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I asked 499 people who were sure they *hadn't* experienced ego death, and 436 ppl who were sure they *had*, to rate 97 images on which ones they thought best represented ego death. Here's the top images disproportionately rated as egodeathy by ppl who *hadn't* had ego death 1/

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And here's the images disproportionately rated as egodeathy by people who *had* experienced ego death:

11:15 PM · Dec 28, 2022

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you can find more of the writeup, raw data, and total absolute image rankings on my blog:

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This makes sense.

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I wonder if those aware of ego death/inclined to take psychedelics seriously would lean towards this art with other questions. These are pictures I would expect a Tool fan or psychonaut to pick.

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Holy fuck, if this is true I guess I’ve been having ego deaths. This makes so much sense.

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Mosques are filled with complex geometry, kaleidoscopic colour, and intricate ornamentation. Why do they look like that?

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Yeah. That seems about right.

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yep. fractals is what I would have chosen too.

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Top left image is uncannily reminiscent to salvia extract visuals, with its commonly experienced sensation of rotating / contracting / expanding in space

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