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Yeah, I think it's really hard to say now what the role of naturally occurring DMT in the brain is, but you can consider it like a way it maintains consensus reality. Too much makes things get really psychedelic, and not enough might make things seem flat and boring.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, there's a part of the brain called the reticular activating system, which people have considered for a long time to be that filtering mechanism.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, there's a part of the brain called the reticular activating system, which people have considered for a long time to be that filtering mechanism.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, there's a part of the brain called the reticular activating system, which people have considered for a long time to be that filtering mechanism.

Yeah, it's in the extremely primitive parts of the brain. And many people have thought about psychedelics or the function of that part of the brain as acting as a filter. Interesting. And psychedelics affect that part of the brain pretty robustly.

Yeah, it's in the extremely primitive parts of the brain. And many people have thought about psychedelics or the function of that part of the brain as acting as a filter. Interesting. And psychedelics affect that part of the brain pretty robustly.

Yeah, it's in the extremely primitive parts of the brain. And many people have thought about psychedelics or the function of that part of the brain as acting as a filter. Interesting. And psychedelics affect that part of the brain pretty robustly.

That's probably, let's see.

That's probably, let's see.

That's probably, let's see.

Well, it's the cerebral spinal fluid.

Well, it's the cerebral spinal fluid.

Well, it's the cerebral spinal fluid.

Very interesting. The pineal gland is right in the middle there.

Very interesting. The pineal gland is right in the middle there.

Very interesting. The pineal gland is right in the middle there.

Yeah, the reticular activating system is up on the brain stem. Yeah, so there are receptors in that part of the brain that psychedelics bind to and change the activity of the neurons there. So that could be the filter.

Yeah, the reticular activating system is up on the brain stem. Yeah, so there are receptors in that part of the brain that psychedelics bind to and change the activity of the neurons there. So that could be the filter.

Yeah, the reticular activating system is up on the brain stem. Yeah, so there are receptors in that part of the brain that psychedelics bind to and change the activity of the neurons there. So that could be the filter.

Yeah, yeah.