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Not to totally disagree, but while the first psychedelic trips would be extremely confusing and profound to the first person who experienced them with no knowle
by allemagne 4y ago
Not to totally disagree, but while the first psychedelic trips would be extremely confusing and profound to the first person who experienced them with no knowledge, prehistoric humans would already have a baseline understanding of altered states of consciousness (dreams, extreme emotional states, other drugs like alcohol).
- dontbenebby 4y ago>Not to totally disagree, but while the first psychedelic trips would be extremely confusing and profound to the first person who experienced them with no knowledge Very few things are truly magic, and finding out if an experience is truly unique is as close you can get to a miracle in an age of smartphones with multi megapixel cameras and high quality audio mics in the hands of vast swathes of the populace. But I'm speaking from the perspective of a WEIRD guy[1] -- they seem to be considering dropping the D here in the USA :/ [1] https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/Weird_People_BBS_final02.pdf https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/Weird_People_BBS_fin...
- asdff 4y agoThe things you list other than perhaps dreams don't have an intense visual component like a psychadelic mushroom trip. Faces in tree bark, fractals in clouds, hues shifting, breathing textures are all typical features of a trip. Its a confusing enough experience even for modern users who knowingly take mushrooms being aware exactly what they are and what is coming.