[FRIAM] the cancellation arc

[Steve Smith]

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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