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theturtletalks 9 minutes ago [-]
I read many years ago that psychedelics are what lead to the formation of consciousness. And it’s supported by the fact that psychedelics are also a network like the brain is. And when taking them, your brain experiences plasticity and that’s what allows profound changes.
A big part of our consciousness is the default mode network (which is a default of how we operate day to day, things we think about, etc). Psychedelics allow us to change that DMN, but may it have created it too?
baxtr 22 minutes ago [-]
Didn’t mind-altering drugs like alcohol play a key role in the rise of any civilization?
dominotw 4 minutes ago [-]
yes coffee is reason behind our current civilization
LoganDark 11 minutes ago [-]
Alcohol is a poison, not a drug, but I also think so.
I honestly wish mind-altering drugs were more accessible sometimes, mostly because of safety. Millions are killed by adulterants in their street drugs.
physicalecon 20 minutes ago [-]
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clickety_clack 24 minutes ago [-]
Given that many of our current-day subterranean environments are also covered in art and strewn with drug paraphernalia, can we really say that it played a key role in the rise of the civilization?
gchamonlive 8 minutes ago [-]
All you can really say is that negligence is corrosive to civilization, and maybe that drugs act as an amplifier of sorts for society's illnesses and qualities.
dyauspitr 18 minutes ago [-]
You can 100% say that European civilization was heavily, heavily influenced by the consumption of alcohol.
Gualdrapo 14 minutes ago [-]
What do you mean "was"?
kekebo 5 minutes ago [-]
Supposedly there was a time when drinking beer was often safer than drinking water from available sources, including for children. I guess there are levels
dyauspitr 19 minutes ago [-]
So if you take a lot of psychedelics you end up with a civilization that ritually murders 20,000 people every couple of months.
Just imagine the power you could wield as a shaman with drugs like DMT and psilocybin it would look like a literal magic
TFNA 15 minutes ago [-]
Are you thinking of the Aztecs or Mayans thousands of kilometers away? Andean human sacrifice involved customs unable to provide that level of throughput.
A big part of our consciousness is the default mode network (which is a default of how we operate day to day, things we think about, etc). Psychedelics allow us to change that DMN, but may it have created it too?
I honestly wish mind-altering drugs were more accessible sometimes, mostly because of safety. Millions are killed by adulterants in their street drugs.
Just imagine the power you could wield as a shaman with drugs like DMT and psilocybin it would look like a literal magic