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I think some people are shown to be more arrogant and egotistical after psychedelics. I know some folks in the HN audience will not like this example, but Elon
by asveikau 1y ago
I think some people are shown to be more arrogant and egotistical after psychedelics.
I know some folks in the HN audience will not like this example, but Elon Musk is one.
An older cannonical example is Timothy Leary.
No names are coming to mind, but I feel like there have been plenty of psychedelic informed cults, with cult leader narcissists who continue to abuse people despite experiencing psychedelics.
It may open some doors and cause you to consider more angles, and for many people it helps them with empathy and connectedness, but in another sense it's amplifying what you've already got. A "bad" input can get amplified too.
- heavyset_go 1y ago> No names are coming to mind, but I feel like there have been plenty of psychedelic informed cults, with cult leader narcissists who continue to abuse people despite experiencing psychedelics. Manson would dose himself and his followers to, IMO, lower inhibitions and make them more receptive to his ideas.
- asveikau 1y agoSupposedly mkultra was also experimenting with that use case.
- heavyset_go 1y agoManson's parole officer met with him at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic, which allegedly was funded by the CIA and was a vector for the distribution of LSD from the state.
- LoganDark 1y ago> I know some folks in the HN audience will not like this example, but Elon Musk is one. Isn't he also a ketamine junkie? Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic, although some call it psychedelic, it's not exactly the same thing.
- asveikau 1y agoRecent reporting is that he's also using LSD and mushrooms. In addition to other, unrelated drugs.