#thewindscreen — Public Fediverse posts
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“One of the things that happens on #psychedelics is that it foregrounds #consciousness. What formerly seemed perfectly transparent and as, you know, ever-present and yet nonexistent as water is to fish, suddenly you see it. The #metaphor I use in the book is that psychedelics smudge #thewindscreen. And suddenly you realize, "Wow, there's a windscreen. What is that about? There is this phenomenon that's mediating my relationship to #reality." So, you know, this is not an unusual perception on psychedelics.”
#MichaelPollan discusses psychedelics and consciousness, artificial intelligence and the effects of anaesthesia on #plants. -
“One of the things that happens on #psychedelics is that it foregrounds #consciousness. What formerly seemed perfectly transparent and as, you know, ever-present and yet nonexistent as water is to fish, suddenly you see it. The #metaphor I use in the book is that psychedelics smudge #thewindscreen. And suddenly you realize, "Wow, there's a windscreen. What is that about? There is this phenomenon that's mediating my relationship to #reality." So, you know, this is not an unusual perception on psychedelics.”
#MichaelPollan discusses psychedelics and consciousness, artificial intelligence and the effects of anaesthesia on #plants.