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A family member was a patient in the Psilocybin study dealing with cancer / end of life anxiety and the experience utterly transformed her life in a positive way. Seeing this center open brings tears to my eyes.
This probably isn't the place for it, but here's my anecdote to give background to why I think this is a step in a more humane direction than most. Once upon a time, I chopped up a bag of dry mushrooms and mixed them with some general tso chicken. I really love my general tso. This particular meal occurred during a point in my life where I was near my lowest. I was depressed, burned out, reeling from failure. For abo…
Is it possible to do mathematics while on such drugs? I am working through a textbook on projective geometry and I feel like those visualization enhancements would be super useful.
So exciting to see. What does society look like when science starts investigating consciousness with a more eastern philosophy lens?
Is taking drugs under controlled conditions something that’s especially Eastern?
A family member was a patient in the Psilocybin study dealing with cancer / end of life anxiety and the experience utterly transformed her life in a positive way. Seeing this center open brings tears to my eyes.
Do you happen to have any more info on this?
There is now also more research about Ketamine. It looks just as promising and a first drug (nasal spray Spravato) was recently approved by the FDA for treatment-resistant depression.
> The cost of the nasal spray as of 2019 will be US$4,700 to $6,800 for the first month.
Lots of revived interest in psychedelics that is finally coming front and center in no small part due to Michael Pollan's recent book "How to Change Your Mind". Rolland Griffiths plays a pivotal role in the book (and in the real life advocacy and study of psychedelics) and Pollan probably seeded the ideas of psilocybin's potential into the right ears around Berkeley and on his book tour [1]. Think there's a ton of po…
There is so much info about many different issues that can be treated, and the info coming from the doctors / scientists at Johns Hopkins that's in the book, is awesome.
I find it is a great bridge for those who are in the medical community / or lean towards not believing there is therapeutic uses.. scientific proof from JH is proof.
However this book is also extra beneficial to those who already believe or understand some of the 'magical effects' - as it gets into some of the studies and some of the methods - and opens the doors to furthering the use in many ways.
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Is it possible to do mathematics while on such drugs? I am working through a textbook on projective geometry and I feel like those visualization enhancements would be super useful.
I was able to visualize four dimensional structures on LSD. I can't see it "instinctually" anymore, but I had a vision of our universe as the 3D surface of a 4D hypersphere, and from that perspective it's subjective whether you consider the entirety of the universe inside of you or outside of you. After coming down I thought it was probably some nonsense that my brain dreamt up, but I analogized it as a 2D surface of…
I'm pretty certain I know what you're talking about - your description is so accurate :)
If you still do this, can you verify that you indeed see that clearly? We assume that it's impossible to transfer any thought from the 4d mode into out common 3d mode, simply because our memory in the 3d mode isn't fit for that. Just like a flat pixelated screen can't adequately capture a 3d object. However it's possible to transfer simple forms, like a simple flat drawing or a number. You can imagine some complex 4d form, imagine a section and count something or just remember the shape. Then in the usual 3d mode you can still compute that shape using some equations, although it would take some time, and compare the result with what you've seen.
So exciting to see. What does society look like when science starts investigating consciousness with a more eastern philosophy lens?
> investigating consciousness with a more eastern philosophy lens Is taking drugs under controlled conditions something that’s especially Eastern?
A bit of a contrarian view. This stuff tends to go like a pendulum and it could very well swing too far in the other direction, and a lot of people will get fucked up in this case. We're seeing this with marijuana right now. I live in a state where it's legal, I voted for legalization, and I think it's wonderful that people aren't being thrown in jail for possession anymore. But I categorically DO NOT want this shit…
Are you able to substantiate this with evidence of some kind?
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Do you happen to have any more info on this?
Read How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan!! https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transc...