Your Brain Restricts Full Access to Reality. But Scientists Found a Way to Turn Off the Filter.

Your brain has been secretly gaslighting you your entire life by filtering reality, and now scientists think psychedelics might be the “off” switch. That little egg-shaped thalamus in the middle of your head? Turns out it’s been playing gatekeeper. Drop some mind-manifesting substances and suddenly time melts, colors sing, and your sense of self takes a vacation. Consciousness: unlocked (with possible side effects).

Your Brain Restricts Full Access to Reality. But Scientists Found a Way to Turn Off the Filter.