Kary Mullis autobiography (Dancing Naked in the Mind Field)

This book by Kary Mullis was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: guest. It comes up in conversations about addiction & recovery, consciousness, psychedelics. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “he says he wouldn't have won the nobel prize from it said he wouldn't have come up with that had he not had psychedelic experiences um you know now he's an interesting character people should read his autobiography”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “people should read his autobiography”
  guest · Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 202000:27:32

  Said during "Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics | Lex Fridman Podcast #145". The episode features Matthew Johnson: A professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins and one of the world's leading scientists studying psychedelics, addiction, and behavioral economics. Johns Hopkins psychedelics researcher Matthew Johnson on how psilocybin, DMT, and addiction science reveal the mind's hidden flexibility and depth.