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Isn't the parent's point that, you don't necessarily need to use psychedelics but can use other technology to simulate the perception of different cadence or sc
by jabbany 3y ago
Isn't the parent's point that, you don't necessarily need to use psychedelics but can use other technology to simulate the perception of different cadence or scale...? (E.g. A similar experiment https://xkcd.com/941/ https://xkcd.com/941/)
> and you will never be as relaxed as a sloth.
Also FWIW, does the sloth also consider itself to be relaxed or rather just "normal" ;-)
Isn't the perception of being relaxed itself exactly reflective of how artificial* the experience actually is.
*: With the context that I have no intention of prescribing whether it is positive or enjoyable.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoI’d note that the technological filter only works on captured stuff. Filtering reality like this isn’t technically feasible with external devices alone. Whether that’s useful or not seems fairly subjective, though. People find utility in all sorts of things I don’t.
- jabbany 3y agoOf course. I'm assuming this discussion is all within the context of the original article "Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics" --- in which case understanding these specific messages actually don't require psychedelics. Not implying psychedelics have no utility, just that whatever utility they have probably doesn't lie in interpreting these "slowed down scan" animations.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoSure - unless the fnords can only be seen in slowed down scan time.