psychedelics
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22 Aug 2019
Scott Alexander quoted
No longer holdsPsychedelics work by strengthening the brain's top-down priors
A more recent paper by Carhart-Harris and Friston provides compelling evidence that psychedelics probably work by _weakening_ the brain's top-down priors, meaning I got this one maximally wrong.
SaidA more recent paper by Carhart-Harris and Friston provides compelling evidence that psychedelics probably work by weakening the brain's top-down priors, meaning I got this one maximally wrong.
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- SA
21 Aug 2019
Scott Alexander quoted
HoldsPsychedelics work by strengthening the brain's top-down priors
I suggested that psychedelics might work by strengthening the brain's top-down priors.