The universe as a novelty producing engine

From the mothernode: Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was a writer, philosopher and ethnobotanist. He was most notable for his many speculations on the use of psychedelic, plant-based hallucinogens, and other subjects ranging from Shamanism to the origins of the human species to Novelty theory - which claims time to be a fractal wave of increasing novelty that culminates dramatically in 2012. More...