Mind from the Inside

[Aegon]

You have a point. There are times in my life where I've been stuck on something, and while I was stoned considered a solution I hadn't previously been able to think of. What's the science behind the "open-minded" side effect of cannabis?

Probably similarly to LSD just different regions of the brain are communicating in real time.

But the best would probably be psilocybin.

http://www.livescience.com/48502-magic-m...works.html
The active ingredient in the psychedelic drug, psilocybin, seems to completely disrupt the normal communication networks in the brain, by connecting "brain regions that don't normally talk together," said study co-author Paul Expert, a physicist at King's College London.




My answer would be, the "open minded" effect is due to cross-communicating regions of the brain that "normally" don't, giving a larger collection of processors in sync, applicable to what ever you cast you mind upon, inwards or outwards.

The only reason it affects the brain is because it's built to receive and act upon similar molecules either found in the environment or internaly produced. Also; neurons that fire together tend to wire together....there may be a similar capacity between brain regions/organs magnetically, increasing coherency.

I've always wanted to drop acid, but it scares me. I'm afraid it might bring me to some dark places that I haven't been to in quite some time...