Dr. Bruce Damer
@bdamer
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President, Center for MINDS, Chief Scientist @ BIOTA Institute, UC Santa Cruz Astrobiologist working on the science of life's origins, spacecraft design
Joined June 2008
Have you had an insight related to your work/hobby after taking a psychedelic (not a personal insight)? @raquelkosted, @GregFonzo, & I are running a survey backed by @centerforminds/@ferrisbuhler81 to understand such insights. It takes ~30 mins & pays $15. https://t.co/YXpoG2hdrS
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Featured interview just out in the first edition of Harvest Series' new Harvest Magazine! Thanks Sophie and team for such an honor (and a beautiful 8th Harvest event in Turkey last year)..
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If you’re in Denver tomorrow and attending #psychedelicscience2025 I’ll be on stage with Jim Fadiman presenting the @centerforminds and the launch of Psychedelics and the Science of Insight, researching their role as creative catalysts for science, tech, design and leadership.
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new paper! insights are likely the most important marker of transformation on psychedelics:
Of greatest clinical relevance, 86% of studies found insight was associated with therapeutic benefit. Notably, the relationship was often stronger than mystical-type experiences, which have received more research attention.
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25 years ago today, Terence McKenna dissolved his last boundary and left this world for the next. In honor of this "Terence Day" 2025 I'd like to share a post I penned recently about my time TM and all that happened as a result...
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Back on The @duncantrussell Family Hour after about a decade! A lively conversation about much psychedelic history and futures..
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Dr. Bruce Damer , a genius and contemporary of Terence McKenna, joins the DTFH! You can learn more about Bruce's work with the Center for MINDS at their website, CenterForMINDS.org . Dr. Damer also...
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Say does anyone here on X know of a good person or company to create Wikipedia pages? My old university is looking at creating one for yours truly (never got around to this personally other than the Digibarn project).
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A fun & spirited podcast with renowned instrumentalist Oteil Burbridge out now... the nexus of the creative/music world with @centerforminds and our work on insight (and a sharing of my own tale along the way)... thanks Oteil!
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This is a very nice pre-print. Inching closer to actual evidence for anatomical neuroplasticity in living human brain. Many seem unaware we don't yet have such evidence
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Psilocybin is studied as innovative medication in anxiety, substance abuse and treatment-resistant depression. Animal studies show that psychedelics promote neuronal plasticity by strengthening...
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Just posted a new Substack about our Center for MINDS meetings here in the UK… https://t.co/1W6KC81W2r
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Cast your vote for ancient wisdom… and a conversation between @BMuraresku92762, @christianamusk, and our @bdamer at SXSW25: https://t.co/KBrTnIefAJ
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Vote DAMER 2025… for SXSW’s PanelPicker. :) https://t.co/sreYHSMhVi This talk is for the “psy-curious” who’ve had some (or much) experience in altered states of consciousness—whether through endogenous methods like meditation or exogenous practice through catalysts like
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Out today! Interview on Psychedelics Today:
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Listen to this podcast about psychedelics and creativity and the origins of life, with Dr. Bruce Damer: president of the Center for MINDS.
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