<div dir="ltr"><div>No ire; you rightly predict that physiologizing is not what I am about on that other thread.  Thank you for your discretion. <br></div><div><br></div><div>n<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 11:33 AM Prof David West <<a href="mailto:profwest@fastmail.fm">profwest@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Consciousness exists because of hallucinogens?<br>
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<a href="https://www.lillo.org.ar/journals/index.php/lilloa/article/view/1889" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lillo.org.ar/journals/index.php/lilloa/article/view/1889</a><br>
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The above cites psylocibin and the development of the CYP2D6 gene.<br>
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Then there is DMT<br>
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