Hello everybody! A colleague and me wrote a blog on microdosing for our university's science blog (University of Leiden). Sadly, I'm not allowed to repost the whole blog over here (yet) due to the university's publishing embargo policy, but here is the so-called "trailer" and a direct link to...

Hi all, I was asked to bring this up on the forum. On the 26th of May 2017 there will be an event to celebrate 50 years since the first summer of love in "Amsterdam Noord", Netherlands. There will be a number of acts and a psilohuasca ceremony. For more information on the event take a look at...

I haven't bee here on this forum for a long time but I just came across this piece of, well, interesting science and this seemed like a good place to drop it, hehe. Obviously the author has her own research goals, but the interesting thing I take from this, by reinterpreting their admittedly...

Wow, amazing lecture. Thanks badilo for sharing!

Psychedelic drugs, magical thinking and psychosis. Carhart-Harris R. ABSTRACT: Psychedelic ('psyche'=soul/mind and 'delos'=to make visible or clear) drugs have been used for centuries in mystical ceremonies. In the 1950/60s they were used widely in psychotherapy, under the premise that...

I haven't posted in a long time, but I got to think of creativity today, which reminded me of an old thread about the nature of the universe. And one thing that came up was whether the universe was creative or not. I don't want to get into that question but I did get the feeling that there were...

lol nice one, smoking a doobie would certainly solve this riddle :mrgreen:

Haha, after finishing his book, I have to agree. It's funny actually.. I thought the guy was crazy in the beginning of the book.. then he started making some sense and thought he was getting at something, but in the final chapter it just became complete nonsense again, imo. Felt like a cheap...

Or make some mushroom soup :) Prepare the soup then when it's finished let it cool for 5 or 10 minutes. Add your fresh (or dried works just as well) magic mushrooms and enjoy! Not sure if you really have to let it cool, but I always did to be sure no psilocybine is lost. It tastes just like...

Ok I understand, the distinction you make is the exact same I would make, just using different words. So what you call Life, I call experience, and what you call Creation, I call existence. Terminology really is one of the biggest obstacles in philosophy, haha. Creating a lot of confusion when...

Haha, oh well, I think we do agree then that this state is our true nature, whether truly human or non-human. Probably most important is that, either way, it can be differentiated from the "ordinary" human state. Yes! That's exactly how I see it as well :D I used that analogy myself in the...

What I meant by common human imagination is imagination that is limited to being reactive in nature. For example I can imagine a forest with some birds and squirrels here and there, and some mushrooms on the ground. Or I can imagine a fictional animal that is a combination of a cat, turtle and...

I agree, though I would add that it is through becoming non-human that we can tap into this imaginative power, although this again depends on where you draw the line for what is human and not.. What kind of imaginings and popular whims do you mean? Common human "imagination" is still reactive in...

But a demon could create the illusion that "I" is thinking while there is no "I" at all, but only thoughts, some of which include a concept of "I" ;) "cogitatus, (ergo) entitas est"

By "relation" I mean the relationship between observer and observed, between ego and the surrounding, subject and object. Synonymous for relation in this context would be Experience. Experience is all we have access to, it is all there is, it is existence. But the existence of experience...

Hehe, ya, you're right and I agree mostly, except.. The only thing that does not exist in relation to something else is existence itself (existence as a whole), i.e. the relation itself. And what is a human? Is he only part of existence, or all of existence..? I'd say in one way humans are...

Reading the book by Q. Meillassoux actually changed my mind a bit about the model. I've almost finished it, and the guy has some really good suggestions, in part 'compatible' with the model in this topic. Also reminds me of hindu-philospohy. Seems like western philosophy is finally starting to...

I don't think there is a "human nature", except for our nature to exist, or being existence. All other human traits and behaviours are only accidental. They evolve due to circumstances in the environment. Or more genereally they have their existence in the relation to our enviroment. Greed has...

Btw maybe you'd be interested in this book by Quentin Meillassoux about his philosophy that he calls speculative materialism. I'm reading it for uni at the moment.. It kind of deals with the same subject, but takes a different approach.. I don't agree with the author's opinoin up to where I am...

Hmm, I cant quite follow :P.. What do you mean by some kind of logic that include others.. Can you give an example? How does logic relate to experiences that are within, and without? And how do you define yourself through logic? The logics of language.. ye... That's what that course of...