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There's no way that you're ever going to be able to get at that mystical experience that what is a mouse seeing God even look like? You know, you're just not going to be able to, you're just never going to be able to get to the heart of the cool stuff if you study it in animals. And I think that this critical period explanation is the first one where we can really challenge that worldview.

There's no way that you're ever going to be able to get at that mystical experience that what is a mouse seeing God even look like? You know, you're just not going to be able to, you're just never going to be able to get to the heart of the cool stuff if you study it in animals. And I think that this critical period explanation is the first one where we can really challenge that worldview.

And what I think is that this seeing God, this mystical experience is really just what it feels like to reopen critical periods.

And what I think is that this seeing God, this mystical experience is really just what it feels like to reopen critical periods.

And what I think is that this seeing God, this mystical experience is really just what it feels like to reopen critical periods.

If we gave MDMA in a social context, then it was able to reopen the critical period. But not if we gave MDMA in an isolation context. So in the case where they were by themselves having MDMA, They did not reopen their social critical period. Context matters, right? It's not like people are going to Burning Man and just having a dance party and coming back cured of their PTSD.

If we gave MDMA in a social context, then it was able to reopen the critical period. But not if we gave MDMA in an isolation context. So in the case where they were by themselves having MDMA, They did not reopen their social critical period. Context matters, right? It's not like people are going to Burning Man and just having a dance party and coming back cured of their PTSD.

If we gave MDMA in a social context, then it was able to reopen the critical period. But not if we gave MDMA in an isolation context. So in the case where they were by themselves having MDMA, They did not reopen their social critical period. Context matters, right? It's not like people are going to Burning Man and just having a dance party and coming back cured of their PTSD.

It's the right, if you give MDMA in the right context. So if you pair MDMA with therapy, then you get these remarkable results.

It's the right, if you give MDMA in the right context. So if you pair MDMA with therapy, then you get these remarkable results.

It's the right, if you give MDMA in the right context. So if you pair MDMA with therapy, then you get these remarkable results.

Well, so let me just unpack that in two different ways, because I do think that this is, to me, where the crux of the debate right now is. I think there's sort of, I mentioned... Who knew?

Well, so let me just unpack that in two different ways, because I do think that this is, to me, where the crux of the debate right now is. I think there's sort of, I mentioned... Who knew?

Well, so let me just unpack that in two different ways, because I do think that this is, to me, where the crux of the debate right now is. I think there's sort of, I mentioned... Who knew?

Okay. Yeah, settling. So the crux of the debate seems to be, you know, what I call the biochemical imbalance model of psychiatric illness and the learning model. And so the biochemical imbalance model is, it basically says, if you are depressed, it's because of a biochemical imbalance in serotonin. And all we have to do to make you undepressed is restore that balance, right?

Okay. Yeah, settling. So the crux of the debate seems to be, you know, what I call the biochemical imbalance model of psychiatric illness and the learning model. And so the biochemical imbalance model is, it basically says, if you are depressed, it's because of a biochemical imbalance in serotonin. And all we have to do to make you undepressed is restore that balance, right?

Okay. Yeah, settling. So the crux of the debate seems to be, you know, what I call the biochemical imbalance model of psychiatric illness and the learning model. And so the biochemical imbalance model is, it basically says, if you are depressed, it's because of a biochemical imbalance in serotonin. And all we have to do to make you undepressed is restore that balance, right?

The problem is, is that that approach has only provided symptomatic cures, right? So people who are on SSRIs, You know, when they come off of them, they go back to being depressed. People who are on Welbutrin, when they go off of Welbutrin, they go back to smoking. And people who follow that model find that to be an acceptable solution.

The problem is, is that that approach has only provided symptomatic cures, right? So people who are on SSRIs, You know, when they come off of them, they go back to being depressed. People who are on Welbutrin, when they go off of Welbutrin, they go back to smoking. And people who follow that model find that to be an acceptable solution.

The problem is, is that that approach has only provided symptomatic cures, right? So people who are on SSRIs, You know, when they come off of them, they go back to being depressed. People who are on Welbutrin, when they go off of Welbutrin, they go back to smoking. And people who follow that model find that to be an acceptable solution.