Dr Andrew Gallimore - Building Alien Worlds: Evolutionary Perspective on the Mechanism of Action of

The brain evolved to represent the information structure of any world that appears to human consciousness. This process relies on the thalamocortical system, where intrinsic brain activity generates internal models of reality. DMT operates as an ancestral neuromodulator that rapidly shifts the brain to a different mode, bypassing sensory input to construct entirely new, hypertechnological alien realities. While psychedelic experiences like those induced by LSD or psilocybin allow for novel states of perception, DMT facilitates a much more profound shift in consciousness. The brain may be hardwired to access these alternative states, implying that these alien worlds are not random hallucinations but representations of stable realities encoded within the architecture of the human mind.