Glen- > Ha! Well, not for me. I'm a technophile. Even more important than > drug-induced experiences are those induced by other technologies like > transcranial magnetic stimulation, which I don't regard as fundamentally > different from connectivity drugs. Implants would be even better for > interacting with that hairball of [intero|proprio]ceptive feedback loops that > compose consciousness as well as pain.
I've been dabbling with transcutaneous electro neural stim and electro muscular stim (TENS/EMS) primarily for pain and rehab (Mary's recent back/leg pain/dysfunction), trying to work it into the VR/AR simulacral artifacts I already fiddle with in Visual/Aural/CheapHaptics. The accessibility of VR/AR gear (HUD/HMD/GPU/CPU) has already overshot my wildest dreams of a couple of decades ago I fiddled with EEG pickups 20 years ago but it was too early or at least there was a metaphorical impedance mismatch of sorts. I've NOT dabbled with transcranial magnetic stimulation... I don't even know if it is accessible. I am curious (guardedly hopeful) that these things are maturing at a pop/commercial level faster/better than at the professional level. There may well be a crowd-sourced ensemble exploration underway right now. Regarding your /muscaria/fly agaric/ aspirations, I'm hearing something more like homeopathy or law-of-similars since the "fly" in /fly agaric/ comes from etymologically the habit of using it to poison flies by infusing it in milk to attract flies. Maybe this is entirely a tangent (most of my observations here *are* tangents?). - Steve > > So, I'll leave the sweat lodges and eating of wiggling things to more > adventurous types like you. But the drugs need not be orally administered. > I've always wanted to try to fly by painting myself with muscaria. > > On 9/14/21 11:03 AM, Prof David West wrote: >> Glen: /Were I fully liberated, I'd be doing a lot more, and a lot more >> diverse, drugs than I do./ >> >> Diversity of *_/experiences/_*, not just drugs!!
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