Novice Buddhist Monks are unenlightened idiots

A surprising study found that fear of the annihilation of the self was most intense among the monastic Buddhists, and that the monastic Buddhists were less willing than any of the other groups to sacrifice years of their own life for a stranger.

Strangely, the researchers chose to survey something more along the lines of novices rather than experienced practitioners.

Emotional Empathy increased by Psilocybin

According to Effect of Psilocybin on Empathy and Moral Decision-Making, psilocybin significantly increased explicit and implicit emotional empathy.