Editing Consciousness (section)

==== Entropic brain theory ====
The entropic brain is a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with [[psychedelic drugs]]. The theory suggests that the brain in primary states such as [[Rapid eye movement sleep|rapid eye movement]] (REM) sleep, early [[psychosis]] and under the influence of psychedelic drugs, is in a disordered state; normal waking consciousness constrains some of this freedom and makes possible [[metacognitive]] functions such as internal self-administered [[reality testing]] and [[self-awareness]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Carhart-Harris|first1=R. L.|author1-link=Robin Carhart-Harris|last2=Friston|first2=K. J.|last3=Barker|first3=Eric L.|title=REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics|journal=Pharmacological Reviews|date=20 June 2019|volume=71|issue=3|pages=316–344|doi=10.1124/pr.118.017160|pmid=31221820|pmc=6588209}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Carhart-Harris|first1=Robin L.|title=The entropic brain – revisited|journal=Neuropharmacology|date=November 2018|volume=142|pages=167–178|doi=10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.03.010|pmid=29548884|s2cid=4483591}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Carhart-Harris|first1=Robin L.|last2=Leech|first2=Robert|last3=Hellyer|first3=Peter J.|last4=Shanahan|first4=Murray|last5=Feilding|first5=Amanda|last6=Tagliazucchi|first6=Enzo|last7=Chialvo|first7=Dante R.|last8=Nutt|first8=David|title=The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs|journal=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience|date=2014|volume=8|pages=20|doi=10.3389/fnhum.2014.00020|pmid=24550805|pmc=3909994|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://mind-foundation.org/entropy-as-more-than-chaos/|title = Entropy as More than Chaos in the Brain: Expanding Field, Expanding Minds|date = 2018-06-22|access-date = 2019-07-05|archive-date = 2019-07-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190705111205/https://mind-foundation.org/entropy-as-more-than-chaos/|url-status = live}}</ref> Criticism has included questioning whether the theory has been adequately tested.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Papo|first1=David|title=Commentary: The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs|journal=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience|date=30 August 2016|volume=10|pages=423|doi=10.3389/fnhum.2016.00423|pmid=27624312|pmc=5004455|doi-access=free}}</ref>