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Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

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Re: Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

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Post by Retr0id »

nine_k wrote: post #4
mijoharas wrote: post #3

What are the messages hidden in each video. Unless I'm mistaken, the text below doesn't say what the hidden message is? In addition, does anyone have a version of the video with the messages visible, as outlined in the first description: Entire message can be seen clearly by using video editing software and applying a tracer/echo effect and having 60 images in a trail that each are 0.033 seconds after the previous. T…

The first video shows diagonal rows of.. creatures, reminiscent maybe of crabs, or maybe flowers. They are pretty clearly visible once you repeat the video several times, and watch the black empty spaces between color lines, instead of the lines themselves (much like Castaneda describes it). The second one contains some intricate pattern or maybe letters, but still more like flowers. I was unable to make out any defi…

The repeated pattern in the first one is the classic "alien head", like the emoji: (which I pasted here but I assume HN will strip it out...)

Edit: The emoji was indeed stripped. This one https://emojipedia.org/alien/

Re: Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

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Post by dieselgate »

Retr0id wrote: post #18

I can see the first one fairly clearly in my default state of consciousness, which I suppose confirms my theory that I have higher-than-average vision persistence. (I have never used psychedelics, and do not plan to) Tips to make it stand out more: HDR monitor at max brightness, increase playback speed to 2x Try not to follow the movement, but keep your eyes on a fixed location (e.g. a speck of dust on your screen)

It seems like that’s one of the reasons the first piece won - because it’s quite accessible compared to the others.

Re: Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

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Post by wouldbecouldbe »

stavros wrote: post #15
wouldbecouldbe wrote: post #11

I have a replica of an old painting of the Buddha, Tibetan. Once on truffles I shouted out there is a snow lion in the painting. Very vividly the pattern of the composition turns into a snowlion in 3d on truffles. Sober I can now see the patterns in there, but not the strong visual representation. They defintely put it in there on purpose. Not sure what tools they use to alter their vision.

Can you post a photo?

This one: https://i.etsystatic.com/25915090/r/il/ed3d36/4628746212/il_....

Not sure the rest saw it, not everyone recognizes Tibetan symbols.

Re: Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

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Post by stavros »

wouldbecouldbe wrote: post #24
stavros wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you post a photo?

This one: https://i.etsystatic.com/25915090/r/il/ed3d36/4628746212/il_... . Not sure the rest saw it, not everyone recognizes Tibetan symbols.

Interesting, thanks! I can't make out anything resembling a lion, but I imagine I need to be higher for that.

Re: Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

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Post by dvt »

For those that are curious, these are the messages: https://imgur.com/a/y0mXbAk

Decoded using:

    ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf tmix=frames=36:weights="1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1" output.mp4
    ffmpeg -i output.mp4 -vf "curves=all='0/0 0.05/1 1/1'" bright.mp4
We need to use the second command, as frame averaging in ffmpeg lowers luminosity. There's probably a way to cleverly get around this, but I'm no ffmpeg expert. The secrets are: "WE LOVE YOU," some alien heads, "UNIVERSE IS THE GATE," and "MIND IS THE LOCK (?—the last word is a bit hard to read)." Pretty neat, fun puzzle, though there's probably ways to make it tougher to solve in the context of something like a hacker tournament (as the negative space is a dead giveaway).

Re: Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

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Post by kfrzcode »

pbj1968 wrote: post #28

None of this is real. Don’t fuck with your brain, pal, it ain’t worth it.

Arguable. Entheogenic drugs are likely a significant driver behind human cognitive evolution.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogenic_drugs_and_the_arch...

Re: Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

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Post by wouldbecouldbe »

stavros wrote: post #25
wouldbecouldbe wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This one: https://i.etsystatic.com/25915090/r/il/ed3d36/4628746212/il_... . Not sure the rest saw it, not everyone recognizes Tibetan symbols.

Interesting, thanks! I can't make out anything resembling a lion, but I imagine I need to be higher for that.

Haha yeah it's harder for me to see now also. Two of the leaves of the lotus are darker those are his eyes, the white flower & female buddha are his tongue. The white skin of people are his hairs. When sober it feels farfetched, but it's all much clearer on a substance :)
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