Episode Details

#449 – Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History
10/16/2024
Lex Fridman Podcast β†—

Key Insights

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  • 🟒 $PSYCHEDELICS - The scientific perspective on psychedelics has shifted dramatically in the last 20-25 years, with increasing recognition of their potential benefits in treating conditions like PTSD. This changing attitude and ongoing research could potentially lead to increased acceptance and use of psychedelics in medical treatments.
    • β€œWe've seen a revolution in in the way science looks at psychedelics in the last 20, 25 years. They they were in that highly demonized category. But again, it's one of those paradigms which gets overwhelmed by new evidence, and it began to be realized that that, psilocybin and and other psychedelics are very helpful in a range of conditions from which people people suffer post traumatic stress disorder.” - Graham (2:23:05)
    • β€œThere is very serious work now being done at Imperial College in London and at the University of California at San Diego, where volunteers are being given extended DMT. There's a new technology, DMTX, where the DMT is fed directly into the bloodstream by drip.” - Graham (2:25:01)
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