[ghostbrainalpha]

There is a difference between the current politicized phrase "spreading misinformation" and being wrong.

Anyone who speaks on the record about their hobbies for thousands of hours will say some things that are incorrect. He might not understand something, and he is usually pretty humble about his knowledge level.

But "spreading misinformation" is something that people do because they are intentionally misleading others, or have something to gain.

I don't think he is benefiting much from the pineal gland narrative. And it sounds like from the information you cited, it may even be correct, even if its premature to state it as fact.

[dkersten]

That’s fair, thanks for pointing it out. I’ll be more careful with how I express such things in future.

Regarding the pineal gland, it might be true, but it hasn’t been proven and multiple neuroscientists have stated that while DMT is similar to compounds found in the brain, it still functions quite differently and they have never seen any evidence to suggest that DMT exists in our bodies. There was a study finding it in mice brains, so it may still turn out that we have it in ours, but it’s definitely premature to make any such assumptions and definitely premature to repeat the trope.