In what sense can we distinguish reality from technology? How far can we go before our words become so inter-defined that there is almost nothing we can say without saying everything?
What follows is a paper by Klaus M. Stiefel which summarizes the latest studies into the mechanisms of the salvia divinorum induced hallucinogenic experience. This paper is reproduced here in full WITHOUT permission or knowledge of the original author.
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The consciousness-altering effects of Salvia Divinorum are likely due to...
"In retrospect, it was a natural progression. The counterculture was rapidly exhausting existing intoxicants, and the creation of new drugs took a considerable amount of expertise and luck. Even then the compounds were course, imperfect, and not without side effects. Ultimately, the desire for increasingly novel experiences drove the use of...
Something I've noticed about internet communications (forums, msn, chat) is that they are more similar to my internal monologue than to face to face conversation. However, it is not a monologue, it is a dialogue or multilogue (polylogue? :P). I think this is primarily because of lower felt need to be be cautious, a willingness to risk displaying...