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by gnosis 14y ago
My point is that the taste or lack thereof proves absolutely nothing. So you can't err on the side of caution using the taste test. Anyway, by the time you taste it, it's too late.
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by gnosis 14y ago
Actually, the point about bitterness is wrong. Both the blotter paper and the inks on it could have a taste. Also, the sensation of taste (or lack thereof) could be influenced psychosomatically, by conscious or subconscious expectations.
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Laura Huxley's Letter on Aldous' Passing(erowid.org)
2 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
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by gnosis 14y ago
Alicia Danforth, research assistant to Dr. Charles Grob (who ran the psilocybin research study mentioned in this article) goes in to detail as to their reasons for using synthetic psilocybin in this recording of her talk at the Burning Man
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by gnosis 14y ago
The story of Aldous Huxley's death and his wife's decision to administer LSD to him is very touching and well worth reading.[1] [1] - https://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/huxley_laura/huxle...
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by gnosis 14y ago
Actually, in many circles it is often still taboo to speak positively of any currently illegal drugs. That includes mentioning research studies that found benefits to these drugs. People's careers can be affected if some people with anti-
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by gnosis 14y ago
Well, one way is to learn organic chemistry and synthesize the substances yourself (or know people who do this). Another way is to pick or grow psychedelic mushrooms. Before picking wild psychedelic mushrooms, I strongly suggest you learn
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by gnosis 14y ago
If you are interested in this question, I recommend listening to the following recording of a talk given by Alicia Danforth, research assistant to Dr. Charles Grob (who ran the psilocybin research study mentioned in this article).[1] She g
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by gnosis 14y ago
He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how. -- Nietzsche
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Psilocybin shows success in medical trials(salon.com)
284 points by gnosis 14y ago|165 comments
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by gnosis 14y ago
Decades after "Be Here Now" was published, Ram Dass published a follow-up interview, in which he revealed that he found out that his yogi had actually never taken the LSD he was given. Instead, he used a magician's sleight of hand trick
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by gnosis 14y ago
"I ate the entire bag. Then I made the further mistake of trying to sleep it off..." Sounds like you also made a major mistake in tripping without an experienced guide to help you through the experience. Any guide worth their salt would h
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by gnosis 14y ago
You might be interested in reading the following article, titled "Are Psychedelics Useful in the Practice of Buddhism?" http://psychonautdocs.com/docs/stolaroff_buddhism.pdf
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by gnosis 14y ago
"The idea that one can pop a pill and have a spiritual experience (instead of context-free noise) is ridiculous." On the contrary. There have been a number of studies which have provided evidence that psychedelics can, in fact, lead to s
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by gnosis 14y ago
"Dan Bunten was an idealist from an early age. At university he protested the Vietnam War, and also started a bicycle shop, not to make money but to help save the world. According to his friend Jim Simmons, Bunten’s logic was simple: “If m
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by gnosis 14y ago
"I tend to think of these things as karmic accelerators. The karma that would usually ripen over 2 years is, instead, experienced in 12 hours." That might play a role (assuming there is such a thing as karma). However, I think there's a
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by gnosis 14y ago
"Meh, the counter-culture petered out for a reason." If you read about the history of the 60's counterculture, you'll see that there was a massive political, physical, economic, and social backlash against it from the dominant culture. Ki
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by gnosis 14y ago
"When I did 2 hits of acid, I had the exact opposite experience of seeing God. The fact that such a tiny amount of a mere chemical could effect my "soul" so profoundly was proof positive that the soul is completely material." Your so-call
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by gnosis 14y ago
"Mary who knows everything there is to know about human perception from a scientific point of view. ... Since she knows everything there is to know" The second assertion does not necessarily follow from the first. There may well be more t
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by gnosis 14y ago
"There. No drugs, just reflection, same result." It's one thing to talk about oneness and accept it on an intellectual level, quite another thing to experience it. Houston Smith, one of the greatest religious scholars, had already had a w
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by gnosis 14y ago
You might be surprised at what some five-year-olds are capable of. Besides, it's not like the kids are left to fend for themselves. Preschools have teachers whose job it is to help children learn this.
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by gnosis 14y ago
The analysis show several examples of eroded rocks on earth, but none of them look much like the object in question on Mars. In particular, none of the examples look metallic, nor are they nearly as thin or protruding in just one place like
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by gnosis 14y ago
This article focuses on the academic and intellectual aspects of preschool, but the more important aspect is socialization. I once volunteered at a preschol and quickly saw that much of its benefit was not academic, but rather it taught kid
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by gnosis 14y ago
Hickman kidnapped and murdered a twelve-year-old girl, cut her body in half, cut off her arms (possibly while she was still alive), and left her body for her father to find while intentionally leading her father to believe she was still ali
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by gnosis 14y ago
"So what were actually her arguments, other than just calling libertarians anarchists, her enemies, and mocking them?" Well, let's see, from the first paragraph: - She called Libertarianism "a mockery of philosophy and ideology" - She a
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Why Ayn Rand hated Libertarians(iowntheworld.com)
14 points by gnosis 14y ago|19 comments
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Cached version: http://jng.imagine27.com.nyud.net/index.php/2013-02-10-12122...
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Any move towards a decentralized system that is harder to track and spy on would have my support.
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Adapting Humans for Space(centauri-dreams.org)
1 points by gnosis 14y ago|0 comments
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by gnosis 14y ago
"But while Mr. Crockford, who is immensely knowledgeable in JavaScript, is seen as the Einstein of the JavaScript world, his book, The Good Parts, is not a good JavaScript book for beginners." Why not? Also, does he mean it's not good for

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