Book · 2026 · Science
A World Appears
A Journey into Consciousness
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- Joe Rogan Discussed
- Michael Pollan Discussed
Joe Rogan — 2 mentions
Discussed
“So, um this new book, what inspired it? What what got you to I mean, you you've kind of explored consciousness a little bit with your psychedelic book, yeah. How to change your mind.”
Discussed
“And you talk about it in your book where the the two gentlemen who had the bet? Yeah.”
Michael Pollan — 2 mentions
Discussed
“So, basically it yeah, the book grew out of the psychedelic experiences and some meditation experience.”
Discussed
“And uh this is a this is an odd book in some ways in that I don't know if this is very selling, but uh you'll know less at the end than you do at the beginning. But it's a fun ride.”
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“In his new book, "A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness," the science writer Michael Pollan takes a tour of those efforts, of those theories, of those experiments, of those psychedelic trips and meditation retreats, and he keeps finding himself in stranger and stranger territory deeper inside the mystery.”