#54 Cumulative advantage and mental mastication
Break out of the pattern recognition of previous A-B-C phenomena to make room for new and exciting “first-time phenomena.”
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#53 On bringing back souvenirs from the other side
Why must psychedelic experiences be like dreams in the sense that they are nonphysical experiences; why can’t I capture anything from these kinds of experiences?
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#52 Exponentiality of mild and wild randomness
With regard to prediction errors or margins of errors, what psychedelic variables are mildly predictable and what happens when things are wildly random and increase through time?
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#51 Under- and over-estimating one’s psychedelic luck
We would ultimately fare better therefore by also overestimating the chance happenings that “should not” occur but do.
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#50 Black Swans revealed to the intoxicated mind
How can psychedelic researchers/experiencers apply Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan theory to their own research and experiences?
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#49 “Should I take iboga”?
An acquaintance asked me last night: “Should I take iboga”? My automatic response to people asking this question is always immediately: No.
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#48 Suffering at the hands of conceptual freaks
I’m fascinated by this idea of the discoverer using an outdated language, conceptual framework, and worldview to explain some new discovery.
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#47 Western users finding their own way with traditional substances
When it comes to psychedelic use, how much should Westerners defer to drugtaking shamans’ knowledge, methods, and traditions?
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#46 Destiny and free will – Part 2 (psychedelic Others)
I want to know whether these psychedelic beings have free will, or, are they the obvious algorithmic production of my cumulative lived experiences.
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#45 Destiny and free will – Part 1 (Humans)
Do humans have free will or is everything set in stone while we live our lives according to some destined future?
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