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Pretty much nothing of substance in the writeup. All about studying and flaws.
by quantified 1y ago
Pretty much nothing of substance in the writeup. All about studying and flaws.
- jbm 1y agoYeah I was honestly taken aback with how devoid of content this was. No personal stories or research. The New Yorker version looks more interesting. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/26/this-is-your-priest-on-drugs https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/26/this-is-your-p...
- Kilenaitor 1y agoAlso has a way better headline heh
- swyx 1y agomichael pollan, one of the best in the biz
- electroglyph 1y agoheh, didn't expect this line: Finding willing rabbis, however, was easy—the challenge was finding ones who were “psychedelically naïve.”
- cluckindan 1y agoThere are videos of such religious devotees riding around cities in a van, blasting psychedelic trance, and stopping at lights to dance around the intersection, offering acid to onlookers.
- nikcub 1y agothis should probably be OP - much better original story, not a reblog, and it's written by Michael Pollan.
- kevinwang 1y agoMuch better, thank you!
- elevaet 1y agoI had to scroll up and down for a while, looking for the rest of the article. There wasn't any.
- bookofjoe 1y agoHere you go: https://archive.ph/2Za2J https://archive.ph/2Za2J
- RobRivera 1y agoYea I was wondering if there was some UI issue on mobile bc I kept scrolling down expecting more. I stopped and read the whole thing to be disappointed. A blurb about [thing i am interested in]. I now feel like yelling at some clouds.
- quantified 1y agoI feel badly that I didn't warn you sufficiently.
- anigbrowl 1y agoYeah, total clickbait
- calibas 1y agoIt also makes some mistakes: > Many of those who chose to participate were also considering leaving the profession at the outset and so could have been seeking a way to reconnect with the divine From the study: > 8% endorsing that they were currently considering leaving their vocation https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/psymed.2023.0044#sec-3 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/psymed.2023.0044#sec-... 24 completed the study, so that's 2 people.