> "Anyone who has spent significant time around people who have done a lot of mushrooms knows..." As someone in this group, I strongly disagree. The "consensus

> "Anyone who has spent significant time around people who have done a lot of mushrooms knows..." As someone in this group, I strongly disagree. The "consensus" you're appealing to doesn't exist. > I assert it is detrimental. There is a "mystic" "spiritual" shift as well, that I really dont think is grounded in reality. Just because current science cant measure these changes dont mean they dont happen. The effects of both psilocybin and spiritual beliefs on individual health outcomes is an active, ongoing topic of research. The assertion that there's something intangibly wrong with the mental lives of (of whom exactly? people who do shrooms? Or do you include people who do yoga or practice meditation in this group? What about people who attend Catholic mass?) that "current science can't measure" is precisely the sort of baseless nonsense well-operationalized research is designed to eliminate, so we can rationalize our laws and healthcare policies.