deemster

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by deemster 2y ago
The name of the game probably comes from dolphins echolocation ability. Another explanation I like to entertain is that the name is a reference to John C Lilly. He was a scientist who believed in an alien organization called the Earth Coinc
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by deemster 2y ago
> One of Strassmans patients years ago said on DMT that these entities could share more with us if we learn to make extended contact. If you want to hear some really wild stories read Ayahuasca In My Blood: 25 Years of Medicine Dreaming.
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by deemster 2y ago
It is sad but I think it points to how meaningless people find their lives. That's a big issue, why have we created a society where everyone is so miserable they want to watch the world burn.
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by deemster 2y ago
Playing the Wario game on the Virtual Boy is a very nostalgic memory for me. It was short lived though, my parents got rid of the device because it was giving me headaches. What a blast from the past!
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by deemster 3y ago
>Smoking may be self medicating for depression and at least one study suggests smoking lowers the risk of death for people who suffer depression That's interesting because nicotine contains MAOI(monoamine oxidase inhibitors) compoun
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by deemster 3y ago
Huxley did, our world turned out to be more like Brave New World than 1984. Folks are too inundated with distractions to care what's going on around them.
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by deemster 3y ago
A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit - Erasmus
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by deemster 3y ago
I've seen a similar thing on TikTok where an AI generated voice of Joe Rogan is used to narrate conspiracy theory content.
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by deemster 3y ago
You can read the whole memo here, it's not long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers_memo Certainly comes off to me as a policy recommendation to dump waste in developing countries but I guess that's in the
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by deemster 3y ago
His most famous controversy is this quote from a leaked memo when he worked at the World Bank. 'the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that' Also y
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by deemster 3y ago
I'm not sure but it's about to get a lot worse with a crook like Larry Summers on the board.
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by deemster 3y ago
"The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation" - Terence McKenna
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by deemster 3y ago
If you're willing to share, why was working remote the most stressful thing you've ever done?
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by deemster 3y ago
My wild guess aligns with Dr Gabor Mate. Dr. Mate emphasizes the significance of psychosocial factors, including stress, trauma, and emotional experiences, in the development and progression of various diseases, including autoimmune conditi
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by deemster 4y ago
I can't post the link because I'm at work but you might be interested in the DMT Nexus forum. Lots of trip reports and treasure trove of information related to DMT/Ayahuasca.
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by deemster 4y ago
Some folks prefer the word entheogen. It's derived from the Greek word entheos, which means 'god within'.
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by deemster 4y ago
Good time to quote the cosmic bard, Terence McKenna. "Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structure