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Interestingly enough, they learned that increased neural signal diversity resulted, and when someone was "peaking" on DMT the brain was also lit up significantl
by jasonxxx 7y ago
Interestingly enough, they learned that increased neural signal diversity resulted, and when someone was "peaking" on DMT the brain was also lit up significantly. This is akin to the research found in dreams and R.E.M. but it's still rather inconclusive as to whether or not inducing such activity in the mind results in the associated conscious experience. Many materialists believe this to be the case, but this does not sit well with my understanding of Mind over Matter.
- azeirah 7y agoMaybe the materialist standpoint is right, but even though the measurements are similar doesn't at all have to mean the outcomes are similar. The devil's in the details
- empath75 7y agoIt seems difficult to say the least to maintain a non materialist point of view in the face of all the evidence that chemicals alter mental state.
- davebryand 7y agoI thought the same thing until I had my first experience. Now it's hard to maintain a materialist point of view...
- empath75 7y agoI had the exact opposite experience. I’m having a hard time following the chain of logic that goes from a material substance altering the way you think to not believing that the mind is generated by the physical substance of the brain.
- monktastic1 7y agoWhy? If this reality is (something like) a dream, it wouldn't be all that strange if the dream contents (drugs, brains) behaved in ways commensurate with what's going on in "reality" (the mind of God or whatever), without those dream contents being the cause.