Tyson Refuses Psychedelics Because Human Brain Barely Works as Is

What was said

"The human brain barely works as it is. Simple drawings confound your perceptions of reality. So if I want to now stir chemicals into my brain as a scientist who values what is objectively true since my brain barely works as it is to put in chemicals. It's not clear to me that that gets me closer to any reality at all."

When asked about DMT and psychedelics, Tyson firmly declines, arguing that the human brain is already unreliable at perceiving reality, as evidenced by optical illusions. As a scientist seeking objective truth, he believes introducing chemicals would only further compromise an already flawed instrument rather than reveal deeper realities.