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>Blake thought that the doors on perception are artificially kept semi-closed for cultural reasons - i.e. the ability to focus and do work for the enrichment of
by hkai 8y ago
>Blake thought that the doors on perception are artificially kept semi-closed for cultural reasons - i.e. the ability to focus and do work for the enrichment of the powers that be.
Statements like that sound a bit political and make me doubt what he is writing.
- r00fus 8y agoTop researchers on psychedelics agree with the author - psychedelic use often causes users to question authority. Notable UK researcher Dr David Nutt says that psychedelics have a political impact.
- krageon 8y agoIs it really political to stop and think about what you are doing for the pure gain of someone else? I should think that's just critical thinking at work.
- jjuel 8y agoNot necessarily, but saying that the "doors are kept shut artificially" is something straight out of r/conspiracy.
- DonHopkins 8y agoSo is "the NSA can tap into almost any conversation or electronic communication they want in real time" and "the President(*) colluded with Russia to steal the election", but here we are.
- drngdds 8y agoSo is "Bush did 9/11" and "Hillary Clinton is a child rapist." Just like a infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters would eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare, a bunch of people making up unsubstantiated conspiracy theories will eventually make one that happens to correspond with reality. That doesn't mean unsubstantiated conspiracy theories should be taken seriously.
- toast_coder 8y agoYes, it really is.
- cr1895 8y agoThere was an outpouring of scientific research into LSD and what it might be useful for in the years following its synthesis. Towards the 70s-80s, research efforts were quashed and its use became increasingly and negatively politicized. It is inexorably political. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lysergic_acid_diethylamide#Psychiatric_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lysergic_acid_dieth... I'd recommend Michael Pollan's recent book, "How to Change your Mind" if you'd like to read more.
- blubb-fish 8y agoit's true though - society and culture collectively create taboos of various kinds to organize group behavior according to goals like wealth maximization, power and hierarchy conservation.