It's too important in life to challenge yourself completely. That comes in many many forms. Allowing your brain to travel to places you're not determining is among/probably the most enlightening.
Unifying Theories of Psychedelic Drug Effects
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#12It seems like the filtration theory still produced by far the most significant impact to our current understanding of psychedelic effects. What I was surprised to learn was most research in this domain clearly distinguish adult and non-adult, and the filtration theory implies that kids or younger adults are more creative, have more imaginary freedom, and less emotionally stable - meaning they're naturally more "on dr…
Also may explain why they can be damaging to younger people. Like disturbing plants before their root system (filtration system) takes root tends to kill or damage the plants entire lifespan.
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#13It seems like the filtration theory still produced by far the most significant impact to our current understanding of psychedelic effects. What I was surprised to learn was most research in this domain clearly distinguish adult and non-adult, and the filtration theory implies that kids or younger adults are more creative, have more imaginary freedom, and less emotionally stable - meaning they're naturally more "on dr…
Anecdotally, when I experimented with these, that's basically how I felt - it was very reminiscent of my imagination when I was much younger. As I started studying neuroscience, especially in grad school (I specialized in attention and sensory systems), the filtration theory made even more sense because our brain works on a lot of things in this way, especially our senses. I was also interested in autism and there's a fascinating hypothesis that the sensory effects are from malfunctioning sensory filters.
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#14“Extremely low doses, known as microdoses, have been anecdotally associated with improvements in cognitive performance (Waldman, 2017; Wong, 2017) 'a claim that urgently requires empirical verification through controlled research' (Carhart-Harris and Nutt, 2017, p. 1103). Theoretical attempts to account for the reported effects of microdosing have yet to emerge in the literature and therefore present an important opportunity to future theoretical endeavors.”
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#15It seems like the filtration theory still produced by far the most significant impact to our current understanding of psychedelic effects. What I was surprised to learn was most research in this domain clearly distinguish adult and non-adult, and the filtration theory implies that kids or younger adults are more creative, have more imaginary freedom, and less emotionally stable - meaning they're naturally more "on dr…
I have kids, and I have family and friends who imbibe psychedelics. I have not imbibed such, but having observed their behaviour...
My mother-in-law high on psylocibin paints pictures in a manner not too dissimilar to how my toddlers approach it. The things they say, the way they use colour, the concepts being expressed, and how it becomes play...
Make of that what you will.
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#16It seems like the filtration theory still produced by far the most significant impact to our current understanding of psychedelic effects. What I was surprised to learn was most research in this domain clearly distinguish adult and non-adult, and the filtration theory implies that kids or younger adults are more creative, have more imaginary freedom, and less emotionally stable - meaning they're naturally more "on dr…
I have kids, and I have family and friends who imbibe psychedelics. I have not imbibed such, but having observed their behaviour... My mother-in-law high on psylocibin paints pictures in a manner not too dissimilar to how my toddlers approach it. The things they say, the way they use colour, the concepts being expressed, and how it becomes play... Make of that what you will.
If your mother-in-law is a professional artist, then I'd say this is interesting. If not, then she is just a novice like most people, and is having fun discovering the world of art, from the viewpoint that she discontinued it from childhood, when most kids give up drawing because their brains are frustrated with reconciling their drawings with the world around them which has correct perspective. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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#17It seems like the filtration theory still produced by far the most significant impact to our current understanding of psychedelic effects. What I was surprised to learn was most research in this domain clearly distinguish adult and non-adult, and the filtration theory implies that kids or younger adults are more creative, have more imaginary freedom, and less emotionally stable - meaning they're naturally more "on dr…
The problem is the theory implies that people with brain damage should experience psychological effects similar to those induced by psychedelic drugs, and we don't see anything like that.
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#18It seems like the filtration theory still produced by far the most significant impact to our current understanding of psychedelic effects. What I was surprised to learn was most research in this domain clearly distinguish adult and non-adult, and the filtration theory implies that kids or younger adults are more creative, have more imaginary freedom, and less emotionally stable - meaning they're naturally more "on dr…
Anecdotally, when I experimented with these, that's basically how I felt - it was very reminiscent of my imagination when I was much younger. As I started studying neuroscience, especially in grad school (I specialized in attention and sensory systems), the filtration theory made even more sense because our brain works on a lot of things in this way, especially our senses. I was also interested in autism and there's…
I feel that somehow this also changed how adults process pain and happiness. Now I have a million other questions - are adults seeking psychedelic as a result of fatigue or emotional boredom, as a method to revive imagination?
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#19Whoever is doing an experiment in a controlled environment (e.g. lab) and is seeking test subjects in the bay area, please let me know.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have kids, and I have family and friends who imbibe psychedelics. I have not imbibed such, but having observed their behaviour... My mother-in-law high on psylocibin paints pictures in a manner not too dissimilar to how my toddlers approach it. The things they say, the way they use colour, the concepts being expressed, and how it becomes play... Make of that what you will.
If your mother-in-law is a professional artist, then I'd say this is interesting. If not, then she is just a novice like most people, and is having fun discovering the world of art, from the viewpoint that she discontinued it from childhood, when most kids give up drawing because their brains are frustrated with reconciling their drawings with the world around them which has correct perspective. Not that there's anyt…
This comment seems to me to be incredibly condescending and implies that a professional artist (whatever that definition is) cannot have fun making new discoveries for themselves in the world of art.
I am sorry that you are only interested in the professional artists on psychedelics; I think looking at its effect on all artists novice or otherwise is interesting.