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Scott AlexanderKorrents

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13 February 2021

Scott AlexanderKorrents

12 November 2019

Scott AlexanderKorrents

22 August 2019

Scott AlexanderChanged their mind
  • psychedelics

    Their words, before

    I suggested that psychedelics might work by strengthening the brain's top-down priors.

    Their words now

    A more recent paper by Carhart-Harris and Friston provides compelling evidence that psychedelics probably work by _weakening_ the brain's top-down priors, meaning I got this one maximally wrong.

9 April 2019

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