Do psychedelics actually make you a better person, or do they just make you feel like you're a better person. In this show I begin with the notion that spaceflight fundamentally transforms the consciousness of astronauts who blast off the surface of earth, the tendency for space tourists to snap selfies with the planet, and the marginal utility of getting 1% better every time you take a cup of ayahuasca. Watch this EP on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/011g8xa7ADJPo16wd3adYl?si=8145b313ded74ce9 Get Exclusive Updates on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sgcarney Subscribe to my newsletter https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h1g1p6 Scott Carney Investigates Podcast https://www.scottcarney.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@sgcarney Books: ⁠The Wedge⁠ https://www.scottcarney.com/the-wedge ⁠What Doesn't Kill Us⁠ https://www.scottcarney.com/what-doesnt-kill-us ⁠The Enlightenment Trap⁠ https://www.scottcarney.com/the-enlightenment-trap The Vortex https://www.scottcarney.com/the-vortex The Red Market https://www.scottcarney.com/the-red-market Listen to the Scott Carney Investigates Podcast on: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2TVEkr1lWIJp6zZijbuZE8xTn5Edur-7 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scott-carney-investigates/id1675685319 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Eez65bpNJSDLCYQb7yck5 Anchor: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/12a9Xdpn6yb Social Media: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sgcarney/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/scottcarneyauthor Twitter https://twitter.com/sgcarney Bluesky https://staging.bsky.app/profile/sgcarney.bsky.social #awe #psychedelic #overview #science ©PokeyBear LLC (2023) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InLAkZflc-o

The thing that most people fail to understand about medicine is that, for the most part, you take drugs and receive therapies from your doctors in order for your body to get to a place where it can manage to do the job on its own. We spend billions of dollars developing drugs that only work a tiny bit better than the healing power of the body. In this video I explain some of the underlying ways that the innate and adaptive immune system work as well as the curious way we talk about what it means to get better while under medical care. Subscribe to my newsletter https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h1g1p6 More about my book "The Wedge" https://www.scottcarney.com/the-wedge Check out Rohin Francis's Channel @MedlifeCrisis for actual medical advice. And Adam Rodman's Podcast "Bedside Rounds" http://bedside-rounds.org/ for everything you ever wanted to know about the history of medicine and how doctors make decisions All the links to the stuff I do: https://linktr.ee/sgcarney Remember to subscribe, like and leave comments! I read them all. WARNING: This video may contain placebos. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Ydf9ENOjY