Ego dissolution
Subject in Mental Health
Ego dissolution has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Huberman Lab. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Michael PollanJournalist and author of How to Change Your Mind
Pollan says his psilocybin ego-dissolution experience gave him lasting perspective on his ego and that such experiences have value.
“So I think there's a value in having an experience of ego dissolution”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:46
Pollan argues that consciousness can exist without a self, as meditators and psychedelic users experience.
“It turns out you can have consciousness without a self”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 20:07
Podcasts
- Huberman Lab · 1 episode
Episodes
What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael PollanHuberman Lab · Sep 28, 2026 · 2 h 3 min
Andrew Huberman and author Michael Pollan discuss consciousness, plant intelligence, the microbiome, psychedelics, food politics and Pollan's experiment quitting caffeine.