Eric asked this question about How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics:
Would anyone care to share a comment on whether Pollan has gone off the deep end wit this one? I really enjoyed "The Omnivore's Dilemma," but this sounds from the dust jacket/publisher blurb to the reader being treated to an experience of the author's high without doing the drug.
Numidica No. There is a lot of science being done currently to understand the beneficial effects that the psychedelic substances can have on the human mind. Po…moreNo. There is a lot of science being done currently to understand the beneficial effects that the psychedelic substances can have on the human mind. Pollan documents all that in his typical exhaustively detailed fashion. Very interesting stuff and a good, but long, read.(less)
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