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Atlas Never Left - A New Case for the Oldest Myths
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- Troubled Minds Radio
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- Jul 15, 2026
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Your brain has been running on one unbroken assumption since before you were born - gravity. A new neuroscience paper says astronauts lose that assumption in orbit, and what happens next looks a lot like a psychedelic trip. The Greeks and Romans already had names for it. Icarus lost his calibration. Atlas never got to leave. A rare few got apotheosis. Tonight - gravity, ego dissolution, and what the oldest myths already knew about losing the ground under you. 🔗 Read the blurb: https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/atlas-never-left-a-new-case-for-the 📡 Troubled Minds Radio Website: https://troubledminds.org Twitter: @TroubledMindsR If you are having a mental health crisis and need immediate help, please go to https://troubledminds.org/help/ and call somebody right now. Reaching out for support is a sign of strength. LIVE ON Digital Radio! https://www.kuapdb.com/ Support The Show! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/troubled-minds-radio--4953916/support https://ko-fi.com/troubledminds https://patreon.com/troubledminds https://www.buymeacoffee.com/troubledminds https://troubledfans.com Friends of Troubled Minds! - https://troubledminds.org/friends Show Schedule Sun--Tues--Thurs 7-10pst iTunes - https://apple.co/2zZ4hx6 Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2UgyzqM TuneIn - https://bit.ly/2FZOErS Twitter X - https://bit.ly/2CYB71U ---------------------------------------- https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/atlas-never-left-a-new-case-for-the https://spacedaily.com/s-a-new-paper-argues-that-earth-s-gravity-is-a-hidden-anchor-for-consciousness-and-that-losing-it-in-orbit-loosens-the-mind-in-a-way-that-echoes-psychedelics/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71626590/consciousness-may-exist-in-radically-different-forms/ https://grokipedia.com/page/Overview_effect https://grokipedia.c…