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by mistermann 820 days ago
> Does that mean that these drugs unlock magical insights or enhance the intelligence of their users? Of course not, and no one serious is suggesting that they do.

It's weird how people can make implicit claims of omniscience while on regular consciousness and nobody bats an eye, but far less ambitious claims on LSD are crazy talk.

It seems to me that regular consciousness epistemically privileges regular consciousness.