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- Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What causes bad trips?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 8844
Re: What causes bad trips?
My (and my friend's) experience was on thc/cannabis so there's that. The substance definitely matters.
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What causes bad trips?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 8844
Re: What causes bad trips?
Here's another one: The self-sustaining-fear-loop. 1. I notice that my thoughts are causing my emotional response 2. I think "I hope I won't think any scary thoughts" 3. That, in itself is a scary thought. 4. I become fearful 5. I realize that I just trapped myself in a fear-loop 6. That, ...
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 9:08 pm
- Forum: Topic-specific Discourse
- Topic: Phenomenology and Praxis: Philosophical Questions Not Asked Enough
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2602
Re: Phenomenology and Praxis: Philosophical Questions Not Asked Enough
How does one tell the difference?AshvinP wrote: Rather, I think you honestly believe your meditation has been of the Imaginative sort when it most definitely wasn't.
- Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:07 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: The possibility of "magic" and universal transcendence
- Replies: 12
- Views: 959
Re: The possibility of "magic" and universal transcendence
The vague models that Dean Radin draws up in his book Real Magic hints at something similar to MAL being the unifying medium which makes magic (psi/ prayer/ ... ) possible. Regarding consciousness fields, unfortunately the results of the Global Consciousness Project could also be explained by Roger ...
- Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:27 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Why do alters of mind at large need to eat in order to stay alive?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1878
Re: Why do alters of mind at large need to eat in order to stay alive?
One thing worth noticing is that the essence of what we consume/ eat / need, is Enthalpy , not energy. (We, as metabolizing entities radiate the same amount of energy as we ingest; but the entropy content is different; low entropy IN; high entropy OUT.) So, one might say that there's a transfer of o...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 12:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: John Horgan defends not knowing
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7058
Re: John Horgan defends not knowing
I think Eugene explained that pretty succinctly with the post above. If you're nitpicking about a book title which if interpreted a specific way contains a logical contradiction, then please go away. Can we talk about something else? Maybe about pragmatism, opportunity cost, and plausibility? Person...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 12:58 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: John Horgan defends not knowing
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7058
Re: John Horgan defends not knowing
Here's a quote:
(See Q&A section) / John HorganScience has told us a lot about our minds and bodies, but in the end it’s just giving us more stories that we choose for subjective reasons
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Can we say Matter Actually Exists Under Idealism?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1090
Re: Can we say Matter Actually Exists Under Idealism?
Seems to me, that it's around this time in the discussion, that someone shoud come about and kick the water pitcher...
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- Mon Aug 16, 2021 5:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Yet Another Stupid Question in Metaphysics
- Replies: 3
- Views: 425
Re: Yet Another Stupid Question in Metaphysics
And there must be sentient humans who perceive them, but can never make any sense out of any of it. - My guess is that most of those humans would dismiss that number sequence as "impossible" claiming that there must be a design flaw in the machinery which produced it, and then go about th...
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 5:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: John Horgan defends not knowing
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7058
Re: John Horgan defends not knowing
I know BK and others want to hit on this meme of materialistic science but, in fact, it would make no difference if science started with a idealistic premise. Science would be identical in either case. Just because you start from an idealistic premise doesn't suddenly make the supernatural possible...