One does, in real life, hear of drugs inducing a sense of major discovery, which disappears when the drug wears off. Sleep also has a reputation for producing false feelings of discovery. Some late-night pseudo-discovery is scribbled down, and in the morning it turns out to be nothing (if it’s even legible).
I have sometimes wondered to what extent mysticism and “enlightenment” (satori) is centered around false feelings of discovery.
An ordinary, commonly experienced, non-drug-induced false feeling with seeming cognitive content is deja vu.
It looks like you’re saying drug-induced discovery always turns out to be wrong when sobriety returns. I think this is a generalisation.
Psychoactive drugs induce atypical thinking patterns. Sometimes this causes people to have true insights that they would not have achieved sober. Sometimes people come to false conclusions, whether they’re on drugs or not.
One does, in real life, hear of drugs inducing a sense of major discovery, which disappears when the drug wears off. Sleep also has a reputation for producing false feelings of discovery. Some late-night pseudo-discovery is scribbled down, and in the morning it turns out to be nothing (if it’s even legible).
I have sometimes wondered to what extent mysticism and “enlightenment” (satori) is centered around false feelings of discovery.
An ordinary, commonly experienced, non-drug-induced false feeling with seeming cognitive content is deja vu.
It looks like you’re saying drug-induced discovery always turns out to be wrong when sobriety returns. I think this is a generalisation.
Psychoactive drugs induce atypical thinking patterns. Sometimes this causes people to have true insights that they would not have achieved sober. Sometimes people come to false conclusions, whether they’re on drugs or not.