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DMT is some serious shit. People who take it report feeling that they've been in contact with other intelligent entities: aliens, spirits, gods. https://www.er

DMT is some serious shit. People who take it report feeling that they've been in contact with other intelligent entities: aliens, spirits, gods. https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dmt/dmt.shtml https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dmt/dmt.shtml

hellofunk 8y ago
If I recall, the U.S. government has reached out to people who claim to have interacted with other beings while tripping on DMT for more information. I read this a few months ago, maybe here on HN, can't remember. The stories by people are all very similar, warranting further investigation. Weird stuff. I wonder if this temple will be renting out its rooms for DMT trip events.
- Rescis 8y ago
  > The stories by people are all very similar, warranting further investigation. Weird stuff. The hallucinogenic similarities may be due to a similar chemical reaction to the drug between human brains -- not necessarily a higher entity. It really is an interesting drug though, and I would agree that it deserves further investigation.
  - danharaj 8y ago
    > The hallucinogenic similarities may be due to a similar chemical reaction to the drug between human brains This is literally going to be true whether or not a higher power is involved. Our brains are the chemicals either way.
  - mirimir 8y ago
    Yes, we're all humans. And so have very similar brain organization.
mirimir 8y ago
Based on personal experience, I suspect that the "other intelligent entities" are in fact something like Hofstadter's strangely looped hierarchical levels. Psychedelics seem to break down firewalls between levels. One main class comprises tryptamines (e.g., DMT and psilocybin) and other serotonergics (e.g., LSD). They seem to mess with mainly sensory and meta-sensory (or self-sensory) stuff as serotonin agonists. Another main class is phenethylamines aka amphetamines (e.g., Ecstasy and other MDMAs). They alter mainly body-related states, such as alertness, emotions and pleasure. Mainly by stimulating release of serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline. Edit: deleted a stranded stub
xkcd-sucks 8y ago
Yeah when a pattern matching machine for intelligent entities starts free-running... the output is pictures of intelligent entities

hellofunk 8y ago

If I recall, the U.S. government has reached out to people who claim to have interacted with other beings while tripping on DMT for more information. I read this a few months ago, maybe here on HN, can't remember. The stories by people are all very similar, warranting further investigation. Weird stuff. I wonder if this temple will be renting out its rooms for DMT trip events.

Rescis 8y ago
> The stories by people are all very similar, warranting further investigation. Weird stuff. The hallucinogenic similarities may be due to a similar chemical reaction to the drug between human brains -- not necessarily a higher entity. It really is an interesting drug though, and I would agree that it deserves further investigation.
- danharaj 8y ago
  > The hallucinogenic similarities may be due to a similar chemical reaction to the drug between human brains This is literally going to be true whether or not a higher power is involved. Our brains are the chemicals either way.
- mirimir 8y ago
  Yes, we're all humans. And so have very similar brain organization.

mirimir 8y ago

Based on personal experience, I suspect that the "other intelligent entities" are in fact something like Hofstadter's strangely looped hierarchical levels. Psychedelics seem to break down firewalls between levels. One main class comprises tryptamines (e.g., DMT and psilocybin) and other serotonergics (e.g., LSD). They seem to mess with mainly sensory and meta-sensory (or self-sensory) stuff as serotonin agonists. Another main class is phenethylamines aka amphetamines (e.g., Ecstasy and other MDMAs). They alter mainly body-related states, such as alertness, emotions and pleasure. Mainly by stimulating release of serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline. Edit: deleted a stranded stub

xkcd-sucks 8y ago

Yeah when a pattern matching machine for intelligent entities starts free-running... the output is pictures of intelligent entities