Quoi de neuf ?

Bienvenue sur Psychonaut.fr !

Le forum des amateur.ices de drogues et de l'exploration de l'esprit

Résultats de la recherche

  1. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    Similarly, you will not find one source that proves the link between taking LSD, and experiencing the LSD trip. So do we conclude from that that it is purely a coincidence that people who take LSD will start tripping an hour later? Just because something is not proved, does not make it...
  2. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    it has got nothing whatsoever to do with what psychiatrists say the thing that proves that HPPD exists, is simply the fact that people experience it it is only genuine HPPD if it is correlated with psychedelic use
  3. M

    What was before the big bang?

    no there is no inductive reasoning in what i am saying in fact, im not really making an argument at all, i am simply stating the definition of 'induction'. 'induction' is a form of reasoning where the conclusion DOESN'T follow from the premises (in contrast to deduction where the conclusion...
  4. M

    What was before the big bang?

    My name is 'Max' ;-) As Einstein said "God does not play dice" there are no probabilities apart from one and zero, the probability of any event occuring is either ONE or ZERO (in other words there is no such thing as a "small chance") and there is no way of knowing what the probability of...
  5. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    the concept of 'cause' is a very slippery one, personally i dont think there is any such thing as a 'cause'. But having taken psychedelics is a necessary condition of having HPPD
  6. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    GOD can you please back up your claim that the wiki HPPD article says that HPPD doesnt exist, with an actual quote from the wiki article? Either that, or acknowledge that the wiki article in fact DOESNT even suggest that HPPD doesnt exist and furthermore i repeat that you will not find a...
  7. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    Nobody knows how HPPD works, but the visual distortion starts with the drug trip, and clears up after some period of drug abstinence and this is a very common condition, which affects a fairly high proportion of psychonauts
  8. M

    What was before the big bang?

    The point is, when you are given the sequence 1,2,3,4,5, there is no possible way to truly predict which term will come next, it could be 6, or it could be any other number, it all depends on what is the formula of the whole sequence, but you cannot work out the formula based on the first 5...
  9. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    the name 'HPPD' is inaccurate for several reasons, one of which is that it isnt necessarily a disorder But it definitely exists in the sense that it is a common experience that visual effects persist after a trip has finished. The cause of HPPD is taking psychedelics it is none of those...
  10. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    it is a category error to say that "HPPD is propaganda", you are mixing up the name 'HPPD', with the condition in which people experience lasting visual effects after taking psychedelics. The name 'HPPD' is inaccurate, for several reasons, but that has nothing to do with the condition that it...
  11. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    People often experience lasting visual distortion which occurs in conjunction with psychedelic use, that is what HPPD is, so therefore it exists. The wiki article clearly says that it exists, and in fact you will not find a single source that says that it doesnt exist. The simple fact that...
  12. M

    What was before the big bang?

    i am not really 'denying a big bang' (because i am in no position to say what did or didnt happen billions of years before i was even born). What I am denying, is that the big bang theory can possibly answer the question "how did the universe start existing?" an effect of what? The big bang...
  13. M

    What college majors and careers would appeal to a psychonaut

    i totally agree with that, academic psychology is not very psychonautical, it is stuck up its own arse as it is trying to be a 'science of the mind' but arguably that is a contradiction in terms, because the mind isnt an obect that can be scientifically studied. I am studying 'philosophy of...
  14. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    The wiki page says very clearly that HPPD does exist (unless you can provide a quote from it that says otherwise?) People who take psychedelics often experience lasting visual effects that were not there before they took the drugs, that is HPPD, it is very easy to make a self-diagnosis on...
  15. M

    HPPD, anyone?

    Yeah i had HPPD for about 2 years mainly from mushrooms. I found it was a lot more intense when i was tired and/or stoned. It eventually calmed down and now it is virtually unnoticable
  16. M

    What was before the big bang?

    the only way you could truly predict the future outcome of the series is if you know the formula for the series, which cannot be deduced from any finite dataset. The only data set which can be used to truly predict, is the entire sequence (ie an infinite dataset) which would make predictions...
  17. M

    What was before the big bang?

    that quote is not saying that the big bang is an effect, it is saying that (since it is the FIRST cause) the big bang itself is inexplicable, and that therefore it only explains what came after it (its effects)
  18. M

    What was before the big bang?

    Not really, inductive reasoning means using past observations to predict future outcomes only ONE logical pattern suggests this, and there are an infinite number of alternative logical patterns that suggest other numbers than 6 and this is why inductive reasoning is invalid, because you...
  19. M

    What was before the big bang?

    Inductive reasoning isnt pattern seeking, rather it is assuming that you already know the pattern i am not postulating that there is no pattern, what i am saying is that you dont know what the pattern is, and therefore it is completely invalid to attempt to predict the future outcome of the...
  20. M

    Psychonautica 68 - Alex & Allyson Grey -Psychedelic fami

    No problem man thanx for uploading it Can you give me a link to the cold water extraction tek for Amanita?
  21. M

    Why is half the site in a different language?

    why does most of the world speak in a different language? :P one day we will all speak telepathically :lol:
  22. M

    What was before the big bang?

    it is a mathematical truth, it is completely impossible to predict the future progression of a series without knowing the formula of the series i wouldnt put money on either of them, since neither one is any more likely to be right than the other consider the following series: 1, 2, 3, 4...
  23. M

    What was before the big bang?

    this kind of argument illustrates perfectly why inductive logic is fallacious, i used this exact same argument recently on a thread at ephilosopher forum about induction it is impossible to predict the future progression of a series of numbers based on previous trends, the only way to predict...
  24. M

    What was before the big bang?

    what do you mean? If you disagree with what im saying i would very much like to hear why the big bang seems to me like a refusal to face up to reality because it is logically impossible (it is an uncaused cause), and also totally absurd, to suggest that the universe exploded into existence for...
  25. M

    What was before the big bang?

    Where did you get that idea? That is far from true, there is practically nothing in philosophy that has been 'defeated'. I was just saying my intuitive idea of why the problem of evil isnt really a problem at all, a world without suffering is also a world without happiness. But anyway why does a...
  26. M

    What was before the big bang?

    no it is neither, in fact it completely avoids answering either "how?" or "why?", it makes it impossible to answer both questions, the big bang theory is more like a refusal to face up to reality
  27. M

    What was before the big bang?

    i am saying that causation does not exist, it is a myth based on fallacious logic, there is no causal 'glue' that attaches causes to their effects, there are regularities in the flow of events, but they are merely contingent (ie not necessarily true in future instances) i am not talking about...
  28. M

    What was before the big bang?

    i dont think that postulating logically impossible entities (such as a big bang = first cause) is trying to understand. Rather, it avoids understanding, or makes understanding impossible it is entirely unprovable, anything could have happened, it is just arbitrarily speculative to suggest...
  29. M

    What was before the big bang?

    I think it's more accurate to say that God is the transcendent cause of the big bang God said "let there be light" and then there was light = God caused a big bang to happen
  30. M

    What was before the big bang?

    i mean specifically that the big bang theory is redundant as an explanation of how the universe was originally caused to come into existence/how time was originally caused to begin The big bang may or may not have happened, there may or may not be evidence for the occurence of a big bang, but...
  31. M

    What was before the big bang?

    what i said in my first post, was that the big bang theory is based on the linear/sequential causation model of time, but that this model may not be a correct model of the way the universe works. If this is the case, then the big bang theory is redundant. The burden is on the person who thinks...
  32. M

    What was before the big bang?

    specifically, physics is based on temporally sequential cause and effect, ie each effect has a cause that precedes it in time The big bang is held to be the 'first cause', it was the moment when the universe came into existence, ie it is the beginning of time, and therefore there cannot...
  33. M

    What was before the big bang?

    the big bang theory is based on the sequential causation model of time, the idea that every event is caused by a preceding event. The big bang is then the 'first cause' which started off the chain of causally linked events in the universe but the model of sequential causation may not be a true...
  34. M

    What college majors and careers would appeal to a psychonaut

    im studying 'philosophy of mental disorder', and it is a totally psychonautical :o
  35. M

    Post your photo

    yeah mould-flavoured :D they were definitely all the same kind, they were growing in the same patches and had identical phenotypes, but im certainly no wild-mushroom expert they could have been anything whatsoever, they were blue-staining. It was in September in a park in Istanbul
  36. M

    Post your photo

    i dont know but i think they were liberty caps
  37. M

    Post your photo

    Mrs Freakout becoming one with the mushrooms: another one of me:
  38. M

    Post your photo

    wow the psychonauts are an incredibly sexy bunch..... here's one of me on a recent mushroom picking expedition in Turkey:
  39. M

    Psychonautica 68 - Alex & Allyson Grey -Psychedelic fami

    In this fortnight's installment of Psychonautica, Max Freakout plays a talk from the world psychedelic forum, by Allyson and Alex Grey, entitled 'psychedelic families, what do we tell the children?'. The Greys talk about children and entheogens, the american ideal 'happy family', the Osborne...
  40. M

    Psychonautica #67 OUT NOW

    thanx for that there are many places in London (especially Camden) that sell dried amanita, but i have never seen the extracted version outside of Amsterdam
  41. M

    Want Your Strongest Mushroom Trip EVER?

    i never liked amyl nitrate, it makes me feel like my head is going to explode :oops:
  42. M

    DMT creatures, real or not?

    i think generally when people say 'real' they mean 'external to the mind' and in this specific sense, i think that the DMT elves are not real. But similarly, in this specific sense, i dont think anything is real, there is nothing external to the mind The DMT elves are something you see behind...
  43. M

    Psychonautica #67 OUT NOW

    In this week's episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout talks about a forthcoming float-tank episode with fan5tastic, a Datura trip report and the effects of Datura, the origin of Pilsner beer, Plato's allegory of the cave and its psychedelic interpretation, Salvia Divinorum trips and shared...
  44. M

    Psychonautica 66 Dale Pendell - Psychedelics and Zen

    In this fortnight's edition of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays a talk from the World Psychedelic forum by Dale Pendell called 'Psychedelics and Zen Buddhism, the search for a path', Dale Pendell talks about the connection between entheogen experiences and religious experience and the opinions...
  45. M

    ego death addendum

    the ego dies temporarily, in the sense that it becomes totally convinced that it has died/the world has ended etc until the trip ends but the mind's identification with ego dies permanently, never to be reborn it is a vital distinction to make, between 2 entirely separate stages of the...
  46. M

    ego death addendum

    the ego is reborn at the end of the trip, but that isnt what i was referring to by the 'something' that dies the 'something' that dies is the mind's identification with the ego, that is never reborn, following successful integration of the ego death experience. As soon as the ego is reborn...
  47. M

    ego death addendum

    something does die in ego death, the naive association of one's personal identity with ego In a sense the ego kills itself, because it willingly proclaims the fact that it is dead. In another sense, the divine revelation kills ego, it is 2 different ways of looking at it. It is partly a...
  48. M

    Psychonautica #65 OUT NOW

    In this week's episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout talks about 3 new psychedelic podcasts, shamanic freedom radio with Opaquelense and his interview with Rupert Sheldrake, Jan Irvin's interview with Stanislav Grof on his Gnostic media podcast, and the new podcast from the 2 zillion year old...
  49. M

    What is Ego-death ???

    ok thanx for that i always thought they were supposed to be army men, they look like men in the picture i posted anyway but the fact that it is a series of heads in a row is a neat depiction of a metaphysical notion of 'ego', the row symbolises the continuity of time from moment to moment in...
  50. M

    What is Ego-death ???

    can you show me a source which says this? im going by both my personal interpretation of kali, as it applies to the experience of psychedelic ego death, AND the things i have read about it kali is a goddess, and what she is depicted as slaughtering, is an army of (human) men, which is a...
  51. M

    What is Ego-death ???

    the scene depicted is of Kali slaughtering an army on the battlefield, i think it is more accurate to interpret that the heads around her neck are the dead severed heads of the army she has slaughtered, she is wearing them as trophies of her victory, Kali herself is the demon, not the dead men...
  52. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    i also highly recommend 'I am a strange loop' by Hofstadter, it is considerably shorter and easier to read than 'Godel Escher Bach' and it is saying exactly the same thing, he wrote it essentially in order to clarify misperceptions about GEB, it is very deep stuff
  53. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    do you think that a character in a story can possess knowledge? ie do you have to be a real person to know something? thanx for that i didnt know this, can you provide the actual quote in Greek? my own existence proves that my great-great-great-grandmother existed you could apply this...
  54. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    it completely changes the meaning of what Plato was expressing with his dialogues. There is a hidden meaning which can only be understood by removing the assumption of Socrates' historicity, to do with getting at truth by means of dialogue. As i said, i think it explains the apparent paradox of...
  55. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    well i think Plato may have been saying the same thing about Socrates but in an esoteric way there are no arguments for the existence of the spaghetti monster, and similarly there are no arguments for the existence of Socrates. in the case of Socrates, it is purely a baseless assumption that...
  56. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    It is no different, people wrote stories about Superman just the same as people wrote stories about Socrates. what exactly do you mean to say that the dialogues of Socrates were written 'as if he was real'? In both cases(Socrates and Superman), they are just stories no that isnt what i said...
  57. M

    What is Ego-death ???

    ego death is the beginning of the eternal life 8)
  58. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    i disagree, for the same reason that the fact that numerous people have written stories about Superman doesnt make his existence a 'valid possibility' i agree he said many interesting things, but i also think that this epistemological idea is the central aspect of Socrates' philosophy i...
  59. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    i am not doubting his existence, i am just pointing out that there is no evidence that he existed, the only 'Socrates' that is known of, is a character in the writings of other people im not claiming that he didnt exist, i dont know if he existed or not (and i dont know if the flying spaghetti...
  60. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    because (i think) it changes the meaning of the philosophy, it solves the paradox of knowing that you don't know
  61. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    i very much disagree, i think it is the *whole point* of the entire philosophy, whether he actually existed or not
  62. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    this is not 'scientific consensus' in any sense, because this is not a scientific issue but rather it is a historical and philosophical issue, there is no scientific consensus either way. Science is based entirely on observable evidence, but there is no observable evidence at all that Socrates...
  63. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    the philosophy has a different meaning when you understand it not as coming from a real person but rather a fictional character the main example is that the claim to 'know that i know nothing' is no longer paradoxical, because there is no 'knower' behind the claim so removing the assumption of...
  64. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    i am not making a claim, i am just pointing out the fact that the real existence of Socrates is an entirely unfounded assumption, based on no evidence, much like the flying spaghetti monster we know that Plato existed because we have the books he wrote as evidence, whereas we just *assume* that...
  65. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    There is absolutely zero evidence that Socrates existed it is impossible to prove that something non-existent, doesnt exist the onus is entirely on people who think that something/someone DOES exist, to prove that it exists and it goes against occams's razor to suggest that something exists...
  66. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    what reason is there to believe that Socrates is anything other than fictional?
  67. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    *Plato's* personal philosophy was that truth comes through dialogue, not Socrates' there isnt a single scrap of evidence that Plato's dialogues were based on a real man named Socrates, it is purely an assumption (same as Jesus' existence) there are marble busts of Zeus, but nobody ever...
  68. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    it's interesting i have had some very mixed responses about the Pinchbeck talks, people either love him or hate him ive got a few more to go still but im approaching the end, but yeah these wpf podcasts are so easy compared to the others! some good ones still to come though including more from...
  69. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    lol i don't think that would get many listeners :D
  70. M

    Daniel Pinchbeck - the future of psychedelics

    In this week's episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout first talks about the documentary about ayahuasca by the Dutch filmmaker Jan Kounen called 'other worlds', and about Dr Kary Mullis and the Nobel Prize he received for pioneering work in molecular biology, which he attributed to insights...
  71. M

    What is Truth?

    what i am saying is neither ideology nor theory, calling it an ideology or a theory is just a way of avoiding facing up to it, which is what people tend to do when they are confronted with something potentially devastating like this what i am saying is merely a STATEMENT in response to the...
  72. M

    What is Truth?

    this is ALL that i am saying, if you agree with this, then you agree with the whole point i am expressing on this thread anything you think you know can turn out to be false in the future, and therefore you cannot know anything. This applies to ANY proposition 'p', you cannot know any...
  73. M

    What is Truth?

    you cannot possibly 'refute' what i am saying, because to 'refute' something means to show that a claim isnt true since i am not making any claim to truth (i am saying that nothing is true), there is nothing for you to refute, my position is irrefutable, you can either face up to it, or ignore...
  74. M

    What is Truth?

    yes it does, as every definition of knowledge makes explicitly clear something known has to be true, otherwise it isnt known, it is a false belief ie the statement: "i know that mccain won the election" - is a FALSE statement, because Obama won, whereas the statement: "i believe that mccain...
  75. M

    What is Truth?

    no this is absurd, we both agree (i hope) that truth has to be true 'that p' means 'that it is true that p' if you say "i know that Obama won the election" you are saying that 'Obama won the election' is true what is it that you want me to do? Do you want me to demonstrate *that* nothing...
  76. M

    What is Truth?

    exactly, to say that 'nothing is true' is to say that there are no statements of language that are true this is because language does not truly connect to reality, a 'lack of isomorphology' knowledge of truth would require that language somehow broke outside of itself and grasped something...
  77. M

    What is Truth?

    knowledge requires truth, in order to distinguish it from mere belief to say that "i believe that p" means that p may or may not actually be true, whereas if you say "i know that p", p has to be true (in order to make the statement "i know that p" a true statement) so for example, if, the day...
  78. M

    What is Truth?

    because i am making a very simple point, which has nothing to do with nominalism i am simply saying that knowledge requires truth, you cannot know something to be true which isnt true But the requirement that knowledge is true, makes knowledge impossible because you cannot know that any...
  79. M

    What is Truth?

    Truth is a condition of knowledge, in order to know that p, p must be true Therefore, in order to know that you know that p, you have to know that the statement 'i know that p' is true BUT, you cannot possibly know that the statement 'i know that p' is true, therefore knoiwledge is impossible...
  80. M

    What is Truth?

    it is a misquote (probably the most misquoted misquote ever) but it is not a contradiction, the proposition 'nothing can be known to be true' is TRUE wisdom, is knowing that you know nothing
  81. M

    What is Truth?

    there is no evidence that cannot be disproven by better evidence no what i am saying has nothing to do with Gettier if knowledge must be 1. Justified, 2. Believed, and 3. True then what Gettier was talking about, was the first condition, justification I am not talking about the...
  82. M

    What is Truth?

    i absolutely positively did mean that nothing is true the statement 'nothing is true' IS true (in exactly the same sense that Socrates meant when he said 'i know that i know nothing') the statement 'something is true' is impossible to defend, because you could never know it there is no such...
  83. M

    What is Truth?

    im not saying that doubt is the complete abscence of truth, doubt is a feeling of uncertainty about truth the argument you give that the fact that i doubt is certain, is the same argument that Descartes gave, for the existence of absolute undeniable certainty but i disagree with this argument...
  84. M

    What is Truth?

    Perhaps, but the important point is, you couldnt possibly know if it was true Sartre paraphrased Descartes as saying: "i doubt, therefore i exist"
  85. M

    What is Truth?

    i dont think there is any such thing as truth, because it is impossible to 'know' anything, anything you think you know could turn out to be wrong so nothing is true, truth is nothing "i know that i know nothing" - Socrates
  86. M

    Video (with subtitles) about ban on shrooms

    that's a great video, i wouldnt have the balls to eat shrooms in front of a camera crew! (and Hawaians!! :twisted: )
  87. M

    Psychonautica #62 Michael Winkleman - psychedelic evolution

    In this week's episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays a talk by Michael Winkleman from the world psychedelic forum called 'Psychedelics and human evolution, a view from evolutionary psychology'. Michael Winkleman talks about the 'drug paradox' and evolutionary adaptations of humans to...
  88. M

    Home-grown mushs, still legal in Netherlands

    so what does it mean that "Smartshops and users in Amsterdam don't have to be concerned, because Mayor Cohen is not yet going to maintain this new law."?
  89. M

    Home-grown mushs, still legal in Netherlands

    so are the Amsterdam smartshops still selling shrooms then? It didnt seem they were from the news video that CM posted :?:
  90. M

    Psychonautica #61 -Thomas Roberts - benefits of psychedelics

    In this episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays a talk by Thomas Roberts called 'New Horizons; potential benefits of psychedelics for humanity'. Thomas Roberts talks about the relationships between programs and computers, mind-body states and minds,the 'single state fallacy' of modern...
  91. M

    Ecstasy research gets $1.7 million grant

    what about the positive effects? :?:
  92. M

    Psychonautica 58 - Stanislav Grof, psychology of the future

    In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays the first half of a 2 part talk from Stanislav Grof at the world psychedelic forum called 'psychology of the future, lessons from modern consciousness research'. Grof talks about the similarities between themes encountered in...
  93. M

    Psychonautica 57 - panel discussion part 2

    In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout first mentions the new podcast from Jan Irvin of pharmacratic inquisition, and then reads out a listener comment about Western attitudes towards psychosis contrasted with shamanic attitudes. Next, Max plays the second installment of the 2...
  94. M

    What is Ego-death ???

    This image is a wonderful mythic depiction of the ego death experience, Kali (with blue skin like the blue-stain of the psilocybe mushrooms), the destroying mother Goddess and the Goddess of time and change, is on an insane frenzied war dance, she has slaughtered an army of men who's severed...
  95. M

    Psychonautica 56 - Dennis Mckenna, Rick Doblin, Dale Pendell

    In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays the first part of a 2 part panel discussion from the World psychedelic forum, called 'Everything you always wanted to know about psychedelics, a conversation between experts and users', featuring Rick Doblin, Dennis Mckenna, Dale...
  96. M

    Psychonautica 55 - Baba Rampuri on Indian spirituality part2

    In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays the second part of the talk by Baba Rampuri, from the World psychedelic forum, called 'the edge of Indian spirituality: Naga Babas, oral tradition, and the psychedelic experience'. Baba Rampuri talks about sameness and difference...
  97. M

    Psychonautica 54 - Baba Rampuri and Indian spirituality

    hey, very nice to hear you go to the same ceremonies :D it is the only ceremonies i have ever done, this was my third ceremony, i did 2 nights of drinking
  98. M

    Psychonautica 54 - Baba Rampuri and Indian spirituality

    In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays a talk from the World psychedelic forum by Baba Rampuri called 'the edge of Indian spirituality: Naga Babas, oral tradition, and the psychedelic experience'. Baba Rampuri talks about his travels in India, making pilgrimages to a...
  99. M

    Psychonautica 53 - Kathleen Harrison, Spirit in nature part2

    In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays the second part of a 2-part talk by Kathleen Harrison from the world psychedelic forum called 'spirit in nature - psychedelic plants and mushrooms through native eyes'. Kathleen talks about the capacity of plants for absorbing and...
  100. M

    Psychonautica 52 - Kathleen Harrison - Spirit in nature

    8) yeah you can get all the talks from the whole forum, in audio or video format, from here: http://www.auditorium-netzwerk.de/ if you can translate the German :?

Statistiques en ligne

Membres en ligne
3
Visiteurs en ligne
328
Total de visiteurs
331
Nombre total incluant les visiteurs cachés.

Contenu récent

Nouveaux membres

Stay Connected

Retour
Haut