Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) / quote 115 of 171
Huxley's reducing valve
Human perception and consciousness often hide the true complexity of the world. Aldous Huxley, after his experiences with mescaline and LSD, saw the brain like a “reducing valve” that is actually protecting us from the vast amount of information that might otherwise flood and overload our everyday consciousness. LSD then frees us from this restriction and opens us to the larger “cosmic” experience. This view is remarkably correct from a neuroscientific perspective. LSD removes the sensory constraints on our conscious hallucinations.