Top Cognitive Scientist: Salvia, DMT Entities, Ibogaine & Lucid Dreaming

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🧠 JOIN THE GIANT'S SHOULDER FAMILY Become a YouTube Member for exclusive episodes, early access + ad-free viewing 👇 https://www.youtube.com/@thegiantsshoulder/join Anderson Todd is a cognitive scientist who studies consciousness from the inside. He teaches cognitive science at the University of Toronto, is Assistant Director of its Consciousness and Wisdom Studies Lab, works as a registered psychotherapist, and sits somewhere between Carl Jung and artificial intelligence. Salvia once destroyed his universe. An hour later, he went back in. Expect to learn: - The Salvia Trip: why the beings he met tore the universe apart to teach him respect - Bad Trips Are Good Trips: how salvia's kappa opioid effect may reorganise the mind, and its surprising antidepressant effect - The Dream Herb: the African plant that does nothing awake but supercharges your dreams - The Spider God: the LSD trip at 17 that ended in a lifelong pact - You Are Not One Person: why the entities people meet may be split-off parts of their own minds SPONSORS Check out Scispace: Use code GIANT to get 35% off on Scispace plans - https://scispace.com/?via=crgiant GS EPISODES MENTIONED David Luke - Meet the Professor of Paranormal Consciousness - DMT Entities, Telepathy Tapes & OBE's: https://youtu.be/qLKD1gt1X5o David Spiegel - World's Greatest Hypnosis Scientist Makes My Arm Levitate Live On Camera!: https://youtu.be/eCtRBZHIsgQ Michael Levin - Michael Levin: Bioelectricity, Morphogenesis, Platonic Spaces & Xenobots: https://youtu.be/LTBZRVKUwyM John Vervaeke - No.1 Biopsychist: Michael Levin's Platonic Minds & Cognition All The Way Down: https://youtu.be/jcMtjjeUV98 GUEST LINKS University of Toronto Profile: https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/staff-faculty-profile/anderson-todd YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndersonTodd LISTEN ON Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5m3Gta5MtIYdk59pb2GJ7M Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-giants-shoulder/id1752486249 SKOOL Want a full breakdown of your own conscious inner experience? Join the Giant's Shoulder community: https://www.skool.com/the-giants-shoulder-6526/about FOLLOW EVAN https://x.com/evan_mcgl TIMESTAMPS 0:00:00 Trailer 0:02:05 Somewhere Between Carl Jung and AI 0:04:15 Why Cognitive Science Is the Heir to Alchemy 0:13:36 The Salvia Trip That Destroyed the Universe 0:19:50 "We Destroyed the Universe to Teach You a Lesson" 0:22:10 An Hour Later, He Went Back In 0:23:26 "You Have Attended Your Own Funeral" 0:28:37 Why Bad Trips Can Be Good Trips 0:32:26 Salvia's Surprising Antidepressant Effect 0:45:48 Turning Into a Japanese Rose Garden 0:48:23 Silene Capensis, the Lucid Dream Herb 0:53:58 Why Dreams Aren't Random Noise 0:59:59 90% of DMT Users Meet Entities 1:07:33 "I Have an Arrangement With a Spider" 1:13:31 Split Brains and Multiple Selves 1:18:55 Hypnotised Into Forgetting How to Read 1:19:39 Evan's Arm Rises Under Hypnosis 1:24:53 One Session, 30 Years of Smoking Gone 1:31:48 Are the Entities Out There, or Inside You? 1:38:57 Why Do So Many People Meet Mantises? 1:42:35 Why Scientists Hide Their Weirdest Experiences 1:49:55 The Third Man: Explorers' Invisible Companion 1:52:54 The Giraffe Liver Dream Drug 2:00:03 How Michael Levin Broke His Materialism 2:02:40 Taking On Dennett: "The Most Primary Data I Have" .....Email for sponsorship enquiries: evan@thegiantsshoulder.com