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It’s a shame you didn’t actually read the article. You might have contributed something useful. For the others who ware intrigued but don’t want to read, the a
by WastingMyTime89 4y ago
It’s a shame you didn’t actually read the article. You might have contributed something useful.
For the others who ware intrigued but don’t want to read, the article is mostly about research into the mechanisms creating the hallucinations.
Neuroscientists have known since the 60s that you can make people hallucinate shapes and colours by exposing them to strobing lights. It seems that syncing the lights with some of the rhythms present in the brain changes what people experience but the mechanisms at play are still unclear.
Clearly these things are influencing how the brain process information but much remains to be studied.
- browheresmychar 4y agoI read the whole article and yes the dream machine is interesting. I'm just commenting because there have been multiple articles on front page today about hallucinogens and the standard thought on HN is that these things are beneficial to society. I simply disagree.
- CabSauce 4y agoFortunately, we don't have to rely on opinions for things. We have science!
- mistermann 4y agoBe careful in presuming that science is capable of revealing the entirety of reality though. Technically, it doesn't even explicitly make that claim, but it seems that its reputation has kind of morphed into something much more than it is.