#145 – Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics

Matthew W. Johnson is a professor and psychedelics researcher at
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:31)
- Introduction to psychedelics (22:33) - Psychedelics expand the
mind (25:44) - The priors we bring to the psychedelic experience
(29:40) - Elon Musk and first principles thinking (40:10) - DMT
(51:32) - Joe Rogan and DMT (57:40) - The nature of drug addiction
(1:11:29) - The economics of drug pricing (1:17:44) - Should we
legalize all drugs? (1:29:46) - What is the most dangerous drug?
(1:32:20) - Does drug prohibition work? (1:36:14) - Cocaine and sex
(1:43:15) - Risky sexual decisions (1:54:12) - Psilocybin helping
people quit smoking (2:00:30) - Young Jamie (2:22:38) -
Participating in a study (2:29:57) - Psychedelics and the human
mind (2:37:20) - The future of psychedelics (2:40:01) - Neuralink
(2:49:33) - Consciousness (3:02:15) - Panpsychism (3:12:20) -
Aliens and DMT (3:22:24) - Mortality (3:32:12) - Meaning of life