Personal bias suppression
Personal bias suppression (also called cultural filter suppression) can be described as a removal of the cultural and individual biases which a person knowingly or unknowingly filters and interprets their perception of the world through during everyday life.
The notion that the opinions and decisions of people are based upon a consistent and unconscious tendency to notice and assign significance to observations that confirm existing beliefs whilst filtering out and rationalizing observations that do not confirm pre-existing beliefs is a well-established concept within the scientific literature. This is known as confirmation bias.[1][2][3] It exists within all people to varying degrees, but is significantly stronger for those with emotionally charged issues and deeply entrenched cultural beliefs.
The suppression of this tendency commonly induces the realization that certain aspects of one's personality, world view and culture are in fact subjective or even delusional ideas as opposed to an objective reality. This realization often leads into deep states of insight and analysis which can create signifigant alterations in one's perspective that last anywhere from days, weeks, months or years after the experience itself.
Personal bias suppression is a very common effect under the influence of common to heavy dosages of hallucinogens such as dissociatives and psychedelics. However, other compounds such as entactogens and cannnabinoids can inconsistently induce this effect under the influence of heavy dosages.
Psychoactive substances
Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:
- 1B-LSD
- 1P-ETH-LAD
- 1P-LSD
- 1V-LSD
- 1cP-LSD
- 25B-NBOH
- 25B-NBOMe
- 25C-NBOH
- 25C-NBOMe
- 25D-NBOMe
- 25E-NBOH
- 25I-NBOH
- 25I-NBOMe
- 25N-NBOMe
- 2C-B
- 2C-C
- 2C-D
- 2C-E
- 2C-P
- 2C-T
- 2C-T-2
- 2C-T-21
- 2C-T-7
- 3C-E
- 3C-P
- 4-AcO-DET
- 4-AcO-DMT
- 4-AcO-MET
- 4-AcO-MiPT
- 4-HO-DET
- 4-HO-DPT
- 4-HO-DiPT
- 4-HO-EPT
- 4-HO-MET
- 4-HO-MPT
- 4-HO-MiPT
- 5-MeO-DALT
- 5-MeO-DiBF
- 5-MeO-DiPT
- 5-MeO-MiPT
- ALD-52
- Allylescaline
- Ayahuasca
- Bromo-DragonFLY
- DET
- DMT
- DOI
- DOM
- DPT
- Dextromethorphan
Experience reports
Anecdotal reports which describe this effect within our experience index include:
- Experience: 105mg Ephenidine - An Intense Emotional Experience
- Experience: 200µg 1P-LSD (sublingual) + 12mg CBD - The Vortex of Empathy
- Experience: 5-EAPB (60mg) + 2-FMA (20mg) + 4-AcO-DMT (10mg) - Emotional catharsis
- Experience:120mg - Garden of The Gods
- Experience:25mg 2C-B - Hard raving at home
- Experience:2C-P (approx. 35mg) - Asymmetrical Terror and the Geometric Sea
- Experience:3 Grams of Mushrooms - Reset on my Life, Experiencing Satori and the Cosmic Perspective
- Experience:3.5g psilocybe cubensis - Relinquishing of Material Chains/Fear and Desolation
- Experience:300ug LSD - Profound religious experience
- Experience:300µg LSD - Togetherness and the Silent Dusk
- Experience:3g - I found god inside of myself
- Experience:40 mg - A relaxing morning in the park
- Experience:5.3g psilocybe cubensis - Dimensional Circumstance and the Fabric of Understanding
- Experience:5g Mushrooms - Failed attempt at a Terence Mckenna style trip.
- Experience:70 mg - Overcoming personal problems
- Experience:800-900mg Ephenidine + unknown quantity flubroalzolam - Multiday Insanity
- Experience:Mushrooms and Snuff Films -- Trip Report (3.5 grams)
- Experience:Unknown dosage / 3 tabs - Ego death and a total break through in the snow
See also
References
- ↑ Confirmation bias: A ubiquitous phenomenon in many guises | http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-02489-003
- ↑ What is confirmation bias (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-choice/201504/what-is-confirmation-bias
- ↑ Confirmation bias (sciencedaily) | https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/confirmation_bias.htm