S04E04 Sarah Lane-Ritchie & Aidan Lyon: What Can Psychedelics Tell Us About Mind & Reality?

Can taking psychedelics teach us more about the mind than science and philosophy? Is it rational to trust what mystical experiences seem to be telling us about ultimate reality? These are questions Keith and Philip would like the answers to, and apparently Sarah Lane-Ritchie and Aidan Lyon have them. Join us to find out what they are! 00:00 – Remembering Daniel Dennett 4:28 – Mind Chat news 6:33 – Introducing Sarah and Aidan 15:22 – What is a Psychedelic Experience? 26:34 – Can we trust Mystical Experiences? 42:19 – Hallucinations 43:59 – The Nature of Reality 46:52 – Ineffability 55:11 – How can Psychedelics help us to do Philosophy? 1:00:37 – Embracing Uncertainty 1:02:43 – Philip’s teenage Psychedelic Experience 1:04:59 – Breaking through Cultural Conditioning 1:10:54 – Wisdom and Empathy 1:10:54 – The Importance of Uncertainty 11:13:49 – God and the Mathematics of Infinity 1:15:01– How can Psychedelics help with Theology? 1:18:14 Q&A 1:36:35 Phil and Keith Banter & Mind Chat Catchphrase