Chief Scientist @ BIOTA Institute, UC Santa Cruz Astrobiologist working on the science of life's origins, spacecraft design, Co-founder, Center for MINDS
Joined June 2008
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My profile of Bruce Damer — computer scientist, psychonaut, astrophysicist — and how he became the first protocell during an ayahuasca trip.
Psychedelics, he told me, shape the lens of the mind. ‘Suddenly new things come into view.’
For @NautilusMag
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Have you had an insight related to your work/hobby after taking a psychedelic (not a personal insight)? @raquelkosted, @GregFonzo, & I are running a survey backed by @centerforminds/@ferrisbuhler81 to understand such insights. It takes ~30 mins & pays $15. tiny.cc/PsychedelicsCreativi…
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new paper!
insights are likely the most important marker of transformation on psychedelics:
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This is a very nice pre-print. Inching closer to actual evidence for anatomical neuroplasticity in living human brain. Many seem unaware we don't yet have such evidence researchsquare.com/article/r…
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Cast your vote for ancient wisdom… and a conversation between @BMuraresku92762, @christianamusk, and our @bdamer at SXSW25: bit.ly/SXSW25wisdom
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Vote DAMER 2025… for SXSW’s PanelPicker. :) bit.ly/SXSW25MINDS
This talk is for the “psy-curious” who’ve had some (or much) experience in altered states of consciousness—whether through endogenous methods like meditation or exogenous practice through catalysts like psychedelics. @bdamer will share how an artful blend of “endo+exo” can lead to life-changing experiences of healing and open a path to extraordinary creative revealing, especially for innovative solutions in science, tech, design, and even leadership.
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Please vote for our panel on psychedelics and insights with @shayla__love, @bdamer, @GregFonzo & me! Will be an interesting mix of cognitive neuroscience, philosophy (what is a false insight?) & Bruce’s experience having a tangible insight on psychedelics.
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“We need insights way beyond what AI can cobble together from our previous murmurings... We need original brilliant thought.”
-@bdamer on @PsydelicsToday 𖦹
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In this episode, Joe interviews Dr. Bruce Damer, astrobiologist. He shares his experiences with "endo-tripping," training his mind to trip without substances, and an extraordinary ayahuasca journey where he experienced the origins of life on Earth. 🌀
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At @texas_eclipse, @bdamer was joined by @jamiewheal, @RickDoblin, @erik_davis, @ManojDoss, @katelinjabbari, and @KenJ_Bklyn to discuss all things psychedelics and creativity.
Have you ever experienced a profound “aha” moment during a psychedelic journey? What did you do with it afterward?
This is where we step in… youtube.com/watch?v=D3vAELcV…
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"Coming out of the psychedelic closet can be reputationally risky, especially in the hard sciences."
But what if one of the greatest technologies we have for scientific insight is verboten?
I was introduced to @bdamer recently and when he told me he was about to come out with the full story of how paychedelics contributed to his breakthrough work on the origin of life I knew that I had met a man of exceptional courage.
Together with @fordsmith and @Sylvia_Rzep, @centerforminds is creating opportunities for more breakthroughs like this to occur
Read for the first time my full telling of how I used the tools of ayahuasca and mindfulness practices for my healing and then the revealing of a visionary solution to the scientific mystery of the origin of life: lucid.news/a-psychedelic-jou…
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Our founder @bdamer is living proof that psychedelics can play an important role in scientific research and discovery.
Bruce’s full retelling of his psychedelic-scientific journey to the origin of life is now available on @lucidnewssite:
lucid.news/a-psychedelic-jou…
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It exists! “Astrophilosophy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion.”
My chapter with Bruce Damer is titled “the cosmological context of the origin of life: process philosophy and the hot spring hypothesis.”
Unfortunately this book is very expensive. Happy to share a pdf of our article with those interested.
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We are honored to welcome Dr. Bruce Damer, a visionary scientist tackling the mysteries of life’s origins and the future of humanity’s journey through the cosmos! Dr. Damer’s groundbreaking research delves into two fundamental questions: the origin of life on Earth and the future expansion of life and civilization in the universe.
Enter MINDS – a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by Dr. Damer, opening a new path for psychedelics in the practice of genius.
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“Downloads from the Modern Dawn of Psychedelics” by @bdamer in @lucidnewssite: lucid.news/downloads-from-th…
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Aldous Huxley had about 10 psychedelic experiences over his lifetime - two with mescaline & the rest with LSD.
The video below is an audio recording from a 100ug LSD experience on December 23, 1962. His wife Laura was acting as his tripsitter.
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RIP the great Dr. Roland Griffiths. This man will go down in history amongst the greats - those who revived and brought the powers of psychedelic medicine back to the West, and eventually the world. #johnshopkins #psychedelics @MAPS
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Think you’ve heard everything about psychedelics? We take it further with our Psychedelics and Genius fireside chat ⚡️🧠 @dustinyellin @bdamer
Please vote for our SXSW PanelPicker® shar.es/afNJ5E
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VIDEO buff.ly/3tCZUCO
Urable Worlds: Where and How can Life Start in the Universe?
In this month's #SETITalks, David Deamer and @bdamer of @ucsc and the BIOTA Institute introduce urability and present a new twist, “the Drake Equation in reverse.” Hosted by @AllPlanets.
