---
title: "Fascinating.  Among many other implications (such as increasing our…"
date: 2016-08-08
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
---

# Fascinating.  Among many other implications (such as increasing our…

*August 8, 2016 · Facebook*

::::: {}
::: {}
[http://theinfluence.org/why-two-scientists-have-developed-an-extraordinary-way-to-extend-dmt-trips/](http://theinfluence.org/why-two-scientists-have-developed-an-extraordinary-way-to-extend-dmt-trips/){target="_blank"}
:::

::: {}
Fascinating. Among many other implications (such as increasing our understanding of the origins of profound religious experiences), understanding how the brain creates visual hallucinations means that we could someday \"read\" other people\'s minds, as well as \"paint\" imagery in other people\'s imaginations in a controlled fashion.\
\
@\[784370260:2048:Zarinah Agnew\], an opportunity to be the first to image someone undergoing the DMT experience?\
\
\"Besides being nontoxic, he says, "it's very short acting, and it doesn't exhibit subjective tolerance with repeated use. This is quite remarkable, because all other psychedelics exhibit very rapid tolerance, so you have to wait for days before you can get the same effect. This lack of subjective tolerance suggested to me that you could use a continuous drip-feed of DMT rather than a bullous injection, which is what Rick used \[in his '90s studies\]. It gets a very rapid peak effect. And that's fine for the work he wanted to do. But if you want to study the DMT state more thoroughly...\
\...\
One exciting possibility of extending the duration is the ability to make MRI scans of the DMT-journeying brain for the first time. With teams at London's Imperial College recently completing the first ever MRI brain scans involving LSD and psilocybin, it seems likely that DMT might follow.\"\
\
[http://theinfluence.org/why-two-scientists-have-developed-an-extraordinary-way-to-extend-dmt-trips/](http://theinfluence.org/why-two-scientists-have-developed-an-extraordinary-way-to-extend-dmt-trips/){target="_blank"}
:::
:::::