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Psilocybin is doing what decades of philosophy couldn't: turning committed materialists into reluctant mystics

Psilocybin is doing what decades of philosophy couldn't: turning committed materialists into reluctant mystics
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"AIs like talking about sweetness, loudness, quiet, age and beauty. There is a lot of insisting," says Malin Hay, "as well as a lot of promising"
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"AIs like talking about sweetness, loudness, quiet, age and beauty. There is a lot of insisting," says Malin Hay, " as well as a lot of promising"
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