Tim Ferriss

And so I had really strong conviction around not necessarily atheism, but like hyper skepticism, which I think I still have and that served me well.

But

after some of these psychedelic experiences, and also just, frankly, after spending time with some of these indigenous groups, with the recognition that, like,

Some of these groups also use what we might consider, like, stage magic, right?

Like, there are performances that a mentalist or someone could potentially try to replicate, right?

Just like someone can mimic remote viewing, right?

Like, there are people who've done this.

There's a great documentary called Honest Liar that people should watch.

But...

I've just seen too many things now and experienced too many things.

Not entirely on drugs.

Dead sober a lot of the time, where I'm like, there's just more to the story.

And we've never known the whole story.

We are very, very, very early in neuroscience and psychiatry.

It's like surgery 500 years ago.

Oh, there's a huge spiritual component.

I just don't usually talk about it because I've got so much I want to do on the scientific and policy side that if I sort of show my full hand, then people are going to be like, oh, that guy's a wackadoodle.

So I don't usually talk about the stuff that I can't really defend with randomized controlled trials.

I don't talk too much about, typically.

But there's a huge spiritual component.