[Theory] psychoactive drugs effect on naive people

[Honest]

 The "profound" feeling that you get while "discovering" the meaning of the universe is a potent effect of almost all psychedelics

Good way of putting it.


People also tend to have "great ideas" while drunk or high on marijuana, but they quickly realise that they were just being stupid once they've sobered up.
But psychdelics give a stronger sensation of profoundness; so, when people have "great ideas" while on psychedelics, they tend to continue to believe in their stupid ideas long after they've sobered up. 

Psychdelics just mimic the feeling of having a "huge realisation", without actually providing anything of value. I experienced this firsthand while on shrooms, and the experience was pretty lame once I realised that the drug was just causing my mind to get flooded with junk-ideas masquerading as something important.