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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">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.</pre>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Regarding your <i>muscaria/fly agaric</i> aspirations, I'm
hearing something more like homeopathy or law-of-similars since
the "fly" in <i>fly agaric</i> 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?).</p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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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:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">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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