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A white supremacist took MDMA for a study, and it snapped him out of his beliefs: 'Why am I doing this?'(www.insider.com)

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The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
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Maybe he felt a surge to protect humans in general, and that intense feeling changed his outlook. Yeah, definitely, we should treat this as an exception not the rule, but I find myself wondering if he was already open to change, even if he didn’t realize

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withersailor@aussie.zone
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I was wondering if he was already wanting to change and that’s why he signed up to the study.

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Halvdan@sopuli.xyz
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I think that’s likely as well. It may have been the thing that gave him a push to change, but I don’t think anything would have happened if he hadn’t had doubts beforehand.

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