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Scientists want to try using… [synthetic psilocybin] to revive people in vegetative states

Do [synthetic] psychedelics raise any ethical issues that are unique? Andrew Peterson, an assistant professor at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University, said his gut reaction was “‘Are you tripping!?’—pun intended.” But later, he felt it was worth consideration. In the new work, Peterson and his co-author, neuroscientist Enzo Tagliazucchi,…

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