whether religious or drug induced, but I prefer reality as boring or as horrifying. (In beteeen those it's pretty amazing actually)
Why not? We can’t control it, why be consumed by it?
1st
1st on the 1st
1st of the sad people
I know a couple of adults permanently hallucinating and psychotic after a heroic dose recently. Perhaps the meaning of life isnt needed to enjoy your life.
Sam Harris = NOT WELL! ----> 🤦♂️😜😜😜
Sam "I am funded by the CCP" Harris.
This is all so sketchy. Guys who stare at their own navel or get off on the feels or think they're undermining Western culture are silly.
The written word and reading the written word are the most extreme forms of navel gazing, and the disruption it has caused to natural society is clear for all to see ! you dont need to undermine western society , its falling apart everywhere you look. Some do want it to just hurry up and use the resources it can then die
@@gratefulkm So promoting LSD is a way of ushering in the end of the West even quicker? Why do you want Western Civilization destroyed?
@@tomwellington2046 Its like being the bass string on a guitar, watching the top e , get constantly played, and breaking all the time, and watching the cycles go round and round,, And you wonder why people only want to exist on the top e ?
@@gratefulkm How much LSD do you have to be on for that to make sense?
@@tomwellington2046 Depends if you want to learn how you work ? no drugs are needed, But the Judaism, Christian and Islamic religious society's, which are all based on I think therefore I am, tend to have to do an incredible amount of work just to break free from the ridged neural net they have grown ! Then LSD is a hell of a lot faster, then say staring with your eyes at the sky for the equal amount of hours that you have stared down with your eyes, in your life so far, I would guess that your eye trajectory is probably 90% down, 8% peoples faces so horizontal, then 2% upwards trajectory,
The really fascinating thing is that you were probably totally unaware that you always look down, always look down, all the time look down, yet there is no reason for you to do this ! Go out on the street, look at the millions of people all milling around, all looking down for no reason, all unaware of the trick that has been played on them ! that causes them to always look down ,
That every single one of them have no idea at all of how the human machine works, Just like you Tom
I disagree with Mr. Fadiman on so much. There's so much bollocks going on here.
Would you care to elaborate?
@@stevo946 Steve, my man, I would, and probably will, but I have been on a lil bender here for at least maybe 5 days, not sure, my bad. I may have to listen to this again, but Mr. Fadiman is like a guy who knows everything about the color green without ever seeing it. Set setting, whatever, it's all bollocks, and it happens to be the most widespread misinformation when it comes to psychedelics. Also, he's speaking of science and junk but cannot produce a single paper that is peer reviewed on the topic. I'm sorry, my man, I'm proper pissed. Micro dosing only gives people a placebo effect, that's why they stop taking it. Simple things like this, he cannot grasp. It's sad. I'm sad as well, snowboarding season is fucking done, my man. I swear, when I'm off this bit I'm on now, I'll attempt a clever reply, I cannot at the moment though, my bad.
@@justabitofjunkie2595 I fear for what can happen to someone that doesn't think about set and setting my man, in life, in general. It's important in psychedelics because it's actually important in life, like breathing. People don't pay enough attention to their intentions the same way people didn't pay attention to breathing before the pandemic. Not trying to defend Fadiman at all, but this is an automatic world view that can harm you in long term.
@@chediakmusic Bollocks. Show me any scientific evidence that is peer reviewed supporting the set/setting bit. You cannot because there is none. It's a myth for the most part. Anecdotal evidence at best, which I cannot trust more than my own experiences. I've had the most horrible trips before when the most care was taken for set and setting, and some of the best at the worst times and in horrible situations. I actually personally believe that if you are very worried about set/setting and you prepare accordingly, you're already WORRIED about where the trip is going to take you and it can have an opposite outcome. It's like the "white bear problem", if you try to not think about a white bear you cannot help but do it. Does that make sense to you or no?
@@justabitofjunkie2595 the only thing set/setting does for me is help me remove the fear society impregnated into my mind while I was growing up and learning all the wrong things about psychedelics. it does help me because everyone around me lied to me about these substances, so it helps me break that and enter a trip with a "clean mind". i still have bad trips and i feel that they happen when i'm on a rush to feel something amazing, i got to hang on and feel the entire process and then it just works
Drugs and mindfulness... Sam time to move on thematically...
Transcend and include them thematically.
Put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
John 3:16-21 NKJV
No thanks
These guys always talk about the great benefits they got from psychedelics. But there's never any evidence for it. Just vague statements about.
just google LSD MRI scans, and hopefully you are not blind, easy
Sam is becoming a little boring.
Bernardo Kastrup is my new favorite. All of you should listen to “Curt Jaimungal’s podcast (theories of everything) and RUclips videos. He recently did a podcast with BK. Sam should do a podcast with him.
One must always be careful regarding disagreeing with Sam Harris, as he may push to have your ideas censored.
TDS
Just being honest here: As someone who has never tried psychedelics and cannot due to both my job and legal restrictions, I find this topic quite boring. Surely, I’m not alone on that. This is one podcast I’ll skip.
feelsbadman
Well you need to try them at some point. You’ll never say boring again.
@@js3399 I’ve been divorced for a couple of years now. Don’t tempt me haha
if you have to choose between job or legal naughty boy,, and LSD , then Choose LSD every single time, the rest will disappear from your mind very soon, What you experience on LSD never ever leaves, its that REAL !
Ok. This is like saying “I’ve never had Ethiopian food so I don’t want to hear about people talking about how it tastes, it’s boring.” Are you only interested in things that you personally have done or will do? Sounds depressing. You seem like a good dude though but your comment seems a bit off.
Trump