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i think in a simple analysis, psilocybin can induce a kind of savantism like we see in traumatic brain injury. i find this the most intriguing therapeutic potential for psilocybin.

as a musician for example i intuitively understand this process. savants amaze me. it took me over 15 years of application to "wire" my brain chemistry to use those parts of my brain associated with music. its what separates me from non musicians. its why my brain now processes even just listening to music different from a non musician. subconsciously when i hear music i also hear the structure, timing, dynamics, etc. sometimes i am sincerely curious as to how non musicians hear music and how different their experience is to my own and other musicians.

that savants can almost instantly become better at music than me without any prActice all because of neuroplasticity? shit. if psilocybin can duplicate this effect on the human brain, creating new neural network, connections, and pathways, then it truly is magic