#144 - Consciousness Expert Ranks Every Drug By Intensity Of Subjective Experience

Download the most scientifically rigorous nutrition app MacroFactor! Use code GIANTS for a 2 week FREE trial: https://app.macrofactor.com/mfgiantsTry Mind Lab Pro, The Universal Nootropic For A Sharper Brain: https://www.mindlabpro.com/?a_aid=67fd1cb8d9ad3&a_bid=6d45f5c3Andrés Gómez Emilsson is a consciousness mathematician at the Qualia Research Institute, and he's back for round two of ranking altered states of consciousness by sheer intensity. He and Evan spend two hours ranking every substance and practice they can think of — arguing that ibogaine may be the most ethically urgent drug on Earth, that a hardcore meditation retreat can rival 5-MeO-DMT, and that an obscure nootropic produces psychedelic visuals through a mechanism nobody understands.Expect to learn why ibogaine seems to "scan" your whole nervous system instead of hitting one receptor, how advanced jhana meditation can go toe-to-toe with 5-MeO-DMT in depth, why ordinary DMT produces far more alien entity encounters than its "stronger" cousin, the topology behind why feeling like God and feeling like there's no self are almost the same state, why cannabis's real danger isn't addiction but a specific schizophrenia risk in young men, how combining LSD and ketamine produces "freewheeling hallucinations" you can consciously direct, why mescaline might be the best nootropic for doing actual math yet never caught on, and where MDMA, salvia, and a little-known nootropic called coluracetam land on the scale, and much more…Timestamps0:02:53 Ibogaine0:17:28 5-MeO-DMT0:36:05 Meditation0:46:33 DMT0:58:41 Cannabis1:05:15 Psilocybin1:11:41 Ayahuasca1:18:42 Coluracetam1:21:09 MDMA1:29:26 Salvia1:44:21 Ketamine1:54:37 Mescaline1:58:48 LSD...... Email for sponsorship enquiries: evan@thegiantsshoulder.comWant a full breakdown of your own conscious inner experience? Join the Giant's Shoulder community: https://www.skool.com/the-giants-shoulder-6526/aboutGS Episodes MentionedDavid Nutt — Neuroscientist Ranks Every Drug By How Hard They Are to Quit! Tier List Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEgbv6IHYaYMichael Levin & Earl Miller — Platonic Space of Minds, Bioelectricity, Cell Intelligence & Neurobots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mU5nN5nlLAGuest LinksQualia Research Institute: https://qri.orgQualia Computing (blog): https://qualiacomputing.comSubstack: https://andrsgmezemilsson.substack.comX (Twitter): https://x.com/algekalipso