[extropy-chat] LA Times article on hallucinogens

[Al Brooks]

But unfortunately you can get a different sort of message from psychedelics too,  a Charles Manson can get the message: "in the name of God and the Beatles kill thy neighbor with a serrated steak knife".  THAT comes from the deepest most intimate place as well.
   
  

 
  People experience similar benefits from, for example, a sudden and
intense life-threatening brush with danger (to themselves or loved
ones), falling in love, getting religion, great sex (if they haven't had
any for a long while), sexual abstinence (if they've had too much for
too long), fasting (if they've always had plenty, and so on.

On a smaller scale, laughter can completely change the dynamics of a
tense business meeting, a brief walk in the park can refresh an
engineer's problem-solving abilities, and temporarily doing something
mundane can restore a writer's creativity.

So yes, having a drug-induced hallucinogenic experience, enhanced by the
rush of a significant flow of certain neurotransmitters and (for these
drugs in particular) minor refractory impact, can easily lead to a
shakeup in world view. But the results don't necessarily have much to
do with chemicals.

A systems-view of the world (including the humans in it) can provide
powerful insights.

Of course, as everyone knows, such thinking is totally dehumanizing.
;-)

- Jef



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