>In particular I'd be surprised if it outperforms a cup of coffee or a rhapsodical conversation for any type of insight. Ego death is a hell of a thing to expe

>In particular I'd be surprised if it outperforms a cup of coffee or a rhapsodical conversation for any type of insight. Ego death is a hell of a thing to experience. We can talk about it and how some people can reach it through years of meditation, but LSD is a sure ticket to it and the value of it is in the qualia of the experience, not the knowledge of what it is. Imagine your psyche is a factory you've built over your life and you're standing high above it supervising. Regular introspection is walking through the lines and tuning the machine. Ego death is a tidal wave knocking down everything you've built, adjusting to your new reality, and the rest of the day is watching as it all comes back together. There's a level of forced commitment and intensity of the experience that you can't simulate. I'm not claiming you'll reach enlightenment, but something more akin to the learning from tearing down and rebuilding an engine, except it's ~~you~~. There are real gains to going through it if you're of sound mind.