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Why Call Dimethyltryptamine a Freight Train?

From the episode: #164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind

DMT taps a brain state distinctly different from LSD and psilocybin. People experimenting with DMT describe the experience as a freight train through space and time.

The person speaking has never tried DMT and asks what allows hallucinogenic states. DMT is a really interesting molecule, and a lot of people are experimenting with DMT now. They describe it as a freight train through space and time. LSD type experiences and psilocybin are very different. Time and space are very fluid, but the experience tends to be a slower roll. It is clear that DMT is tapping into a brain state distinctly different from the other psychedelics.

The freight train is a separate state from the fluid, slower roll people report with LSD and psilocybin. DMT is not the same passage through space and time.

Lex Fridman Podcast · #164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind · at 1:49:11 · ·Transcript

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