User talk:RationalPsycho

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This brand of "Cartesian woo" has spawned various forms of pseudoscience in modern times. The pineal gland is a favorite of New Agers and dirty hippies. Many claim that it contains chakras or is the location of the "third eye." Regular consumers of psychedelic drugs may have an obsession with the pineal gland due to their belief that it produces dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a hallucinogenic drug. This claim is merely a hypothesis of Dr. Rick Strassman. It has not been proven by empirical evidence, but DMT has in fact been found in rat pineal glands In 2011, the presence of INMT (an enzyme that biosynthesizes DMT) in primate pineal glands was verified.

Other forms of pineal woo include the idea that the pineal gland has become "calcified," through various nefarious agents, most notably fluoride, mercury from vaccines, even chemtrails. While calcification of the gland can actually happen, and does occur in roughly 50% of the population by age 12 why it happens isn't clear. It's claimed that clearing away your pineal calcification can do anything from enabling you to dream better, think more laterally, enable you to see "the truth" (read: believe in conspiracy theories), to activating psychic powers. These beliefs are the basis for the Alt-Med crowd to push supplements and "detoxing" diets that supposedly will rid your pineal gland of the calcium that accumulates there.

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